Regular local school district · Scott County
Sikeston R-6 School District, MO: schools, enrollment and spending
Sikeston R-6 School District runs 8 public schools with 3,277 students in grades PK to 12. Its ratio of 12.8 students per teacher is about the same as the Missouri figure of 13.0.Listed in NCES data as "SIKESTON R-6".
At a glance
- Schools
- 8
- Students
- 3,277
- Teachers (FTE)
- 256
- Students per teacher
- 12.8
- MO: 13.0 · US: 15.3
- Address
- 1002 Virginia Street, Sikeston, MO 63801
- Phone
- (573)472-2581
- County
- Scott County
- Locale
- Town: Distant
- Grades offered
- PK to 12
- Agency type
- Regular local school district
- NCES district ID
- 2928260
- State district ID
- MO-100063
- Total staff (FTE)
- 499
- School counselors (FTE)
- 13.0About 252 students per counselor.
- School administrators (FTE)
- 19.0
Students per teacher compared
This district12.8
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 (3,338), which can differ from 2024-25 enrollment.
- Total revenue
- $36.3 million
- Federal revenue
- $6.0 million
- State revenue
- $14.1 million
- Local revenue
- $16.2 million
- Total spending
- $39.7 million
- Spending per pupil
- $11,904
- Salaries
- $21.0 million52.8% of total spending.
- Long-term debt (end of year)
- $25.8 million
Where revenue came from
- Federal: 16.5%
- State: 38.9%
- Local: 44.5%
Missouri overall
- Federal: 11.8%
- State: 28.7%
- Local: 59.5%
Spending per pupil compared
This district$11,904
Missouri$14,065
United States$16,826
Schools in Sikeston R-6 School District
By level: 2 high, 2 middle, 4 elementary. A CEP school serves free meals to all students.
| Lee Hunter ElementaryCEP school | Elementary | 1 to 4 | 369 | 15.4 |
| Sikeston Career Tech. Ctr. | High | 9 to 12 | 0 | |
| Sikeston Junior High SchoolCEP school | Middle | 7 to 8 | 448 | 12.4 |
| Sikeston Kindergarten Ctr.CEP school | Elementary | PK to K | 403 | 13.9 |
| Sikeston Middle SchoolCEP school | Middle | 5 to 6 | 493 | 14.9 |
| Sikeston Senior High SchoolCEP school | High | 9 to 12 | 955 | 15.7 |
| Southeast ElementaryCEP school | Elementary | 1 to 4 | 250 | 11.9 |
| Wing ElementaryCEP school | Elementary | 1 to 4 | 359 | 13.3 |
Nearby and related
Other districts in Scott County
- Scott Co. R-Iv School District 902 students
- Scott City R-I School District 773 students
- Chaffee R-Ii School District 562 students
- Oran R-Iii School District 304 students
- Scott Co. Central School District 302 students
- Kelso C-7 School District 199 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.