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Republic, Missouri - 8 schools
An equity score of 22/100 ranks Republic R-Iii #402 of 432 districts in Missouri (state average 50). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $9,911 per pupil, Republic R-Iii ranks #497 of 549 Missouri districts by per-pupil spending (Missouri districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
5,316
Total Enrollment
8
Schools
$9,911
Per-Pupil Spending
Elementary, High
School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Republic R-Iii operates 8 public schools serving 5,316 students, placing it among the smaller districts in Missouri. The school portfolio breaks down into 5 elementary, 1 high, 1 middle, 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 Greene County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $9,911 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 47.9% local, 40.2% state, and 11.8% 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 22/100, ranked #402 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 8 schools offering Advanced Placement (7 AP courses district-wide), a 268.7:1 student-counselor ratio, somewhat above the 250:1 ASCA recommendation, and 14.8% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 82.8% White, 7.2% Hispanic or Latino, 1.4% African American across the district's schools. Its most demographically mixed campus is Price Elementary, with a diversity index of 33.8/100.
Its largest campus is Republic High, enrolling 1,530 students (29% of the district's total enrollment). Its smallest is Early Childhood Center, at 234 students, a 7x enrollment spread across the district's campuses.
Republic High accounts for 28.8% of all Republic R-Iii student enrollment
That dominant concentration means Republic 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.
Republic R-Iii school enrollment varies 6.5× across entities
Republic R-Iii school enrollment ranges from 234 students (lowest) to 1,530 students (highest), a spread of 1,296 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.
Republic R-Iii student-counselor ratio is 269:1 — 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 Republic R-Iii is typically wider than the Republic R-Iii-aggregate figure suggests.
Republic R-Iii chronic absenteeism rate is 14.8% — low (typically associated with lower-than-average attendance disruption; districts in this range often have attendance interventions, robust transportation, or smaller catchments that reduce barriers)
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 Lower values often correlate with smaller scale and population characteristics rather than higher resource budgets per se.