Best Public Schools in Cole County, Missouri & Rankings

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2024)				Ranking (2023)				MAP Mathematics (2024)						MAP Science (2024)		MAP English Language Arts (2024)						MAP Algebra I (2024)	MAP Biology I (2024)	MAP English II (2024)	MAP Algebra II (2024)	MAP Geometry (2024)	MAP Government (2024)	MAP Physics (2024)	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 (2024)	Statewide Rank (2024)	State Percentile (2024)	SchoolDigger Rating (2024)	Average Standard Score (2023)	Statewide Rank (2023)	State Percentile (2023)	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 Geometry End of Course	MAP Government End of Course	MAP Physics End of Course	Per Pupil Expenditures Total	Sub-total from Federal Funds	Sub-total from State/Local Funds
H Kenneth Kirchner School	Public, Alternative	K-12	1403 Riverside Dr	Jefferson City	65101	Cole County	Mo Schls For The Sev Disabled	No	No	No	No	(573) 751-7142	17	4	4.2	47.1%	12 (70.6%)	3 (17.6%)	2 (11.8%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)								(n/a)
Algoa Correctional Center	Public	7-12	8501 No More Victims Rd.	Jefferson City	65101	Cole County	Department Of Corrections	No	No	No	No	(573) 751-3911	0	0			0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()								(n/a)
Mocap Elem.School	Public, Virtual	K-5	205 Jefferson Street	Jefferson City	65102	Cole County	Mo Virtual Instruction Program	No	No	Yes	No	(573) 751-2453	0	0			0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()								(n/a)
Mocap High School	Public, Virtual	6-12	205 Jefferson St	Jefferson City	65102	Cole County	Mo Virtual Instruction Program	No	No	Yes	No	(573) 751-2453	0	0			0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()								(n/a)
Belair Elementary	Public	K-5	701 Belair	Jefferson City	65109	Cole County	Jefferson City	No	No	No	Yes	(573) 659-3155	362	28	12.8	53.9%	223 (61.6%)	60 (16.6%)	45 (12.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	34 (9.4%)	60.8	343^rd of 906 public elementary schools	62.1%		60.8	344^th of 898 public elementary schools	61.7%	1	39.1	57.8	28.9				46.6		43.7	55.3	49.9											$10,418	$535	$9,883
Cedar Hill Elementary	Public	K-5	1510 Vieth	Jefferson City	65109	Cole County	Jefferson City	No	No	No	Yes	(573) 659-3160	326	30	10.8	43.6%	222 (68.1%)	32 (9.8%)	23 (7.1%)	3 (0.9%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	46 (14.1%)	41.7	544^th of 906 public elementary schools	40.0%		51.8	436^th of 898 public elementary schools	51.4%	108	19.3	50.9	29.6				42.1		32.8		35.8											$12,097	$267	$11,829
East Elementary	Public	K-5	1229 E McCarty	Jefferson City	65101	Cole County	Jefferson City	No	No	No	Yes	(573) 659-3165	298	29	10.2	99.3%	129 (43.3%)	95 (31.9%)	23 (7.7%)	4 (1.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	47 (15.8%)	28.5	669^th of 906 public elementary schools	26.2%		34.3	619^th of 898 public elementary schools	31.1%	50	22.3	10.9	21.0				37.4		29.0		39.5											$12,006	$608	$11,399
Jefferson City High	Public	9-12	609 Union	Jefferson City	65101	Cole County	Jefferson City	No	No	No	No	(573) 659-3050	1,373	101	13.6	50.7%	835 (60.8%)	279 (20.3%)	88 (6.4%)	16 (1.2%)	5 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	150 (10.9%)	50.8	143^rd of 378 public high schools	62.2%		66.8	58^th of 352 public high schools	83.5%	85															28.3	36.1	50.5	53.4		41.1		$15,428	$1,755	$13,673
Moreau Heights Elementary	Public	K-5	1410 Hough Park	Jefferson City	65101	Cole County	Jefferson City	No	No	No	Yes	(573) 659-3180	298	33	8.9	60.1%	170 (57.0%)	69 (23.2%)	14 (4.7%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.7%)	1 (0.3%)	42 (14.1%)	41.5	548^th of 906 public elementary schools	39.5%		30.4	657^th of 898 public elementary schools	26.8%	109	12.3	38.8	29.8				44.3		28.7	40.7	48.1											$13,106	$777	$12,328
Nichols Career Center	Public	9-12	605 Union	Jefferson City	65101	Cole County	Jefferson City	No	No	No	No	(573) 659-3100	0	17	.0		0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()								(n/a)
South Elementary	Public	K-5	707 Linden Dr	Jefferson City	65109	Cole County	Jefferson City	No	No	No	Yes	(573) 659-3185	321	28	11.3	99.4%	118 (36.8%)	131 (40.8%)	17 (5.3%)	18 (5.6%)	4 (1.2%)	1 (0.3%)	32 (10.0%)	44.6	512^th of 906 public elementary schools	43.5%		34.6	613^th of 898 public elementary schools	31.7%	101	30.7	30.0	38.9				41.3		36.4		38.9											$12,068	$415	$11,654
Thorpe J. Gordon Elementary	Public	K-5	1101 Jackson	Jefferson City	65101	Cole County	Jefferson City	No	No	No	Yes	(573) 659-3170	297	31	9.4	99.7%	101 (34.0%)	133 (44.8%)	26 (8.8%)	2 (0.7%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	35 (11.8%)	43.4	525^th of 906 public elementary schools	42.1%		34.5	616^th of 898 public elementary schools	31.4%	91	34.5	35.7	14.7						42.3	48.0	41.3											$11,935	$487	$11,448
West Elementary	Public	K-5	100 Dix Rd	Jefferson City	65109	Cole County	Jefferson City	No	No	No	Yes	(573) 659-3195	339	25	13.3	52.8%	218 (64.3%)	55 (16.2%)	18 (5.3%)	10 (2.9%)	2 (0.6%)	0 (0.0%)	36 (10.6%)	61.1	339^th of 906 public elementary schools	62.6%		58	376^th of 898 public elementary schools	58.1%	37	32.6	62.6	39.9				39.9		49.0		46.6											$11,954	$313	$11,640
Prenger Family Center	Public	9-12	400 Stadium Blvd	Jefferson City	65101	Cole County	Jefferson City	No	No	No	No	(573) 636-5177	0	0			0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()								(n/a)
Southwest Early Childhood Center	Public	PK	812 St Mary's Blvd	Jefferson City	65109	Cole County	Jefferson City	No	No	No	No	(573) 659-3190	283	29	9.7	60.4%	144 (50.9%)	69 (24.4%)	29 (10.2%)	7 (2.5%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.4%)	33 (11.7%)								(n/a)
Lewis And Clark Middle	Public	6-8	325 Lewis And Clark Dr	Jefferson City	65101	Cole County	Jefferson City	No	No	No	No	(573) 659-3200	962	82	11.7	53.0%	603 (62.7%)	192 (20.0%)	57 (5.9%)	5 (0.5%)	1 (0.1%)	0 (0.0%)	104 (10.8%)	54.1	205^th of 451 public middle schools	54.5%		47.6	240^th of 459 public middle schools	47.7%	35				40.1	33.6	18.9		33.5				39.7	43.2	40.6	90.8							$11,607	$2,068	$9,539
Pioneer Trail Elementary	Public	K-5	301 Pioneer Trail	Jefferson City	65109	Cole County	Jefferson City	No	No	No	Yes	(573) 632-3400	448	36	12.5	50.9%	329 (73.4%)	35 (7.8%)	28 (6.3%)	5 (1.1%)	2 (0.4%)	1 (0.2%)	48 (10.7%)	52.7	422^nd of 906 public elementary schools	53.4%		57.6	378^th of 898 public elementary schools	57.9%	44	24.5	32.0	40.1				54.2		38.5	45.3	47.8											$10,663	$477	$10,187
Capital City High School	Public	9-12	1650 Cavalier Drive	Jefferson City	65109	Cole County	Jefferson City	No	No	No	No	(573) 659-3286	1,317	97	13.6	43.6%	805 (61.1%)	253 (19.2%)	133 (10.1%)	27 (2.1%)	1 (0.1%)	2 (0.2%)	96 (7.3%)	57.6	105^th of 378 public high schools	72.2%		50.6	130^th of 352 public high schools	63.1%	25															25.6	44.7	49.9	55.7		46.7		$10,184	$1,288	$8,896
Thomas Jefferson Middle	Public	6-8	1201 Fairgrounds Rd	Jefferson City	65109	Cole County	Jefferson City	No	No	No	No	(573) 659-3250	889	79	11.2	50.8%	527 (59.3%)	177 (19.9%)	76 (8.5%)	27 (3.0%)	1 (0.1%)	0 (0.0%)	81 (9.1%)	72.4	101^st of 451 public middle schools	77.6%		61.6	159^th of 459 public middle schools	65.4%	58				42.8	43.8	41.1		40.0				42.8	48.2	52.6	92.8							$10,383	$1,683	$8,700
Clarence Lawson Elementary	Public	K-5	1105 Fairgrounds Rd	Jefferson City	65109	Cole County	Jefferson City	No	No	No	Yes	(573) 659-3175	442	37	11.7	50.2%	255 (57.7%)	81 (18.3%)	42 (9.5%)	20 (4.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	44 (10.0%)	73	220^th of 906 public elementary schools	75.7%		63.5	317^th of 898 public elementary schools	64.7%	97	53.8	63.0	37.8				41.7		53.1	66.1	53.8											$13,283	$1,396	$11,887
Blair Oaks Elementary	Public	PK, KG-2	6124 Falcon Ln	Jefferson City	65101	Cole County	Blair Oaks R-II	No	No	No	Yes	(573) 634-2808	236	19	12.7	11.0%	217 (91.9%)	4 (1.7%)	5 (2.1%)	1 (0.4%)	1 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	8 (3.4%)								(n/a)																						$13,741	$508	$13,234
Blair Oaks High	Public	9-12	6124 Falcon Ln	Jefferson City	65101	Cole County	Blair Oaks R-II	No	No	No	No	(573) 635-8514	438	28	15.7	8.0%	414 (94.5%)	2 (0.5%)	6 (1.4%)	3 (0.7%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	13 (3.0%)	73.5	47^th of 378 public high schools	87.6%		71.2	47^th of 352 public high schools	86.6%																49.9	45.4		78.0	56.5		64.6	$9,137	$79	$9,058
Blair Oaks Middle School	Public	6-8	6124 Falcon Ln	Jefferson City	65101	Cole County	Blair Oaks R-II	No	No	No	No	(573) 634-2053	275	18	14.9	10.9%	262 (95.3%)	3 (1.1%)	4 (1.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	6 (2.2%)	98.1	6^th of 451 public middle schools	98.7%		96.1	10^th of 459 public middle schools	97.8%	4				89.3	86.2			67.8				54.7	70.4		96.4							$9,655	$571	$9,085
Blair Oaks Intermediate	Public	3-5	6124 Falcon Lane	Jefferson City	65101	Cole County	Blair Oaks R-II	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(573) 635-6864	231	17	13.7	12.6%	223 (96.5%)	2 (0.9%)	1 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (1.7%)	91.8	46^th of 906 public elementary schools	94.9%		92.1	47^th of 898 public elementary schools	94.8%	1	66.5	67.0	70.0						62.4	67.1	67.7											$7,575	$65	$7,510
Eugene Elementary	Public	PK, KG-6	14803 Hwy 17	Eugene	65032	Cole County	Cole County R-V	No	No	No	Yes	(573) 498-4002	346	28	12.2	25.1%	333 (96.2%)	3 (0.9%)	8 (2.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.6%)	52.7	420^th of 906 public elementary schools	53.6%		59.2	361^st of 898 public elementary schools	59.8%	59	45.0	38.2								36.6		52.7										$9,515	$1,310	$8,205
Eugene High	Public	7-12	14803 Hwy 17	Eugene	65032	Cole County	Cole County R-V	No	No	No	No	(573) 498-4001	265	22	11.8	21.1%	251 (94.7%)	2 (0.8%)	4 (1.5%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	7 (2.6%)	31.7	255^th of 378 public high schools	32.5%					(n/a)															48.8			5.2				$9,552	$2,064	$7,488
Cole County R-I Elementary	Public	PK, KG-6	13111 Park St	Russellville	65074	Cole County	Cole County R-I	No	No	No	Yes	(573) 782-4814	327	29	11.2	31.2%	319 (97.6%)	4 (1.2%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (0.9%)	66.4	286^th of 906 public elementary schools	68.4%		64.3	310^th of 898 public elementary schools	65.5%	24	63.0		40.0	58.8					44.6		40.0	35.6										$9,937	$765	$9,173
Russellville High	Public	7-12	13600 Rte C	Russellville	65074	Cole County	Cole County R-I	No	No	No	No	(573) 782-3973	295	24	12.2	29.5%	284 (96.3%)	5 (1.7%)	2 (0.7%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (1.0%)	31.9	252^nd of 378 public high schools	33.3%		27	255^th of 352 public high schools	27.6%	3						16.7		29.0						33.4	24.6	28.5						$10,633	$2,518	$8,115

Best Public Schools in Cole County, MO

Blair Oaks Middle School

Blair Oaks Intermediate

Blair Oaks High

Clarence Lawson Elementary

Thomas Jefferson Middle

Cole County R-I Elementary

West Elementary

Belair Elementary

Capital City High School

Lewis And Clark Middle

Eugene Elementary

Pioneer Trail Elementary

Jefferson City High

South Elementary

Thorpe J. Gordon Elementary

Cedar Hill Elementary

Moreau Heights Elementary

Russellville High

Eugene High

East Elementary

Algoa Correctional Center

Blair Oaks Elementary

H Kenneth Kirchner School

Mocap Elem.School

Mocap High School

Nichols Career Center

Prenger Family Center

Southwest Early Childhood Center

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