An equity score of 35/100 ranks Northwest R-I #318 of 433 districts in Missouri (state average 50). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $11,515 per pupil, Northwest R-I ranks #394 of 552 Missouri districts by per-pupil spending (Missouri districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
5,969
Total Enrollment
10
Schools
$11,515
Per-Pupil Spending
Elementary, Middle
School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Northwest R-I operates 10 public schools serving 5,969 students, placing it among the smaller districts in Missouri. The school portfolio breaks down into 6 elementary, 2 middle, 1 high, 1 combined schools, a compact enough portfolio that families can compare every campus directly before they move, rent, or enrol. These enrollment and school figures come from the NCES Common Core of Data (CCD) 2024-25 release, and the district is based in Jefferson County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $11,515 according to the NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey, in the lower half of 552 Missouri districts by per-pupil spending. See how Missouri compares in our national per-pupil spending analysis. The funding mix is 48.5% local, 30.7% state, and 20.7% federal, a balanced mix across local, state, and federal sources, spreading budget risk across funding cycles rather than concentrating it in one. The district's equity score is 35/100, ranked #318 of 433 in Missouri against a state average of 50, notably less even than the typical district in the state for how evenly funding reaches its schools.
Academic infrastructure includes 1 of 10 schools offering Advanced Placement (15 AP courses district-wide), a 385.3:1 student-counselor ratio, well above the ASCA benchmark though still under the roughly 408:1 national average, and 22.4% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 87.3% White, 5.2% Hispanic or Latino, 1.0% African American across the district's schools. Its most demographically mixed campus is Murphy Elem., with a diversity index of 41.5/100.
Its largest campus is Northwest High, enrolling 1,788 students (31% of the district's total enrollment). Its smallest is House Springs Early Child Ctr, at 230 students, a 8x enrollment spread across the district's campuses.
Northwest High accounts for 30.0% of all Northwest R-I student enrollment
That dominant concentration means Northwest R-I-wide averages can mask substantial variation outside the largest entity. Grade band: high. The share measures enrollment concentration only; it does not establish how the district allocates programs, capital, or staff. Enrollment-weighted aggregates give this entity more weight than any smaller peer, while an unweighted entity average treats every record equally.
Northwest R-I school enrollment varies 7.8× across entities
Northwest R-I school enrollment ranges from 230 students (lowest) to 1,788 students (highest), a spread of 1,558 students. That relatively narrow ratio reflects an unusually homogeneous campus portfolio, most districts have a wider mix of school sizes. Per-school staffing ratios, programme availability, and capital-renovation cycles often diverge inside the same district based on enrollment shape.
Northwest R-I student-counselor ratio is 385:1 — high (typically associated with staffing constraints that limit per-student counselor time; CRDC data shows higher ratios cluster in larger urban systems)
student-counselor ratio is the simplest comparative metric but it does not capture the full picture: the ratio counts FTE counselors against total enrollment, districts that contract intervention or social-emotional staff outside the counselor classification may be under-counted Higher values may reflect larger urban scale or recent resource constraints that have widened the gap.
Northwest R-I chronic absenteeism rate is 22.4% — near the typical range (US average ~28) — aligned with the national post-pandemic baseline of roughly 28% chronic absenteeism
chronic absenteeism rate is the simplest comparative metric but it does not capture the full picture: a student is chronically absent if they miss ≥10% of enrolled days for any reason, illness, family obligations, or disengagement Variation between sub-units within Northwest R-I is typically wider than the Northwest R-I-aggregate figure suggests.