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Joplin Schools
A public school district in Joplin, Missouri, with 16 operational schools in 2024–25.
The district in 2024–25
- 7,873
- Students enrolled
- 574.3
- Teachers, full-time equivalent
- Derived by NCES from the state’s counts.
- 1,187.9
- All staff, full-time equivalent
- $10,792
- Spending per pupil, fiscal year 2023
- Current expenditure over fall membership, both as the district reported them.
How this compares
- Students enrolled: 7,873 in 2024–25
- Ranks 1,174th of 17,800 districts by enrollment, and 22nd of 555 in Missouri. Larger than 93% of the 17,800 districts in the fifty states and DC that report an enrollment. The ranking →
- Current spending per pupil: $10,792 in fiscal year 2023
- More than 8% of the 17,189 districts with a spending figure. Current spending leaves out buildings and debt, and a district of a few pupils can spend far more per pupil than any large one.
Spending and revenue
Joplin Schools spent $11,195 per pupil in fiscal year 2024, against $5,935 in fiscal year 2005
Current spending per pupil, each fiscal year: current expenditure over fall membership, both as the district reported them to NCES. In the dollars of each year, not adjusted for inflation. A year with no column is a year the survey has no figure for.
Source: The College Scorecard
About this chart
The figures
| Fiscal year | Spending per pupil | Current expenditure | Membership |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024 | $11,195 | $86.7 million | 7,746 |
| FY2023 | $10,792 | $83.0 million | 7,694 |
| FY2022 | $9,800 | $76.2 million | 7,779 |
| FY2021 | $8,445 | $64.4 million | 7,630 |
| FY2020 | $8,502 | $66.5 million | 7,817 |
| FY2019 | $8,514 | $65.7 million | 7,712 |
| FY2018 | $8,085 | $62.8 million | 7,766 |
| FY2017 | $8,004 | $62.7 million | 7,829 |
| FY2016 | $7,989 | $62.0 million | 7,766 |
| FY2015 | $7,761 | $61.1 million | 7,874 |
| FY2014 | $8,063 | $62.8 million | 7,784 |
| FY2013 | $8,544 | $65.5 million | 7,662 |
| FY2012 | $8,874 | $65.6 million | 7,395 |
| FY2011 | $7,221 | $57.2 million | 7,917 |
| FY2010 | $7,593 | $58.9 million | 7,759 |
| FY2009 | $7,390 | $56.7 million | 7,678 |
| FY2008 | $7,499 | $56.0 million | 7,473 |
| FY2007 | $6,842 | $51.9 million | 7,585 |
| FY2006 | $6,430 | $47.7 million | 7,413 |
| FY2005 | $5,935 | $43.6 million | 7,345 |
Revenue by source, fiscal year 2023
| Source | Revenue | Share of total |
|---|---|---|
| Federal | $18.8 million | 16.6% |
| State | $30.0 million | 26.5% |
| Local | $64.6 million | 56.9% |
| Total | $113.4 million |
Federal, state and local revenue as the F-33 records them. Each share is of the survey’s total revenue, so a part withheld does not inflate the others.
The district’s schools
16 operational schools, A to Z.
2 more columns on a wider screen
| School | Students |
|---|---|
| Cecil Floyd Elementary | 532 |
| Dover Hill Elementary | 412 |
| East Middle | 592 |
| Eastmorland Elementary | 245 |
| Franklin Technology Center | 0 |
| Irving Elementary | 434 |
| Jefferson Elementary | 218 |
| Joplin Early Childhood Center | 311 |
| Joplin High | 2,288 |
| Kelsey Norman Elementary | 300 |
| McKinley Elementary | 324 |
| North Middle | 549 |
| Royal Heights Elementary | 277 |
| Soaring Heights Elementary | 395 |
| South Middle | 596 |
| Stapleton Elementary | 400 |
The district’s entry
- Name as NCES lists it
- JOPLIN SCHOOLS
- Status
- Open
- Type
- Regular public school district that is not a component of a supervisory union
- Charter status
- Not a charter district
- Grades
- Pre-kindergarten to Grade 12
- NCES district ID
- 2916350
Elsewhere
- Public schools in Missouri — enrollment, teachers and spending across the state, against the nation.
- Every school district in Missouri — A to Z, each with its page.
- Missouri on the American Factbook — the state’s entry, across every hub.
Sources
- Common Core of Data (CCD), 2024–25 — National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education · U.S. Government work · retrieved September 30, 2026
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Common Core of Data (CCD), 2024–25.
- School District Finance Survey (F-33), fiscal years 2005 to 2024
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Common Core of Data (CCD), "School District Finance Survey (F-33)," fiscal years 2005 to 2024.
Compiled automatically from Common Core of Data (CCD), 2024–25 and School District Finance Survey (F-33), fiscal years 2005 to 2024 by a checked SQL query · Editor: Kian O'Connor · How this site is built
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