Regular local school district · Buchanan County
Buchanan Co. R-Iv School District, MO: schools, enrollment and spending
Buchanan Co. R-Iv School District runs 2 public schools with 277 students in grades PK to 12. Its ratio of 10.3 students per teacher is 2.7 lower than the Missouri figure of 13.0.Listed in NCES data as "BUCHANAN CO. R-IV".
At a glance
- Schools
- 2
- Students
- 277
- Teachers (FTE)
- 27
- Students per teacher
- 10.3
- MO: 13.0 · US: 15.3
- Address
- 702 Main St, Dekalb, MO 64440
- Phone
- (816)685-3160
- County
- Buchanan County
- Locale
- Rural: Distant
- Grades offered
- PK to 12
- Agency type
- Regular local school district
- NCES district ID
- 2910590
- State district ID
- MO-011079
- Total staff (FTE)
- 40
- School counselors (FTE)
- 1.0About 277 students per counselor.
- School administrators (FTE)
- 2.0
Students per teacher compared
This district10.3
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 (273), which can differ from 2024-25 enrollment.
- Total revenue
- $4.9 million
- Federal revenue
- $767,000
- State revenue
- $2.2 million
- Local revenue
- $1.9 million
- Total spending
- $4.8 million
- Spending per pupil
- $17,637
- Salaries
- $2.4 million49.0% of total spending.
- Long-term debt (end of year)
- $3.1 million
Where revenue came from
- Federal: 15.8%
- State: 45.7%
- Local: 38.5%
Missouri overall
- Federal: 11.8%
- State: 28.7%
- Local: 59.5%
Spending per pupil compared
This district$17,637
Missouri$14,065
United States$16,826
Schools in Buchanan Co. R-Iv School District
By level: 1 high, 1 elementary. A CEP school serves free meals to all students.
| Dekalb Junior-Senior High | High | 7 to 12 | 120 | 8.0 |
| Rushville Elementary | Elementary | PK to 6 | 157 | 14.3 |
Nearby and related
Other districts in Buchanan County
- St. Joseph School District 10,430 students
- Mid-Buchanan Co. R-V School District 891 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.