8.77% of the population for whom poverty status is determined in Drexel R-IV School District, MO (161 out of 1.84k people) live below the poverty line, a number that is lower than the national average of 12.5%. The largest demographic living in poverty are Females 55 - 64, followed by Males 18 - 24 and then Females 75+.

The most common racial or ethnic group living below the poverty line in Drexel R-IV School District, MO is White, followed by Hispanic and Two Or More.

The Census Bureau uses a set of money income thresholds that vary by family size and composition to determine who classifies as impoverished. If a family's total income is less than the family's threshold than that family and every individual in it is considered to be living in poverty.