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JOPLIN SCHOOLS

Joplin, Missouri · Public School District · Open

Key statistics

7,873
Students enrolled
16
Public schools
574
Classroom teachers (FTE)
13.7:1
Students per teacher

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, Common Core of Data. School year: 2024-25.

Students

By grade

  • Pre-K 360
  • Kindergarten 606
  • Grade 1 541
  • Grade 2 566
  • Grade 3 614
  • Grade 4 570
  • Grade 5 591
  • Grade 6 577
  • Grade 7 620
  • Grade 8 540
  • Grade 9 588
  • Grade 10 598
  • Grade 11 572
  • Grade 12 530

By race/ethnicity

  • White 66%
  • Hispanic/Latino 13%
  • Two or more races 10%
  • Black or African American 5%
  • Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander 3%
  • American Indian or Alaska Native 2%
  • Asian 2%

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, Common Core of Data (fall membership), school year 2024-25. Race/ethnicity as reported by the state.

Free and reduced-price lunch

66% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch 5,210 of 7,873 students in the district's schools
  • Free lunch 55%
  • Reduced-price lunch 11%

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, Common Core of Data, school year 2024-25. Eligibility as reported by the state. Schools that serve free meals to every student may count all of them as eligible, so figures are not comparable from state to state.

Spending and revenue

$11,195 spent per student on day-to-day operations Missouri median: $13,607 per student

Spending per student

  • Instruction $6,244
  • Support services $4,268
  • Other (food service, etc.) $682

Where the money comes from

  • Local 58%
  • State 26%
  • Federal 16%

Total revenue $119.5 milliontotal spending $98.7 million

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, School District Finance Survey (F-33), school year 2023-24. Day-to-day spending is NCES's current expenditures: it leaves out construction, equipment, debt and payments to charter or private schools. Per student is per fall enrollment of that year.

District details

Grades served

PK to 12

Locale (NCES)

City: SmallStudents: 80% city, 13% suburb, 8% rural

Total staff (FTE)

1,188

District office

825 S Pearl St, Joplin MO 64804

County

Jasper County

Official website

NCES District ID

2916350

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About JOPLIN SCHOOLS

Description provided by the district or community — not part of the NCES dataset.

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