About Desoto 73 School District
Desoto 73 School District is a public school system serving Jefferson County, Missouri, based in Desoto. It serves 2,464 students across 5 schools spanning PreK–12, and is classified as a town: fringe district. By enrollment it is the #84 largest of Missouri’s 555 school systems.
Size and structure
Desoto 73 School District enrolls 2,464 students in 5 schools — an average of about 493 students per school. It serves grades PreK–12 and ranks #84 of 555 statewide by enrollment.
Who the district serves
Student race and ethnicity in Desoto 73 School District, from the NCES Common Core of Data (2,464 students reported):
For economically-disadvantaged, English-learner, and special-education shares, plus school-by-school detail, see the federal sources in the full-data section.
Teachers & staff
Desoto 73 School District employs about 198 full-time-equivalent teachers for a student–teacher ratio of 12.4:1 — below the Missouri average of about 12.7:1, meaning comparatively smaller classes. Total district staff is roughly 371.
Counselor and librarian/media counts are not published at the district level in the current NCES release; see the federal full-data links for staffing detail.
How Missouri funds schools
District-level per-pupil spending and the local/state/federal revenue split for Desoto 73 School District are published in the federal school-finance files — see the full-data links below for the current figures.
Report card & state results
Missouri measures districts through the Missouri School Improvement Program (MSIP 6), whose Annual Performance Report (APR) scores academic achievement, growth, graduation, college-and-career readiness and attendance. Look up Desoto 73 School District on the MSIP / APR pages.
Accreditation status
Missouri assigns its own state accreditation status — accredited, provisionally accredited or unaccredited — based on the MSIP performance standards, separate from any voluntary Cognia accreditation a district may also hold. See the Missouri DESE for a district’s current status.
Desoto 73 School District vs. Missouri
See every Missouri district side by side in the Missouri directory.
Look up Desoto 73 School District’s full data
These official sources carry the district-level detail — finances, discipline, equity, test scores, boundaries. Direct links for this district (via its NCES ID):