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Stockton, Missouri - 4 schools
An equity score of 64/100 ranks Stockton R-I #109 of 432 districts in Missouri (state average 50). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $13,170 per pupil, Stockton R-I ranks #184 of 549 Missouri districts by per-pupil spending (Missouri districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
972
Total Enrollment
4
Schools
$13,170
Per-Pupil Spending
Elementary, High
School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Stockton R-I operates 4 public schools serving 972 students, placing it among the smallest districts in Missouri. The school portfolio breaks down into 2 elementary, 1 high, 1 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 Cedar County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $13,170 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 48.6% local, 28.0% state, and 23.4% 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 64/100, ranked #109 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 294.1:1 student-counselor ratio, somewhat above the 250:1 ASCA recommendation, and 19.2% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 94.8% White, 2.8% Hispanic or Latino, 0.6% African American across the district's schools. Its most demographically mixed campus is Stockton High, with a diversity index of 15.7/100.
Its largest campus is Stockton Elem., enrolling 327 students (35% of the district's total enrollment). Its smallest is Little Tiger Preschool, at 37 students, a 9x enrollment spread across the district's campuses.
Stockton Elem. accounts for 33.6% of all Stockton R-I student enrollment
That dominant concentration means Stockton R-I-wide averages can mask substantial variation outside the dominant entity. Grade band: elementary. 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.
Stockton R-I school enrollment varies 8.8× across entities
Stockton R-I school enrollment ranges from 37 students (lowest) to 327 students (highest), a spread of 290 students. That spread reflects typical mixed-portfolio variation between specialty programs and large neighbourhood schools. Per-school staffing ratios, programme availability, and capital-renovation cycles often diverge inside the same district based on enrollment shape.
Stockton R-I student-counselor ratio is 294:1 — 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 Stockton R-I is typically wider than the Stockton R-I-aggregate figure suggests.
Stockton R-I chronic absenteeism rate is 19.2% — 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 Stockton R-I is typically wider than the Stockton R-I-aggregate figure suggests.