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Warrenton, Missouri - 6 schools
An equity score of 46/100 ranks Warren Co. R-Iii #250 of 432 districts in Missouri (state average 50). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $10,523 per pupil, Warren Co. R-Iii ranks #415 of 549 Missouri districts by per-pupil spending (Missouri districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
3,085
Total Enrollment
6
Schools
$10,523
Per-Pupil Spending
Elementary, High
School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Warren Co. R-Iii operates 6 public schools serving 3,085 students, placing it among the smallest districts in Missouri. The school portfolio breaks down into 3 elementary, 1 high, 1 middle, 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 Warren County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $10,523 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 43.7% local, 35.9% state, and 20.4% 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 46/100, ranked #250 of 432 in Missouri against a state average of 50, in line with the typical spread seen across the state for how evenly funding reaches its schools.
Academic infrastructure includes 1 of 6 schools offering Advanced Placement (10 AP courses district-wide), a 368.3:1 student-counselor ratio, well above the ASCA benchmark though still under the roughly 408:1 national average, and 22.7% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 84.2% White, 5.8% Hispanic or Latino, 3.5% African American across the district's schools. Its most demographically mixed campus is Rebecca Boone Elem., with a diversity index of 35.3/100.
Its largest campus is Warrenton High, enrolling 974 students (33% of the district's total enrollment). Its smallest is Early Learning Center, at 61 students, a 16x enrollment spread across the district's campuses.
Warrenton High accounts for 31.6% of all Warren Co. R-Iii student enrollment
That dominant concentration means Warren Co. R-Iii-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.
Warren Co. R-Iii school enrollment varies 16× across entities
Warren Co. R-Iii school enrollment ranges from 61 students (lowest) to 974 students (highest), a spread of 913 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.
Warren Co. R-Iii student-counselor ratio is 368:1 — high (typically associated with staffing constraints that limit per-student counselor time; CRDC data shows higher ratios cluster in larger urban systems)
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 Higher values may reflect larger urban scale or recent resource constraints that have widened the gap.
Warren Co. R-Iii chronic absenteeism rate is 22.7% — 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 Warren Co. R-Iii is typically wider than the Warren Co. R-Iii-aggregate figure suggests.