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Steelville, Missouri - 3 schools
An equity score of 42/100 ranks Steelville R-Iii #276 of 432 districts in Missouri (state average 50). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $10,263 per pupil, Steelville R-Iii ranks #458 of 549 Missouri districts by per-pupil spending (Missouri districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
925
Total Enrollment
3
Schools
$10,263
Per-Pupil Spending
Combined, Elementary
School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Steelville R-Iii operates 3 public schools serving 925 students, placing it among the smallest districts in Missouri. The school portfolio breaks down into 1 combined, 1 elementary, 1 high 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 Crawford County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $10,263 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 45.1% local, 45.0% state, and 9.9% 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 42/100, ranked #276 of 432 in Missouri against a state average of 50, notably less even than the typical district in the state for how evenly funding reaches its schools.
a 302.7:1 student-counselor ratio, somewhat above the 250:1 ASCA recommendation, and 21.3% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 96.1% White, 2.0% Hispanic or Latino, 0.9% African American across the district's schools. Its most demographically mixed campus is Steelville High, with a diversity index of 10.4/100.
Its largest campus is Steelville Elem., enrolling 346 students (38% of the district's total enrollment).
Steelville Elem. accounts for 37.4% of all Steelville R-Iii student enrollment
That dominant concentration means Steelville R-Iii-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.
Steelville R-Iii student-counselor ratio is 303:1 — near the typical range (US average ~408) — within the typical range for U.S. public districts
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 Variation between sub-units within Steelville R-Iii is typically wider than the Steelville R-Iii-aggregate figure suggests.
Steelville R-Iii 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 Steelville R-Iii is typically wider than the Steelville R-Iii-aggregate figure suggests.