Missouri School District Cost per Student – 2024
Search for your school district to see how it compares on per-student spending and other key metrics from 2024.
| District Name | PK Enrollment | K-12 Enrollment | % Local Funding | % State Funding | % Federal Funding | Avg. Daily Attendance | Total Expenditure | Assessed Valuation | Total Expenditure per Student |
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Data Definitions
- PK ENROLLMENT
- Pre-Kindergarten student enrollment count.
- K-12 ENROLLMENT
- Kindergarten through 12th grade student enrollment count.
- % LOCAL, % STATE, % FEDERAL
- Percentage of district revenue from local, state, or federal sources.
- AVERAGE DAILY ATTENDANCE
- Average number of students attending school each day.
- TOTAL EXPENDITURE
- Total expenditures for the district (dollars).
- ASSESSED VALUATION
- Total taxable assessed value of property within the district (dollars).
- TOTAL EXPENDITURE PER STUDENT
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District’s total expenditures divided by total student count (Pre-K + K–12).
TOTAL EXPENDITURE / (PK ENROLLMENT + ENROLLMENT)
Note: Special-purpose districts (e.g., the Special School District of St. Louis County) and very small rural districts can show unusually high per-student figures due to higher-need services and small enrollment.
Data source & how to use it
This page uses the latest available district-level figures from the Missouri Department of Elementary & Secondary Education (DESE), 2024. Per-student spending is calculated as total district expenditures divided by total student count (Pre-K + K–12).
Every district’s situation is unique—staffing, facilities, special programs, and local needs vary—so please treat this as a starting point for conversations with your school board and administrators. If your district’s spending seems high, ask them to explain why.