Southland C-9 鈥� Dunklin County, MO: Schools & Enrollment

Key statistics

262

Students enrolled

2

Public schools

19

Classroom teachers (FTE)

14.0:1

Students per teacher

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

Students

By grade

Pre-K 20
Kindergarten 21
Grade 1 19
Grade 2 27
Grade 3 23
Grade 4 19
Grade 5 21
Grade 6 23
Grade 7 14
Grade 8 14
Grade 9 22
Grade 10 16
Grade 11 8
Grade 12 15

By race/ethnicity

White 76%
Hispanic/Latino 23%
Two or more races 1%
Black or African American <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

100% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch 262 of 262 students in the district's schools

Free lunch 100%
Reduced-price lunch 0%

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

$13,215 spent per student on day-to-day operations Missouri median: $13,607 per student

Spending per student

Instruction $6,488
Support services $5,934
Other (food service, etc.) $793

Where the money comes from

Local 36%
State 44%
Federal 20%

Total revenue $3.7 milliontotal spending $3.4 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)

Rural: Distant

Total staff (FTE)

36

District office

500 S MAIN, Cardwell MO 63829

Phone

(573) 654-3574

County

Dunklin County

Official website

NCES District ID

2928620

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About SOUTHLAND C-9

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

The Southland School District consists of 75 square miles and is located in southern Dunklin County, Missouri. The towns of Cardwell and Arbyrd are included in the Southland School District. Cardwell-- Cardwell is located three miles from the St. Francis River which forms the Arkansas-Missouri state line on the western edge of the Bootheel of Missouri. The town of Cardwell has the distinction of having the lowest altitude above sea level (250 ft.) in the state of Missouri. Cardwell has a population of approximately 750. Arbyrd--Arbyrd is located approximately three and one half miles northeast of Cardwell with a population of approximately 700 people. The closest large metropolitan area to Arbyrd and Cardwell is Memphis, Tennessee which is located 80 miles to the southeast. The Southland School System--The Southland School system is composed of grades Kindergarten through twelfth and is located in Cardwell. The Cardwell-Arbyrd area is a major farming area, with cotton and watermelons being the major products harvested.