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Sedalia, Missouri - 9 schools
An equity score of 45/100 ranks Sedalia 200 #256 of 432 districts in Missouri (state average 50). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $10,238 per pupil, Sedalia 200 ranks #460 of 549 Missouri districts by per-pupil spending (Missouri districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
5,042
Total Enrollment
9
Schools
$10,238
Per-Pupil Spending
Elementary, High
School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Sedalia 200 operates 9 public schools serving 5,042 students, placing it among the smaller districts in Missouri. The school portfolio breaks down into 6 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 Pettis County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $10,238 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 41.7% local, 39.9% state, and 18.3% 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 45/100, ranked #256 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.
Academic infrastructure includes 1 of 9 schools offering Advanced Placement (16 AP courses district-wide), a 378.8:1 student-counselor ratio, well above the ASCA benchmark though still under the roughly 408:1 national average, and 17.5% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 64.1% White, 20.7% Hispanic or Latino, 4.4% African American across the district's schools. Its most demographically mixed campus is Heber Hunt Elem., with a diversity index of 64.7/100.
Its largest campus is Smith-Cotton High School, enrolling 1,551 students (30% of the district's total enrollment). Its smallest is Washington Elem., at 215 students, a 7x enrollment spread across the district's campuses.
Smith-Cotton High School accounts for 29.8% of all Sedalia 200 student enrollment
That dominant concentration means Sedalia 200-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.
Sedalia 200 school enrollment varies 7.2× across entities
Sedalia 200 school enrollment ranges from 215 students (lowest) to 1,551 students (highest), a spread of 1,336 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.
Sedalia 200 has higher-than-average Title I eligibility — 57.0% 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.
Sedalia 200 student-counselor ratio is 379:1 — high (typically associated with staffing constraints that limit per-student counselor time; CRDC data shows higher ratios cluster in larger urban systems)
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 Higher values may reflect larger urban scale or recent resource constraints that have widened the gap.
Sedalia 200 chronic absenteeism rate is 17.5% — 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 Sedalia 200 is typically wider than the Sedalia 200-aggregate figure suggests.