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Strafford, Missouri - 4 schools
An equity score of 6/100 ranks Strafford R-Vi #432 of 432 districts in Missouri (state average 50). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $9,590 per pupil, Strafford R-Vi ranks #525 of 549 Missouri districts by per-pupil spending (Missouri districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
1,412
Total Enrollment
4
Schools
$9,590
Per-Pupil Spending
Elementary, High
School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Strafford R-Vi operates 4 public schools serving 1,412 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 Greene County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $9,590 according to the NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey, among the bottom 55 of 549 Missouri districts by per-pupil spending. See how Missouri compares in our national per-pupil spending analysis. The funding mix is 63.0% local, 24.3% state, and 12.8% 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 6/100, ranked #432 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 607:1 student-counselor ratio, above both the ASCA benchmark and the roughly 408:1 national average, and 16.8% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 92.3% White, 1.1% African American, 0.8% Hispanic or Latino across the district's schools. Its most demographically mixed campus is Strafford High, with a diversity index of 15.4/100.
Its largest campus is Strafford High, enrolling 437 students (31% of the district's total enrollment).
Strafford High accounts for 30.9% of all Strafford R-Vi student enrollment
That dominant concentration means Strafford R-Vi-wide averages can mask substantial variation outside the dominant entity. Grade band: high. 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.
Strafford R-Vi school enrollment varies 2.4× across entities
Strafford R-Vi school enrollment ranges from 180 students (lowest) to 437 students (highest), a spread of 257 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.
Strafford R-Vi student-counselor ratio is 607:1 — well above typical (typically associated with unusually large scale or acute resource constraints)
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 Values this far above typical often signal acute resource constraints or a structurally different scale than most peers — worth reading alongside the underlying counts, not the ratio alone.
Strafford R-Vi chronic absenteeism rate is 16.8% — 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 Strafford R-Vi is typically wider than the Strafford R-Vi-aggregate figure suggests.