Best Public Schools in Ozark, MO

Summary:

The Ozark, Missouri school district is a high-performing system with 8 schools serving students from early childhood through high school. The district as a whole is ranked 16th out of 376 districts in the state and has earned a 5-star rating, indicating it provides a quality education across all grade levels.

Within the district, a few schools stand out as exceptional performers. Ozark High School is consistently ranked in the top 25% of Missouri high schools, with strong academic performance and a low free/reduced lunch rate. East Elementary is ranked 32nd out of 898 Missouri elementary schools and boasts exceptional math scores, along with a lower student-teacher ratio than the district average. The Ozark Tigerpaw Early Childhood Center stands out with an extremely low student-teacher ratio of 6.0, though it also serves the highest percentage of economically disadvantaged students in the district.

Overall, the Ozark R-VI school district appears to be providing a high-quality education, with strong academic performance across the board. However, there are still areas for potential improvement, such as addressing economic disparities and learning from the district's top-performing schools to raise achievement levels district-wide.

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2023)				Ranking (2022)				MAP Mathematics (2023)						MAP Science (2023)		MAP English Language Arts (2023)						MAP Algebra I (2023)	MAP Biology I (2023)	MAP English II (2023)	MAP Algebra II (2023)	MAP English I (2023)	MAP Government (2023)	MAP American History (2023)	Per Pupil Expenditures (2022)
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 (2023)	Statewide Rank (2023)	State Percentile (2023)	SchoolDigger Rating (2023)	Average Standard Score (2022)	Statewide Rank (2022)	State Percentile (2022)	Rank Change from Previous Year	MAP Mathematics 3rd Grade	MAP Mathematics 4th Grade	MAP Mathematics 5th Grade	MAP Mathematics 6th Grade	MAP Mathematics 7th Grade	MAP Mathematics 8th Grade	MAP Science 5th Grade	MAP Science 8th Grade	MAP English Language Arts 3rd Grade	MAP English Language Arts 4th Grade	MAP English Language Arts 5th Grade	MAP English Language Arts 6th Grade	MAP English Language Arts 7th Grade	MAP English Language Arts 8th Grade	MAP Algebra I End of Course	MAP Biology I End of Course	MAP English II End of Course	MAP Algebra II End of Course	MAP English I End of Course	MAP Government End of Course	MAP American History End of Course	Per Pupil Expenditures Total	Sub-total from Federal Funds	Sub-total from State/Local Funds
Ozark Middle School	Public	5-6	3600 N Hwy Nn	Ozark	65721	Christian County	Ozark R-VI	No	No	No	No	(417) 582-5903	934	66	14.0	37.7%	820 (87.8%)	17 (1.8%)	47 (5.0%)	7 (0.7%)	9 (1.0%)	0 (0.0%)	34 (3.6%)								(n/a)			61.8	70.7			69.3				58.9	55.8										$9,259	$557	$8,702
East Elementary	Public	K-4	2449 E Hartley	Ozark	65721	Christian County	Ozark R-VI	No	No	No	Yes	(417) 582-5906	529	41	12.7	34.6%	472 (89.2%)	5 (0.9%)	23 (4.3%)	3 (0.6%)	4 (0.8%)	3 (0.6%)	19 (3.6%)	93.8	32^nd of 898 public elementary schools	96.4%		86	93^rd of 908 public elementary schools	89.8%	61	81.0	68.5							67.6	71.1												$9,903	$933	$8,971
South Elementary	Public	K-4	1250 W South St	Ozark	65721	Christian County	Ozark R-VI	No	No	No	Yes	(417) 582-5905	524	42	12.3	43.9%	455 (86.8%)	14 (2.7%)	30 (5.7%)	3 (0.6%)	2 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	20 (3.8%)	88.8	68^th of 898 public elementary schools	92.4%		84.2	112^th of 908 public elementary schools	87.7%	44	62.5	59.8							68.3	69.8												$9,700	$725	$8,975
North Elementary	Public	K-4	3608 N Hwy Nn	Ozark	65721	Christian County	Ozark R-VI	No	No	No	No	(417) 582-5904	553	39	14.0	28.9%	497 (89.9%)	7 (1.3%)	20 (3.6%)	7 (1.3%)	5 (0.9%)	0 (0.0%)	17 (3.1%)	89.6	65^th of 898 public elementary schools	92.8%		88.8	73^rd of 908 public elementary schools	92.0%	8	60.8	66.6							65.2	69.0												$10,019	$1,023	$8,995
Ozark Tigerpaw Early Child Center	Public	PK-K	302 N 4th Avenue	Ozark	65721	Christian County	Ozark R-VI	No	No	No	No	(417) 582-5992	126	21	6.0	50.0%	106 (84.1%)	4 (3.2%)	5 (4.0%)	3 (2.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	8 (6.3%)								(n/a)																						$225,391	$35,823	$189,568
West Elementary	Public	K-4	3105 W State Hwy Cc	Ozark	65721	Christian County	Ozark R-VI	No	No	No	Yes	(417) 582-5907	602	42	14.3	37.4%	501 (83.2%)	11 (1.8%)	40 (6.6%)	3 (0.5%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	46 (7.6%)	84.2	111^th of 898 public elementary schools	87.6%		90.4	56^th of 908 public elementary schools	93.8%	55	53.3	68.8							51.3	83.6												$9,084	$746	$8,338
Ozark Junior High	Public	7-8	1109 W Jackson	Ozark	65721	Christian County	Ozark R-VI	No	No	No	No	(417) 582-4701	946	71	13.3	36.7%	839 (88.7%)	5 (0.5%)	53 (5.6%)	5 (0.5%)	9 (1.0%)	3 (0.3%)	32 (3.4%)	87.2	36^th of 459 public middle schools	92.2%		86.3	37^th of 459 public middle schools	91.9%	1					65.0	47.0		50.2					52.7	54.0	96.0							$9,858	$444	$9,414
Ozark High	Public	9-12	1350 W Bluff Dr	Ozark	65721	Christian County	Ozark R-VI	No	No	No	No	(417) 582-5901	1,838	113	16.2	33.4%	1,622 (88.2%)	25 (1.4%)	93 (5.1%)	17 (0.9%)	17 (0.9%)	3 (0.2%)	61 (3.3%)	59.2	84^th of 352 public high schools	76.1%		78.6	28^th of 361 public high schools	92.2%	56															46.9	51.2	60.8	87.1	67.1	41.8	31.7	$11,081	$2,396	$8,684

Cities Near Ozark

City	Distance	# of Schools	Statewide Rank
Nixa	4.25 mi	11	9^th
Sparta	6.61 mi	4	133^rd
Highlandville	7.05 mi	1	199^th
Springfield	8.58 mi	67	238^th
Rogersville	8.99 mi	5	52^nd

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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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