Regular local school district · Caldwell County
Polo R-Vii School District, MO: schools, enrollment and spending
Polo R-Vii School District runs 3 public schools with 367 students in grades PK to 12. Its ratio of 9.9 students per teacher is 3.1 lower than the Missouri figure of 13.0.Listed in NCES data as "POLO R-VII".
At a glance
- Schools
- 3
- Students
- 367
- Teachers (FTE)
- 37
- Students per teacher
- 9.9
- MO: 13.0 · US: 15.3
- Address
- 300 W School St, Polo, MO 64671
- Phone
- (660)354-2326
- County
- Caldwell County
- Locale
- Rural: Distant
- Grades offered
- PK to 12
- Agency type
- Regular local school district
- NCES district ID
- 2925410
- State district ID
- MO-013059
- Total staff (FTE)
- 71
- School counselors (FTE)
- 2.0About 184 students per counselor.
- School administrators (FTE)
- 1.0
Students per teacher compared
This district9.9
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 (393), which can differ from 2024-25 enrollment.
- Total revenue
- $5.8 million
- Federal revenue
- $791,000
- State revenue
- $2.2 million
- Local revenue
- $2.9 million
- Total spending
- $5.4 million
- Spending per pupil
- $13,715
- Salaries
- $2.7 million51.0% of total spending.
- Long-term debt (end of year)
- $4.2 million
Where revenue came from
- Federal: 13.6%
- State: 37.2%
- Local: 49.2%
Missouri overall
- Federal: 11.8%
- State: 28.7%
- Local: 59.5%
Spending per pupil compared
This district$13,715
Missouri$14,065
United States$16,826
Schools in Polo R-Vii School District
By level: 1 high, 1 middle, 1 elementary. A CEP school serves free meals to all students.
| Polo Elementary | Elementary | PK to 4 | 137 | 9.8 |
| Polo High | High | 9 to 12 | 127 | 9.8 |
| Polo Middle | Middle | 5 to 8 | 103 | 11.4 |
Nearby and related
Other districts in Caldwell County
- Hamilton R-Ii School District 606 students
- Braymer C-4 School District 281 students
- Breckenridge R-I School District 63 students
- Cowgill R-Vi School District 38 students
- Kingston 42 School District 32 students
- Mirabile C-1 School District 30 students
- New York R-Iv School District 24 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.