An equity score of 55/100 ranks Southern Reynolds Co. R-Ii #179 of 433 districts in Missouri (state average 50). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $11,445 per pupil, Southern Reynolds Co. R-Ii ranks #403 of 552 Missouri districts by per-pupil spending (Missouri districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
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District-Level NCES Analysis
Southern Reynolds Co. R-Ii operates 2 public schools serving 452 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 Reynolds County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $11,445 according to the NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey, in the lower half of 552 Missouri districts by per-pupil spending. See how Missouri compares in our national per-pupil spending analysis. The funding mix is 46.8% local, 31.2% state, and 22.1% 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 55/100, ranked #179 of 433 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.
a 212.5:1 student-counselor ratio, that meets the ASCA-recommended benchmark, and 22.3% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 96.2% White, 2.6% Hispanic or Latino across the district's schools.
Its largest campus is Ellington High School, enrolling 223 students (52% of the district's total enrollment).
Ellington High School accounts for 49.3% of all Southern Reynolds Co. R-Ii student enrollment
That is an overwhelming concentration, leaving the rest of Southern Reynolds Co. R-Ii a distant remainder — means Southern Reynolds Co. R-Ii-wide averages can mask substantial variation outside the largest entity. Grade band: combined. The share measures enrollment concentration only; it does not establish how the district allocates programs, capital, or staff. Enrollment-weighted aggregates give this entity more weight than any smaller peer, while an unweighted entity average treats every record equally.
The reported share clears the 50% majority mark. Title I operates under the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA, 2015), but its statutory allocation uses additional LEA-level counts and rules not represented by this average. This percentage is an economic-need context measure; it does not establish a Title I award, show dollars received, or describe how funds are distributed among campuses.
Southern Reynolds Co. R-Ii student-counselor ratio is 213:1 — 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.
Southern Reynolds Co. R-Ii chronic absenteeism rate is 22.3% — 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 Southern Reynolds Co. R-Ii is typically wider than the Southern Reynolds Co. R-Ii-aggregate figure suggests.