Best Middle Schools in Missouri

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School															Students/Teachers											Per Pupil Expenditures (2022)							Ranking (2024 vs 2023)
ID	Rank (of 451)	School	Type	Grades	Address	City	Zip	County	District	Is Charter	Is Magnet	Is Virtual	Is Title I	Phone	# Students	Full-time Teachers	Student/ Teacher Ratio	Free/Disc Lunch Recipients	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Per Pupil Expenditures: Total	Personnel from Federal Funds	Non-Personnel from Federal Funds	Total from Federal Funds	Personnel from State and Local Funds	Non-Personnel from State and Local Funds	Total from State and Local Funds	Average Standard Score (2024)	Average Standard Score (2023)	Rank (2023)	Rank Change from 2023	SchoolDigger Rating (2024)
292562001502	331	Purdy High	Public	7-12	201 S Gabby Gibbons Dr	Purdy	65734	Barry County	Purdy R-II	No	No	No	Yes	(417) 442-3215	281	27	10.3	55.5%	165 (58.7%)	0 (0.0%)	99 (35.2%)	12 (4.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	5 (1.8%)	$11,825			$1,416			$10,409	27.7	22.8	370	39
290636000158	332	Butler High	Public	6-12	420 S Fulton St	Butler	64730	Bates County	Butler R-V	No	No	No	No	(660) 679-6121	504	40	12.5	46.4%	459 (91.1%)	9 (1.8%)	15 (3.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	21 (4.2%)	$10,631			$2,887			$7,744	27.6	37.8	293	39
290975001904	333	Clearwater Middle	Public	5-8	204 Henry White Blvd	Piedmont	63957	Wayne County	Clearwater R-I	No	No	No	Yes	(573) 223-7724	263	20	13.1	65.8%	248 (94.3%)	2 (0.8%)	7 (2.7%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	6 (2.3%)	$9,850			$1,610			$8,241	27.6	24.3	358	25
292829001748	334	Silex High	Public	6-12	64 Hwy Uu	Silex	63377	Lincoln County	Silex R-I	No	No	No	No	(573) 384-5227	214	16	13.7	25.7%	208 (97.2%)	2 (0.9%)	2 (0.9%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.9%)	$10,723			$1,095			$9,629	27.2	49	232	102
290058603124	335	St Louis Lang Immersion School	Public, Charter	PK, KG-8	1881 Pine St	Saint Louis	63103	St. Louis city	St. Louis Lang Immersion School	Yes	No	No	Yes	(314) 533-0975	395	34	11.6	54.2%	40 (10.1%)	237 (60.0%)	79 (20.0%)	2 (0.5%)	2 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	35 (8.9%)	$15,111			$3,164			$11,947	27.1	19.3	385	50
290060503224	336	Momentum Academy Tower Grve South	Public, Charter	PK, KG-8	3716 Morganford Rd.	Saint Louis	63116	St. Louis city	Momentum Academy	Yes	No	No	Yes	(314) 571-5762	221	16	13.8	98.6%	5 (2.3%)	137 (62.0%)	34 (15.4%)	23 (10.4%)	1 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	21 (9.5%)	$14,965			$3,385			$11,579	27	9.1	431	95
291083000368	337	Dixon Middle	Public	6-8	200 E. 5th Street	Dixon	65459	Pulaski County	Dixon R-I	No	No	No	No	(573) 759-7163	227	17	13.2	55.1%	205 (90.3%)	4 (1.8%)	10 (4.4%)	1 (0.4%)	2 (0.9%)	0 (0.0%)	5 (2.2%)	$9,921			$3,023			$6,897	26.8	21.6	375	38
290100000317	338	West Middle School	Public	6-8	401 Clinkscales Rd	Columbia	65203	Boone County	Columbia 93	No	No	No	No	(573) 214-3230	504	41	12.4	57.5%	241 (47.8%)	141 (28.0%)	39 (7.7%)	15 (3.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	68 (13.5%)	$14,943			$406			$14,537	26.7	26.2	350	12
290489002703	339	Scott County Middle	Public	6-8	4035 State Hwy 77	Benton	63736	Scott County	Scott County R-IV	No	No	No	Yes	(573) 545-3541	206	17	12	52.4%	191 (92.7%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (1.5%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	11 (5.3%)	$8,925			$835			$8,090	26.7	36	302	37
292949002042	340	Stewartsville High	Public	7-12	902 Buchanan St	Stewartsville	64490	DeKalb County	Stewartsville C-2	No	No	No	No	(816) 669-3258	106	12	8.6	31.1%	100 (94.3%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.9%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	5 (4.7%)	$11,731			$588			$11,143	26.6			(n/a)

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Schooldigger calculates school rankings based on MAP Mathematics, MAP English Language Arts, MAP Science test scores released by the Missouri Department of Elementary and Secondary Education.
These rankings were last updated on November 26, 2024, and are based on the most recent test scores available. We update rankings as we receive new test scores from the Missouri Department of Elementary and Secondary Education, usually on a yearly basis.
Our sources of data include the National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education and the Missouri Department of Elementary and Secondary Education.
For more information about our ranking process, please see our Ranking FAQ. Details about our methodology are here.

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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.