An equity score of 55/100 ranks Ste. Genevieve Co. R-Ii #174 of 433 districts in Missouri (state average 50). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $15,034 per pupil, Ste. Genevieve Co. R-Ii ranks #142 of 552 Missouri districts by per-pupil spending (Missouri districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
1,815
Total Enrollment
4
Schools
$15,034
Per-Pupil Spending
Combined, High
School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Ste. Genevieve Co. R-Ii operates 4 public schools serving 1,815 students, placing it among the smallest districts in Missouri. The school portfolio breaks down into 2 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 Ste. Genevieve County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $15,034 according to the NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey, in the upper half of 552 Missouri districts by per-pupil spending. See how Missouri compares in our national per-pupil spending analysis. The funding mix is 72.8% local, 12.6% state, and 14.7% 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 55/100, ranked #174 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 362.3:1 student-counselor ratio, well above the ASCA benchmark though still under the roughly 408:1 national average, and 12.8% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 94.5% White, 1.7% Hispanic or Latino, 0.8% African American across the district's schools. Its most demographically mixed campus is Ste. Genevieve Elem., with a diversity index of 15.0/100.
Its largest campus is Ste. Genevieve Elem., enrolling 624 students (32% of the district's total enrollment).
Ste. Genevieve Elem. accounts for 32.4% of all Ste. Genevieve Co. R-Ii student enrollment
That dominant concentration means Ste. Genevieve 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.
Ste. Genevieve Co. R-Ii student-counselor ratio is 362:1 — 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.
Ste. Genevieve Co. R-Ii chronic absenteeism rate is 12.8% — 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.