Regular local school district · Stoddard County
Bell City R-Ii School District, MO: schools, enrollment and spending
Bell City R-Ii School District runs 2 public schools with 196 students in grades K to 12. Its ratio of 7.5 students per teacher is 5.5 lower than the Missouri figure of 13.0.Listed in NCES data as "BELL CITY R-II".
At a glance
- Schools
- 2
- Students
- 196
- Teachers (FTE)
- 26
- Students per teacher
- 7.5
- MO: 13.0 · US: 15.3
- Address
- 25254 Walnut St, Bell City, MO 63735
- Phone
- (573)733-4444
- County
- Stoddard County
- Locale
- Rural: Distant
- Grades offered
- K to 12
- Agency type
- Regular local school district
- NCES district ID
- 2904530
- State district ID
- MO-103128
- Total staff (FTE)
- 47
- School counselors (FTE)
- 1.0About 196 students per counselor.
- School administrators (FTE)
- 1.0
Students per teacher compared
This district7.5
Missouri13.0
United States15.3
2020 finance data
From the F-33 School District Finance Survey for fiscal year 2020, in nominal dollars. Enrollment used for per-pupil figures is the finance survey count (216), which can differ from 2024-25 enrollment.
- Total revenue
- $3.3 million
- Federal revenue
- $578,000
- State revenue
- $994,000
- Local revenue
- $1.7 million
- Total spending
- $3.2 million
- Spending per pupil
- $14,736
- Salaries
- $1.8 million56.2% of total spending.
- Long-term debt (end of year)
- $0
Where revenue came from
- Federal: 17.6%
- State: 30.3%
- Local: 52.1%
Missouri overall
- Federal: 11.8%
- State: 28.7%
- Local: 59.5%
Spending per pupil compared
This district$14,736
Missouri$14,065
United States$16,826
Schools in Bell City R-Ii School District
By level: 1 high, 1 elementary. A CEP school serves free meals to all students.
| Bell City Elementary | Elementary | K to 6 | 105 | 8.1 |
| Bell City High | High | 7 to 12 | 91 | 7.0 |
Nearby and related
Other districts in Stoddard County
- Dexter R-Xi School District 2,008 students
- Puxico R-Viii School District 712 students
- Bloomfield R-Xiv School District 595 students
- Bernie R-Xiii School District 478 students
- Advance R-Iv School District 428 students
- Richland R-I School District 283 students
More in Missouri
Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 and F-33 finance 2020, via the Urban Institute Education Data Portal. Last reviewed October 2026. Finance figures are 2020 finance data in nominal dollars, not adjusted for inflation. Blank values are not available, not applicable or suppressed in the source. See the methodology.