An equity score of 34/100 ranks Willard R-Ii #326 of 433 districts in Missouri (state average 50). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $10,953 per pupil, Willard R-Ii ranks #464 of 552 Missouri districts by per-pupil spending (Missouri districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
4,732
Total Enrollment
9
Schools
$10,953
Per-Pupil Spending
Combined, Elementary
School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Willard R-Ii operates 9 public schools serving 4,732 students, placing it among the smaller districts in Missouri. The school portfolio breaks down into 5 combined, 2 elementary, 1 high, 1 middle 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 Greene County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $10,953 according to the NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey, in the lower half of 552 Missouri districts by per-pupil spending. See how Missouri compares in our national per-pupil spending analysis. The funding mix is 47.5% local, 38.6% state, and 13.9% 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 34/100, ranked #326 of 433 in Missouri against a state average of 50, notably less even than the typical district in the state for how evenly funding reaches its schools.
Academic infrastructure includes 1 of 9 schools offering Advanced Placement (4 AP courses district-wide), a 354.6:1 student-counselor ratio, well above the ASCA benchmark though still under the roughly 408:1 national average, and 14.3% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 85.4% White, 6.1% Hispanic or Latino, 3.7% African American across the district's schools. Its most demographically mixed campus is Willard South Elem., with a diversity index of 43.8/100.
Its largest campus is Willard High, enrolling 1,379 students (30% of the district's total enrollment). Its smallest is Willard Intermediate-South, at 284 students, a 5x enrollment spread across the district's campuses.
Willard High accounts for 29.1% of all Willard R-Ii student enrollment
That dominant concentration means Willard R-Ii-wide averages can mask substantial variation outside the largest entity. Grade band: high. 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.
Willard R-Ii school enrollment varies 4.9× across entities
Willard R-Ii school enrollment ranges from 284 students (lowest) to 1,379 students (highest), a spread of 1,095 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.
Willard R-Ii student-counselor ratio is 355:1 — 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.
Willard R-Ii chronic absenteeism rate is 14.3% — 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.