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Willow Springs, Missouri - 3 schools
An equity score of 63/100 ranks Willow Springs R-Iv #118 of 432 districts in Missouri (state average 50). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $10,596 per pupil, Willow Springs R-Iv ranks #407 of 549 Missouri districts by per-pupil spending (Missouri districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
1,281
Total Enrollment
3
Schools
$10,596
Per-Pupil Spending
Combined, High
School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Willow Springs R-Iv operates 3 public schools serving 1,281 students, placing it among the smallest districts in Missouri. The school portfolio breaks down into 1 combined, 1 high, 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 Howell County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $10,596 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 31.1% local, 41.7% state, and 27.2% 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 63/100, ranked #118 of 432 in Missouri against a state average of 50, notably more even than the typical district in the state for how evenly funding reaches its schools.
a 390.3:1 student-counselor ratio, well above the ASCA benchmark though still under the roughly 408:1 national average, and 16.8% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 93.1% White, 2.0% Hispanic or Latino, 0.9% African American across the district's schools. Its most demographically mixed campus is Willow Springs High, with a diversity index of 14.8/100.
Its largest campus is Willow Springs Elem., enrolling 446 students (38% of the district's total enrollment).
Willow Springs Elem. accounts for 34.8% of all Willow Springs R-Iv student enrollment
That dominant concentration means Willow Springs R-Iv-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.
Willow Springs R-Iv student-counselor ratio is 390:1 — 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.
Willow Springs R-Iv chronic absenteeism rate is 16.8% — 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 Willow Springs R-Iv is typically wider than the Willow Springs R-Iv-aggregate figure suggests.