ENROLLMENT
Is my district growing or shrinking?
See how enrollment has changed and learn more about the students your district serves.
A PLAIN-LANGUAGE GUIDE TO MISSOURI PUBLIC SCHOOLS
Understand your Missouri school district
Search your district to see its enrollment, funding, teacher pay, and student results—and compare it with districts across Missouri.
Missouri has 518 public school districts. This site maps the 516 with their own geographic boundaries; two special districts do not have separate areas on the map.
Prefer a phone-friendly view?
Search the 516 geographic districts mapped by this site. No download required—add it to your phone’s Home Screen for quick access.
Is enrollment changing in your district?
Enrollment change from 2010 to 2025. Select a district for its full profile.
The map is easiest to explore with a mouse or touchscreen. Keyboard and screen-reader users can reach every district through the search box.
WHAT WOULD YOU LIKE TO KNOW?
Start with a question
You do not need to know education terminology. Choose the question that is closest to what you want to understand.
TEACHERS
Who teaches in my district, and what are they paid?
Explore teacher experience, certification, starting pay, and published salary schedules.
MONEY
Where does my district’s money come from?
See what comes from local, state, and federal sources, and what local school taxes support.
STUDENT RESULTS
How are students doing?
Explore Missouri’s measures of student performance, along with the limits of what those scores can tell us.
MORE WAYS TO EXPLORE
See how schedules and communities shape the story
These focused comparisons bring several kinds of district information together. Choose a card to open the full topic page.
SCHOOL CALENDAR
Four-day school weeks
See which districts use a four-day schedule and what Missouri evidence shows about staffing, pay, enrollment, and student results.
Explore four-day weeks → COMMUNITY TYPERural and suburban districts
Compare enrollment, staffing, teacher pay, local resources, and student results across rural and suburban Missouri.
Compare rural and suburban districts → METROPOLITAN AREASCity and suburban districts
Compare districts within Missouri’s metropolitan areas and see how poverty, funding, teacher pay, and outcomes differ.
Compare city and suburban districts →USE THIS INFORMATION
Turn what you learn into a useful conversation
The numbers are a starting point. These resources can help you ask a clear question, understand who makes the decision, and share information responsibly.
Ask district leaders and school boards
Bring a specific question about your district and the evidence behind it.
See suggested questions →Talk with a state legislator
Learn which school decisions are made by the state and which are made locally.
Understand who decides →Share a fact with its source
Use your district’s numbers while keeping the year, comparison, and source attached.
Use the sharing tools →ABOUT THE DATA
Where do the numbers come from?
The site uses publicly available information from Missouri and federal education agencies. Every topic page identifies the source and year for the numbers it presents.
An independent project with a public-school mission. Show-Me Missouri Schools was created by Dr. Jon Turner with his personal time and resources to help make Missouri public schools better. It is not sponsored or published by Missouri State University, the Missouri Department of Elementary and Secondary Education, or the Missouri Association for Rural Education.