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Sikeston, Missouri - 2 schools
An equity score of 86/100 ranks Scott Co. Central #16 of 432 districts in Missouri (state average 50). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $13,589 per pupil, Scott Co. Central ranks #166 of 549 Missouri districts by per-pupil spending (Missouri districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
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District-Level NCES Analysis
Scott Co. Central operates 2 public schools serving 274 students, placing it among the smallest districts in Missouri. The school portfolio breaks down into 2 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 Scott County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $13,589 according to the NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey, in the upper half of 549 Missouri districts by per-pupil spending. See how Missouri compares in our national per-pupil spending analysis. The funding mix is 35.8% local, 39.9% state, and 24.3% 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 86/100, ranked #16 of 432 in Missouri against a state average of 50, notably more even than the typical district in the state for how evenly funding reaches its schools.
a 151:1 student-counselor ratio, that meets the ASCA-recommended benchmark, and 21.3% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 70.2% White, 16.4% African American, 1.9% Hispanic or Latino across the district's schools.
Its largest campus is Scott Co. Central Elem., enrolling 194 students (64% of the district's total enrollment).
Scott Co. Central Elem. accounts for 64.2% of all Scott Co. Central student enrollment
That is an overwhelming concentration, leaving the rest of Scott Co. Central a distant remainder — means Scott Co. Central-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.
Scott Co. Central has higher-than-average Title I eligibility — 97.8% 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). Eligibility here is a supermajority of the population — well past the 75% concentration-grant threshold that unlocks extra funding 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.
Scott Co. Central student-counselor ratio is 151:1 — well below typical (typically associated with unusually small scale or exceptionally high per-unit investment)
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 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.
Scott Co. Central chronic absenteeism rate is 21.3% — 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 Scott Co. Central is typically wider than the Scott Co. Central-aggregate figure suggests.
Scott Co. Central has 2 schools, including 2 combined. Total enrollment is 274 students.
How much does Scott Co. Central spend per student?
Scott Co. Central spends $13,589 per student. The district has an equity score of 86/100, ranking #16 in Missouri.
What is the demographic composition of Scott Co. Central?
Scott Co. Central students are 70.2% White, 16.4% African American, 1.9% Hispanic or Latino, 0.3% Asian, averaged across 2 schools. Source: NCES CCD Membership 2024-25.
What is the equity score for Scott Co. Central?
Scott Co. Central has an equity score of 86/100, ranking #16 out of 432 districts in Missouri.