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Platte City, Missouri - 6 schools
An equity score of 32/100 ranks Platte Co. R-Iii #343 of 432 districts in Missouri (state average 50). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $11,712 per pupil, Platte Co. R-Iii ranks #301 of 549 Missouri districts by per-pupil spending (Missouri districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
4,283
Total Enrollment
6
Schools
$11,712
Per-Pupil Spending
Combined, High
School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Platte Co. R-Iii operates 6 public schools serving 4,283 students, placing it among the smallest districts in Missouri. The school portfolio breaks down into 3 combined, 1 high, 1 middle, 1 elementary 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 Platte County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $11,712 according to the NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey, in the lower half of 549 Missouri districts by per-pupil spending. See how Missouri compares in our national per-pupil spending analysis. The funding mix is 66.7% local, 27.4% state, and 5.9% 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 32/100, ranked #343 of 432 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 6 schools offering Advanced Placement (11 AP courses district-wide), a 456.4:1 student-counselor ratio, above both the ASCA benchmark and the roughly 408:1 national average, and 16.7% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 71.9% White, 10.3% Hispanic or Latino, 9.7% African American across the district's schools. Its most demographically mixed campus is Pathfinder Elem., with a diversity index of 68.3/100.
Its largest campus is Platte County High, enrolling 1,397 students (34% of the district's total enrollment). Its smallest is Pathfinder Elem., at 409 students, a 3x enrollment spread across the district's campuses.
Platte County High accounts for 32.6% of all Platte Co. R-Iii student enrollment
That dominant concentration means Platte Co. R-Iii-wide averages can mask substantial variation outside the dominant entity. Grade band: high. 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.
Platte Co. R-Iii school enrollment varies 3.4× across entities
Platte Co. R-Iii school enrollment ranges from 409 students (lowest) to 1,397 students (highest), a spread of 988 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.
Platte Co. R-Iii student-counselor ratio is 456:1 — 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.
Platte Co. R-Iii chronic absenteeism rate is 16.7% — 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 Platte Co. R-Iii is typically wider than the Platte Co. R-Iii-aggregate figure suggests.