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Weston, Missouri - 3 schools
An equity score of 53/100 ranks West Platte Co. R-Ii #194 of 432 districts in Missouri (state average 50). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $15,133 per pupil, West Platte Co. R-Ii ranks #98 of 549 Missouri districts by per-pupil spending (Missouri districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
739
Total Enrollment
3
Schools
$15,133
Per-Pupil Spending
Combined, High
School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
West Platte Co. R-Ii operates 3 public schools serving 739 students, placing it among the smallest districts in Missouri. The school portfolio breaks down into 1 combined, 1 high, 1 middle 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 Platte County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $15,133 according to the NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey, in the upper half of 549 Missouri districts by per-pupil spending. See how Missouri compares in our national per-pupil spending analysis. The funding mix is 80.0% local, 13.4% state, and 6.7% 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 53/100, ranked #194 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 3 schools offering Advanced Placement (9 AP courses district-wide), a 248.3:1 student-counselor ratio, that meets the ASCA-recommended benchmark, and 8.9% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 88.1% White, 4.7% Hispanic or Latino, 1.0% African American across the district's schools. Its most demographically mixed campus is West Platte High, with a diversity index of 23.9/100.
Its largest campus is Central Elem., enrolling 354 students (48% of the district's total enrollment).
Central Elem. accounts for 47.5% of all West Platte Co. R-Ii student enrollment
That is an overwhelming concentration, leaving the rest of West Platte Co. R-Ii a distant remainder — means West Platte Co. R-Ii-wide averages can mask substantial variation outside the dominant entity. Grade band: combined. 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.
West Platte Co. R-Ii school enrollment varies 2.1× across entities
West Platte Co. R-Ii school enrollment ranges from 170 students (lowest) to 354 students (highest), a spread of 184 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.
West Platte Co. R-Ii student-counselor ratio is 248:1 — 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.
West Platte Co. R-Ii chronic absenteeism rate is 8.9% — 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.