Southland C-9

Summary:

The Southland C-9 district in Missouri contains two schools: Southland Elementary and Southland High. Both schools are struggling, with consistently low performance on standardized tests, high chronic absenteeism rates, and low graduation rates at the high school level.

Southland Elementary and Southland High have significantly lower proficiency rates on MAP tests compared to the state average, with only 5% of 4th graders at Southland Elementary proficient or better in English Language Arts in 2024-2025, compared to the state average of 44.8%. Both schools also have high chronic absenteeism rates, at 24.3% for the 2023-2024 school year. Southland High's 4-year graduation rate of 73.3% for the 2023-2024 school year is also significantly lower than the state average.

Despite relatively low student-teacher ratios and higher-than-average per-student spending, the schools in the Southland C-9 district continue to struggle, suggesting that the district may need to re-evaluate its resource allocation and implement more comprehensive and sustained improvement efforts to address the systemic challenges facing its students.

District Detail

500 S Main
Cardwell, MO 63829-7187

(573) 654-3574

SchoolDigger Rank:
358^th of 367 Missouri districts

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Grades served: PK, KG-12
Students: 262

Primary Schools: 1
Middle Schools: 0
High Schools: 1
Alternative Schools: 0

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2025)				Ranking (2024)				MAP Mathematics (2025)				MAP Science (2025)	MAP English Language Arts (2025)				MAP Biology I (2025)	Per Pupil Expenditures (2025)
Name	Type	Grades	Address	City	Zip	County	District	Is Charter	Is Magnet	Is Virtual	Is Title I	Phone	Enrollment	Full-time Teachers	Student/ Teacher Ratio	Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Average Standard Score (2025)	Statewide Rank (2025)	State Percentile (2025)	SchoolDigger Rating (2025)	Average Standard Score (2024)	Statewide Rank (2024)	State Percentile (2024)	Rank Change from Previous Year	MAP Mathematics 3rd Grade	MAP Mathematics 5th Grade	MAP Mathematics 7th Grade	MAP Mathematics 8th Grade	MAP Science 8th Grade	MAP English Language Arts 4th Grade	MAP English Language Arts 6th Grade	MAP English Language Arts 7th Grade	MAP English Language Arts 8th Grade	MAP Biology I End of Course	Per Pupil Expenditures Total	Sub-total from Federal Funds	Sub-total from State/Local Funds
Southland Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	500 S Main	Cardwell	63829	Dunklin County	Southland C-9	No	No	No	Yes	(573) 654-3564	150	10	15.0	100.0%	119 (79.3%)	0 (0.0%)	28 (18.7%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (2.0%)	9.1	829^th of 900 public elementary schools	7.9%		9.9	834^th of 906 public elementary schools	7.9%	5	20.9	5.7				5.0					$13,549	$480	$13,068
Southland High	Public	6-12	500 S Main	Cardwell	63829	Dunklin County	Southland C-9	No	No	No	Yes	(573) 654-3531	112	9	12.9	100.0%	80 (71.4%)	1 (0.9%)	31 (27.7%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)								(n/a)			14.3	7.2	7.2		12.6	7.2	7.2	20.1	$16,363	$593	$15,770

Districts nearby

District	Distance	# of Schools	Statewide Rank
Senath-Hornersville C-8	9.29 mi	3	187^th
Kennett 39	18.23 mi	7	276^th
Delta C-7	24.88 mi	2	332^nd
South Pemiscot County R-V	26.26 mi	3	304^th
Cooter R-IV	27.19 mi	2

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SchoolDigger data sources: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education, the U.S. Census Bureau and the Missouri Department of Elementary and Secondary Education.

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