Regular local school district · Platte County
Platte Co. R-Iii School District, MO: schools, enrollment and spending
Platte Co. R-Iii School District runs 8 public schools with 4,374 students in grades PK to 12. Its ratio of 13.7 students per teacher is 0.7 higher than the Missouri figure of 13.0.Listed in NCES data as "PLATTE CO. R-III".
At a glance
- Schools
- 8
- Students
- 4,374
- Teachers (FTE)
- 319
- Students per teacher
- 13.7
- MO: 13.0 · US: 15.3
- Address
- 998 Platte Falls Rd, Platte City, MO 64079
- Phone
- (816)858-5420
- County
- Platte County
- Locale
- Town: Fringe
- Grades offered
- PK to 12
- Agency type
- Regular local school district
- NCES district ID
- 2925230
- State district ID
- MO-083003
- Total staff (FTE)
- 474
- School counselors (FTE)
- 13.0About 336 students per counselor.
- School administrators (FTE)
- 17.0
Students per teacher compared
This district13.7
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 (4,269), which can differ from 2024-25 enrollment.
- Total revenue
- $93.1 million
- Federal revenue
- $4.4 million
- State revenue
- $18.7 million
- Local revenue
- $70.0 million
- Total spending
- $54.9 million
- Spending per pupil
- $12,855
- Salaries
- $30.7 million56.0% of total spending.
- Long-term debt (end of year)
- $105.6 million
Where revenue came from
- Federal: 4.7%
- State: 20.1%
- Local: 75.2%
Missouri overall
- Federal: 11.8%
- State: 28.7%
- Local: 59.5%
Spending per pupil compared
This district$12,855
Missouri$14,065
United States$16,826
Schools in Platte Co. R-Iii School District
By level: 2 high, 2 middle, 4 elementary. A CEP school serves free meals to all students.
| Barry School | Elementary | PK to 5 | 348 | 11.6 |
| Compass Elementary | Elementary | PK to 5 | 527 | 13.5 |
| Donald D. Siegrist Elementary | Elementary | PK to 5 | 679 | 15.1 |
| Northland Career Ctr. | High | 9 to 12 | 0 | |
| Pathfinder Elementary | Elementary | PK to 5 | 409 | 12.4 |
| Platte City Middle | Middle | 6 to 8 | 646 | 13.7 |
| Platte County High | High | 9 to 12 | 1,397 | 17.5 |
| Platte Purchase Middle School | Middle | 6 to 8 | 368 | 12.7 |
Nearby and related
Other districts in Platte County
- Park Hill School District 11,937 students
- West Platte Co. R-Ii School District 745 students
- North Platte Co. R-I School District 556 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.