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Poplar Bluff R-I School District, MO: schools, enrollment and spending
Poplar Bluff R-I School District runs 10 public schools with 4,899 students in grades PK to 12. Its ratio of 13.1 students per teacher is about the same as the Missouri figure of 13.0.Listed in NCES data as "POPLAR BLUFF R-I".
At a glance
- Schools
- 10
- Students
- 4,899
- Teachers (FTE)
- 374
- Students per teacher
- 13.1
- MO: 13.0 · US: 15.3
- Address
- 1110 N Westwood Blvd, Poplar Bluff, MO 63901
- Phone
- (573)785-7751
- County
- Butler County
- Locale
- Town: Remote
- Grades offered
- PK to 12
- Agency type
- Regular local school district
- NCES district ID
- 2925450
- State district ID
- MO-012109
- Total staff (FTE)
- 617
- School counselors (FTE)
- 13.0About 377 students per counselor.
- School administrators (FTE)
- 15.0
Students per teacher compared
This district13.1
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 (5,137), which can differ from 2024-25 enrollment.
- Total revenue
- $59.6 million
- Federal revenue
- $11.5 million
- State revenue
- $23.5 million
- Local revenue
- $24.6 million
- Total spending
- $53.0 million
- Spending per pupil
- $10,317
- Salaries
- $29.1 million54.9% of total spending.
- Long-term debt (end of year)
- $6.6 million
Where revenue came from
- Federal: 19.3%
- State: 39.4%
- Local: 41.2%
Missouri overall
- Federal: 11.8%
- State: 28.7%
- Local: 59.5%
Spending per pupil compared
This district$10,317
Missouri$14,065
United States$16,826
Schools in Poplar Bluff R-I School District
By level: 2 high, 2 middle, 5 elementary, 1 prekindergarten. A CEP school serves free meals to all students.
| Eugene Field ElementaryCEP school | Elementary | 1 to 3 | 227 | 9.1 |
| Lake Road ElementaryCEP school | Elementary | 1 to 6 | 300 | 12.5 |
| O'Neal ElementaryCEP school | Elementary | 1 to 3 | 344 | 12.3 |
| Oak Grove ElementaryCEP school | Elementary | 1 to 3 | 317 | 13.8 |
| Poplar Bluff Early Childhood CCEP school | Prekindergarten | PK | 295 | 17.4 |
| Poplar Bluff High | High | 9 to 12 | 1,416 | 16.5 |
| Poplar Bluff Junior High | Middle | 7 to 8 | 735 | 13.1 |
| Poplar Bluff Kindergarten Ctr.CEP school | Elementary | K | 333 | 12.8 |
| Poplar Bluff Middle School | Middle | 4 to 6 | 932 | 12.6 |
| Poplar Bluff Tech. Career Ctr. | High | 10 to 12 | 0 |
Nearby and related
Other districts in Butler County
- Twin Rivers R-X School District 796 students
- Neelyville R-Iv School District 633 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.