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ST. JOSEPH

St Joseph, Missouri · Public School District · Open

Key statistics

10,430
Students enrolled
25
Public schools
804
Classroom teachers (FTE)
13.0:1
Students per teacher

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

Students

By grade

  • Pre-K 443
  • Kindergarten 702
  • Grade 1 794
  • Grade 2 778
  • Grade 3 802
  • Grade 4 755
  • Grade 5 770
  • Grade 6 750
  • Grade 7 782
  • Grade 8 795
  • Grade 9 784
  • Grade 10 778
  • Grade 11 775
  • Grade 12 722

By race/ethnicity

  • White 62%
  • Hispanic/Latino 14%
  • Two or more races 13%
  • Black or African American 6%
  • Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander 3%
  • Asian 2%
  • American Indian or Alaska Native <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

74% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch 7,763 of 10,430 students in the district's schools
  • Free lunch 72%
  • Reduced-price lunch 3%

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

$13,605 spent per student on day-to-day operations Missouri median: $13,607 per student

Spending per student

  • Instruction $7,094
  • Support services $5,887
  • Other (food service, etc.) $624

Where the money comes from

  • Local 55%
  • State 32%
  • Federal 13%

Total revenue $163.4 milliontotal spending $166.2 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: 95% city, 5% rural

Total staff (FTE)

1,216

District office

1415 North 26th Street, St Joseph MO 64506

County

Buchanan County

Official website

NCES District ID

2927060

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