An equity score of 63/100 ranks Sweet Springs R-Vii #120 of 433 districts in Missouri (state average 50). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $13,007 per pupil, Sweet Springs R-Vii ranks #273 of 552 Missouri districts by per-pupil spending (Missouri districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
402
Total Enrollment
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Schools
$13,007
Per-Pupil Spending
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School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Sweet Springs R-Vii operates 2 public schools serving 402 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 Saline County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $13,007 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 48.0% local, 29.2% state, and 22.8% 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 63/100, ranked #120 of 433 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 182.5:1 student-counselor ratio, that meets the ASCA-recommended benchmark, and 9.4% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 96.2% White, 2.1% Hispanic or Latino, 0.8% African American across the district's schools.
Its largest campus is Sweet Springs Elem., enrolling 191 students (52% of the district's total enrollment).
Sweet Springs Elem. accounts for 47.5% of all Sweet Springs R-Vii student enrollment
That is an overwhelming concentration, leaving the rest of Sweet Springs R-Vii a distant remainder — means Sweet Springs R-Vii-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.
Sweet Springs R-Vii student-counselor ratio is 183:1 — 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.
Sweet Springs R-Vii chronic absenteeism rate is 9.4% — well below typical (typically associated with unusually small scale or exceptionally high per-unit investment)
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 Values this far below typical often correlate with unusually small scale or population characteristics rather than higher resource budgets per se — worth checking whether the underlying denominator is itself an outlier.