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POPLAR BLUFF R-I

Poplar Bluff, Missouri · Public School District · Open

Key statistics

4,899
Students enrolled
10
Public schools
374
Classroom teachers (FTE)
13.1:1
Students per teacher

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

Students

By grade

  • Pre-K 295
  • Kindergarten 333
  • Grade 1 363
  • Grade 2 344
  • Grade 3 355
  • Grade 4 348
  • Grade 5 337
  • Grade 6 373
  • Grade 7 370
  • Grade 8 365
  • Grade 9 420
  • Grade 10 363
  • Grade 11 325
  • Grade 12 308

By race/ethnicity

  • White 75%
  • Black or African American 11%
  • Two or more races 10%
  • Hispanic/Latino 3%
  • Asian <1%
  • American Indian or Alaska Native <1%
  • Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander <1%

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

77% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch 3,752 of 4,899 students in the district's schools
  • Free lunch 71%
  • Reduced-price lunch 6%

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

$11,725 spent per student on day-to-day operations Missouri median: $13,607 per student

Spending per student

  • Instruction $6,908
  • Support services $4,057
  • Other (food service, etc.) $760

Where the money comes from

  • Local 45%
  • State 34%
  • Federal 22%

Total revenue $76.5 milliontotal spending $67.1 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)

Town: RemoteStudents: 81% town, 19% rural

Total staff (FTE)

617

District office

1110 N WESTWOOD BLVD, Poplar Bluff MO 63901

County

Butler County

Official website

NCES District ID

2925450

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About POPLAR BLUFF R-I

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

Located in southeast Missouri, Poplar Bluff is named for the dense growth of tulip poplar trees on the bluff of the Black River, which flows through the city. Poplar Bluff is approximately 150 miles south of St. Louis, 150 miles north of Memphis, 150 miles northeast of Little Rock, and about 330 miles southeast of Kansas City. The Poplar Bluff R-I School District is a member of the Greater Poplar Bluff Area Chamber of Commerce.
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