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Puxico, Missouri - 4 schools
An equity score of 30/100 ranks Puxico R-Viii #358 of 432 districts in Missouri (state average 50). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $9,707 per pupil, Puxico R-Viii ranks #518 of 549 Missouri districts by per-pupil spending (Missouri districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
747
Total Enrollment
4
Schools
$9,707
Per-Pupil Spending
High, Combined
School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Puxico R-Viii operates 4 public schools serving 747 students, placing it among the smallest districts in Missouri. The school portfolio breaks down into 2 high, 1 combined, 1 middle 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 Stoddard County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $9,707 according to the NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey, among the bottom 55 of 549 Missouri districts by per-pupil spending. See how Missouri compares in our national per-pupil spending analysis. The funding mix is 36.8% local, 42.1% state, and 21.1% 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 30/100, ranked #358 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.
a 225:1 student-counselor ratio, that meets the ASCA-recommended benchmark, and 8.7% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 93.8% White, 2.5% African American, 1.2% Hispanic or Latino across the district's schools. Its most demographically mixed campus is Mingo Puxico Technical High, with a diversity index of 24.4/100.
Its largest campus is Puxico Elem., enrolling 308 students (43% of the district's total enrollment). Its smallest is Mingo Puxico Technical High, at 37 students, a 8x enrollment spread across the district's campuses.
Puxico Elem. accounts for 41.2% of all Puxico R-Viii student enrollment
That dominant concentration means Puxico R-Viii-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.
Puxico R-Viii school enrollment varies 8.3× across entities
Puxico R-Viii school enrollment ranges from 37 students (lowest) to 308 students (highest), a spread of 271 students. That spread reflects typical mixed-portfolio variation between specialty programs and large neighbourhood schools. Per-school staffing ratios, programme availability, and capital-renovation cycles often diverge inside the same district based on enrollment shape.
Puxico R-Viii has higher-than-average Title I eligibility — 51.3% of the population qualifies for free or reduced-price lunch
free or reduced-price lunch eligibility is the federal threshold for Title I funding allocations, established under the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA, 2015). Areas above 75% eligibility receive concentration grants on top of the basic Title I formula. Regions with eligibility this high typically draw a substantially larger federal funding share relative to their local tax base, which can either offset or reinforce existing gaps depending on allocation policy.
Puxico R-Viii student-counselor ratio is 225:1 — 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.
Puxico R-Viii chronic absenteeism rate is 8.7% — well below typical (typically associated with unusually small scale or exceptionally high per-unit investment)
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 Values this far below typical often correlate with unusually small scale or population characteristics rather than higher resource budgets per se — worth checking whether the underlying denominator is itself an outlier.