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West Plains, Missouri - 1 schools
An equity score of 33/100 ranks Richards R-V #339 of 432 districts in Missouri (state average 50). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $9,779 per pupil, Richards R-V ranks #509 of 549 Missouri districts by per-pupil spending (Missouri districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
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District-Level NCES Analysis
Richards R-V operates 1 public schools serving 372 students, placing it among the smallest districts in Missouri. The school portfolio breaks down into 1 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 Howell County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $9,779 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 37.6% local, 41.4% state, and 21.0% 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 33/100, ranked #339 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 194.5:1 student-counselor ratio, that meets the ASCA-recommended benchmark, and 14.4% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 95.4% White, 1.5% Hispanic or Latino, 0.8% African American across the district's schools.
Its largest campus is Richards Elem., enrolling 389 students (100% of the district's total enrollment).
Richards Elem. accounts for 100.0% of all Richards R-V student enrollment
That is an overwhelming concentration, leaving the rest of Richards R-V a distant remainder — means Richards R-V-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.
Richards R-V student-counselor ratio is 195:1 — 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.
Richards R-V chronic absenteeism rate is 14.4% — 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.