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Waynesville, Missouri - 10 schools
An equity score of 46/100 ranks Waynesville R-Vi #246 of 432 districts in Missouri (state average 50). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $11,554 per pupil, Waynesville R-Vi ranks #310 of 549 Missouri districts by per-pupil spending (Missouri districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
6,155
Total Enrollment
10
Schools
$11,554
Per-Pupil Spending
Elementary, Middle
School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Waynesville R-Vi operates 10 public schools serving 6,155 students, placing it among the smaller districts in Missouri. The school portfolio breaks down into 5 elementary, 2 middle, 2 combined, 1 high schools, a compact enough portfolio that families can compare every campus directly before they move, rent, or enrol. These enrollment and school figures come from the NCES Common Core of Data (CCD) 2024-25 release, and the district is based in Pulaski County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $11,554 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 21.7% local, 37.0% state, and 41.2% 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 #246 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 10 schools offering Advanced Placement (16 AP courses district-wide), a 397.9:1 student-counselor ratio, well above the ASCA benchmark though still under the roughly 408:1 national average, and 12.8% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 53.5% White, 18.9% Hispanic or Latino, 10.9% African American across the district's schools. Its most demographically mixed campus is Parker Educational Center, with a diversity index of 71.8/100.
Its largest campus is Waynesville Sr. High, enrolling 1,719 students (28% of the district's total enrollment). Its smallest is Parker Educational Center, at 34 students, a 51x enrollment spread across the district's campuses.
Waynesville Sr. High accounts for 27.8% of all Waynesville R-Vi student enrollment
That dominant concentration means Waynesville 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.
Waynesville R-Vi school enrollment varies 51× across entities
Waynesville R-Vi school enrollment ranges from 34 students (lowest) to 1,719 students (highest), a spread of 1,685 students. That ratio is among the widest observed and reflects extreme enrollment heterogeneity, the district operates both small specialty programs and large comprehensive campuses inside a single budgeting unit. Per-school staffing ratios, programme availability, and capital-renovation cycles often diverge inside the same district based on enrollment shape.
Waynesville R-Vi student-counselor ratio is 398:1 — 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.
Waynesville R-Vi chronic absenteeism rate is 12.8% — low (typically associated with lower-than-average attendance disruption; districts in this range often have attendance interventions, robust transportation, or smaller catchments that reduce barriers)
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 Lower values often correlate with smaller scale and population characteristics rather than higher resource budgets per se.