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Clarksville, Missouri - 2 schools
An equity score of 63/100 ranks Pike Co. R-Iii #123 of 432 districts in Missouri (state average 50). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $13,628 per pupil, Pike Co. R-Iii ranks #162 of 549 Missouri districts by per-pupil spending (Missouri districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
445
Total Enrollment
2
Schools
$13,628
Per-Pupil Spending
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School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Pike Co. R-Iii operates 2 public schools serving 445 students, placing it among the smallest districts in Missouri. The school portfolio breaks down into 2 combined schools, a small enough portfolio that most families will interact with nearly every campus in the district at some point. These enrollment and school figures come from the NCES Common Core of Data (CCD) 2024-25 release, and the district is based in Pike County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $13,628 according to the NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey, in the upper half of 549 Missouri districts by per-pupil spending. See how Missouri compares in our national per-pupil spending analysis. The funding mix is 65.6% local, 21.0% state, and 13.4% federal, a local-revenue-heavy mix that leaves the district more exposed to property-tax swings and local ballot measures than state-funded peers. The district's equity score is 63/100, ranked #123 of 432 in Missouri against a state average of 50, notably more even than the typical district in the state for how evenly funding reaches its schools.
Academic infrastructure includes 1 of 2 schools offering Advanced Placement (1 AP courses district-wide), a 347:1 student-counselor ratio, well above the ASCA benchmark though still under the roughly 408:1 national average, and 29.3% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 96.6% White, 1.3% African American, 0.3% Hispanic or Latino across the district's schools.
Its largest campus is Clopton Elem., enrolling 210 students (61% of the district's total enrollment).
Clopton Elem. accounts for 47.2% of all Pike Co. R-Iii student enrollment
That is an overwhelming concentration, leaving the rest of Pike Co. R-Iii a distant remainder — means Pike Co. R-Iii-wide averages can mask substantial variation outside the dominant entity. Grade band: combined. A single dominant campus often anchors a district's program offerings and staffing patterns; the share helps explain why district-wide averages may not reflect the typical neighbourhood-school experience. When one entity dominates a region's footprint, its programmatic and budget decisions effectively set policy for a majority of the affected population.
Pike Co. R-Iii student-counselor ratio is 347:1 — near the typical range (US average ~408) — within the typical range for U.S. public districts
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 Variation between sub-units within Pike Co. R-Iii is typically wider than the Pike Co. R-Iii-aggregate figure suggests.
Pike Co. R-Iii chronic absenteeism rate is 29.3% — 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 Pike Co. R-Iii is typically wider than the Pike Co. R-Iii-aggregate figure suggests.