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St. Joseph School District, MO: schools, enrollment and spending
St. Joseph School District runs 25 public schools with 10,430 students in grades PK to 12. Its ratio of 13.0 students per teacher is about the same as the Missouri figure of 13.0.Listed in NCES data as "ST. JOSEPH".
At a glance
- Schools
- 25
- Students
- 10,430
- Teachers (FTE)
- 804
- Students per teacher
- 13.0
- MO: 13.0 · US: 15.3
- Address
- 1415 North 26th Street, St Joseph, MO 64506
- Phone
- (816)671-4000
- County
- Buchanan County
- Locale
- City: Small
- Grades offered
- PK to 12
- Agency type
- Regular local school district
- NCES district ID
- 2927060
- State district ID
- MO-011082
- Total staff (FTE)
- 1,216
- School counselors (FTE)
- 34.0About 307 students per counselor.
- School administrators (FTE)
- 41.0
Students per teacher compared
This district13.0
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 (10,643), which can differ from 2024-25 enrollment.
- Total revenue
- $136.6 million
- Federal revenue
- $16.6 million
- State revenue
- $49.3 million
- Local revenue
- $70.7 million
- Total spending
- $128.8 million
- Spending per pupil
- $12,101
- Salaries
- $69.7 million54.1% of total spending.
- Long-term debt (end of year)
- $30.2 million
Where revenue came from
- Federal: 12.2%
- State: 36.1%
- Local: 51.7%
Missouri overall
- Federal: 11.8%
- State: 28.7%
- Local: 59.5%
Spending per pupil compared
This district$12,101
Missouri$14,065
United States$16,826
Schools in St. Joseph School District
By level: 4 high, 4 middle, 13 elementary, 2 other, 2 prekindergarten. A CEP school serves free meals to all students.
| Alt. Resource Ctr. | Other | K to 12 | 0 | |
| Benton High | High | 9 to 12 | 682 | 13.6 |
| Bode Middle | Middle | 7 to 8 | 488 | 11.9 |
| Buchanan Co. Academy | Other | K to 12 | 0 | |
| Carden Park ElementaryCEP school | Elementary | K to 6 | 638 | 12.3 |
| Central High | High | 9 to 12 | 1,733 | 16.5 |
| Coleman ElementaryCEP school | Elementary | K to 6 | 388 | 12.5 |
| Edison ElementaryCEP school | Elementary | PK to 6 | 362 | 11.7 |
| Ellison Elementary | Elementary | K to 6 | 343 | 14.9 |
| Field Elementary | Elementary | K to 6 | 336 | 16.0 |
| Hillyard Technical Ctr. | High | 9 to 12 | 0 | |
| Hosea ElementaryCEP school | Elementary | K to 5 | 422 | 13.2 |
| Hyde ElementaryCEP school | Elementary | K to 5 | 352 | 13.5 |
| Lafayette HighCEP school | High | 9 to 12 | 644 | 12.4 |
| Lake Early Learning Center | Prekindergarten | PK | 211 | 11.1 |
| Lindbergh ElementaryCEP school | Elementary | K to 5 | 431 | 12.0 |
| Mark Twain Early Learning Cntr | Prekindergarten | PK | 232 | 12.9 |
| Oak Grove Elementary | Elementary | PK to 6 | 502 | 14.8 |
| Parkway ElementaryCEP school | Elementary | K to 6 | 438 | 13.7 |
| Pershing ElementaryCEP school | Elementary | K to 6 | 285 | 14.2 |
| Pickett ElementaryCEP school | Elementary | PK to 6 | 250 | 11.4 |
| Robidoux MiddleCEP school | Middle | 6 to 8 | 405 | 13.5 |
| Skaith ElementaryCEP school | Elementary | PK to 6 | 398 | 14.2 |
| Spring Garden MiddleCEP school | Middle | 6 to 8 | 404 | 14.4 |
| Truman MiddleCEP school | Middle | 7 to 8 | 486 | 13.1 |
Nearby and related
Other districts in Buchanan County
- Mid-Buchanan Co. R-V School District 891 students
- Buchanan Co. R-Iv School District 277 students
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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.