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Pleasant Hope, Missouri - 3 schools
An equity score of 49/100 ranks Pleasant Hope R-Vi #229 of 432 districts in Missouri (state average 50). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $10,470 per pupil, Pleasant Hope R-Vi ranks #423 of 549 Missouri districts by per-pupil spending (Missouri districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
752
Total Enrollment
3
Schools
$10,470
Per-Pupil Spending
Combined, High
School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Pleasant Hope R-Vi operates 3 public schools serving 752 students, placing it among the smallest districts in Missouri. The school portfolio breaks down into 1 combined, 1 high, 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 Polk County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $10,470 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 42.9% local, 45.2% state, and 11.9% 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 49/100, ranked #229 of 432 in Missouri against a state average of 50, in line with the typical spread seen across the state for how evenly funding reaches its schools.
a 216.7:1 student-counselor ratio, that meets the ASCA-recommended benchmark, and 34.7% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 94.3% White, 2.8% Hispanic or Latino, 1.8% African American across the district's schools. Its most demographically mixed campus is Pleasant Hope Middle, with a diversity index of 14.5/100.
Its largest campus is Pleasant Hope Elem., enrolling 258 students (40% of the district's total enrollment).
Pleasant Hope Elem. accounts for 34.3% of all Pleasant Hope R-Vi student enrollment
That dominant concentration means Pleasant Hope R-Vi-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.
Pleasant Hope R-Vi student-counselor ratio is 217:1 — low (typically associated with meeting or exceeding the American School Counselor Association (ASCA) recommended 250:1 benchmark, which correlates with stronger college and career counseling capacity)
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 Lower values often correlate with smaller scale and population characteristics rather than higher resource budgets per se.
Pleasant Hope R-Vi chronic absenteeism rate is 34.7% — high (typically associated with higher-than-average disruption; recent CRDC data showed elevated rates persisting after pandemic-era schooling changes)
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 Higher values may reflect larger urban scale or recent resource constraints that have widened the gap.
Pleasant Hope R-Vi has 3 schools, including 1 combined, 1 high, 1 elementary. Total enrollment is 752 students.
How much does Pleasant Hope R-Vi spend per student?
Pleasant Hope R-Vi spends $10,470 per student. The district has an equity score of 49/100, ranking #229 in Missouri.
What is the demographic composition of Pleasant Hope R-Vi?
Pleasant Hope R-Vi students are 94.3% White, 2.8% Hispanic or Latino, 1.8% African American, 0.1% Asian, averaged across 3 schools. Source: NCES CCD Membership 2024-25.
What is the equity score for Pleasant Hope R-Vi?
Pleasant Hope R-Vi has an equity score of 49/100, ranking #229 out of 432 districts in Missouri.