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Shelbina, Missouri - 3 schools
An equity score of 59/100 ranks Shelby Co. R-Iv #152 of 432 districts in Missouri (state average 50). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $12,207 per pupil, Shelby Co. R-Iv ranks #256 of 549 Missouri districts by per-pupil spending (Missouri districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
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Total Enrollment
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$12,207
Per-Pupil Spending
Combined, High
School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Shelby Co. R-Iv operates 3 public schools serving 693 students, placing it among the smallest districts in Missouri. The school portfolio breaks down into 1 combined, 1 high, 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 Shelby County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $12,207 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 57.9% local, 24.9% state, and 17.2% federal, a local-revenue-heavy mix that leaves the district more exposed to property-tax swings and local ballot measures than state-funded peers. The district's equity score is 59/100, ranked #152 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 211.7:1 student-counselor ratio, that meets the ASCA-recommended benchmark, and 20.5% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 91.2% White, 2.6% Hispanic or Latino, 1.6% African American across the district's schools. Its most demographically mixed campus is South Shelby Middle School, with a diversity index of 19.2/100.
Its largest campus is South Shelby Elementary, enrolling 282 students (44% of the district's total enrollment).
South Shelby Elementary accounts for 40.7% of all Shelby Co. R-Iv student enrollment
That dominant concentration means Shelby Co. R-Iv-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.
Shelby Co. R-Iv school enrollment varies 2.2× across entities
Shelby Co. R-Iv school enrollment ranges from 126 students (lowest) to 282 students (highest), a spread of 156 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.
Shelby Co. R-Iv student-counselor ratio is 212:1 — 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.
Shelby Co. R-Iv chronic absenteeism rate is 20.5% — 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 Shelby Co. R-Iv is typically wider than the Shelby Co. R-Iv-aggregate figure suggests.