At $13,141 per pupil, The Soulard School ranks #258 of 552 Missouri districts by per-pupil spending (Missouri districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
128
Total Enrollment
1
Schools
$13,141
Per-Pupil Spending
Elementary
School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
The Soulard School operates 1 public schools serving 128 students, placing it among the smallest districts in Missouri. The school portfolio breaks down into 1 elementary 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 St. Louis City.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $13,141 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 30.0% local, 59.3% state, and 10.7% federal, a state-revenue-heavy mix that insulates the district somewhat from local property-tax volatility, though it ties funding to state budget cycles.
. Demographically, the student body averages 62.3% White, 15.9% African American, 8.0% Hispanic or Latino across the district's schools.
Its largest campus is The Soulard School, enrolling 138 students (100% of the district's total enrollment).
Enrollment across the district's NCES-reporting campuses grew 7% between 2022-23 and 2023-24 (128 to 137 students), while the student-teacher ratio held roughly steady, per the NCES Common Core of Data annual universe files.
Of the district's $1,687,000 in reported FY2023 expenditures, 63.1% went to instruction, 31.3% to support services, and 0.3% to capital outlay, a fairly typical instruction/support/capital split for a public school district. Figures come from the NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey's function-level breakdown, not the aggregate per-pupil figure above.
The Soulard School accounts for 100.0% of all The Soulard School student enrollment
That is an overwhelming concentration, leaving the rest of The Soulard School a distant remainder — means The Soulard School-wide averages can mask substantial variation outside the largest entity. Grade band: elementary. The share measures enrollment concentration only; it does not establish how the district allocates programs, capital, or staff. Because it contains a majority of the affected population, enrollment-weighted aggregates will sit closer to this entity's reported fields than to those of smaller peers; an unweighted entity count answers a different question.
The Soulard School has 1 school, including 1 elementary. Total enrollment is 128 students.
How much does The Soulard School spend per student?
The Soulard School spends $13,141 per student.
What is the demographic composition of The Soulard School?
The Soulard School students are 62.3% White, 15.9% African American, 8.0% Hispanic or Latino, averaged across 1 school. Source: NCES CCD Membership 2024-25.