Best Elementary Schools in Missouri

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School															Students/Teachers											Per Pupil Expenditures (2022)							Ranking (2024 vs 2023)
ID	Rank (of 906)	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)
293144002171	201	Partridge Elementary	Public	K-5	7078 Young St	Fort Leonard Wood	65473	Pulaski County	Waynesville R-VI	No	No	No	Yes	(573) 842-2600	352	22	16	40.3%	149 (42.3%)	39 (11.1%)	90 (25.6%)	12 (3.4%)	1 (0.3%)	13 (3.7%)	48 (13.6%)	$12,112			$955			$11,158	74.4	69.3	251	50
293105002989	202	Warrior Ridge Elementary	Public	K-5	800 Warrior Ave	Warrenton	63383	Warren County	Warren County R-III	No	No	No	Yes	(636) 456-6906	544	39	14.1	42.3%	480 (88.2%)	13 (2.4%)	30 (5.5%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.4%)	1 (0.2%)	18 (3.3%)	$9,509			$230			$9,279	74.3	70.4	237	35
292685002637	203	Uthoff Valley Elementary	Public	K-5	1600 Uthoff Dr	Fenton	63026	St. Louis County	Rockwood R-VI	No	No	No	Yes	(636) 891-6725	432	32	13.4	15.5%	363 (84.0%)	20 (4.6%)	16 (3.7%)	11 (2.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	22 (5.1%)	$11,823			$299			$11,524	74.2	75.7	179	24
291050000347	204	Athena Elementary	Public	K-6	3775 Athena School Rd	De Soto	63020	Jefferson County	Desoto 73	No	No	No	Yes	(636) 586-1020	489	44	11	45.4%	444 (90.8%)	5 (1.0%)	11 (2.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	29 (5.9%)	$11,099			$2,244			$8,855	74.1	65.1	303	99
290001703259	205	Academie Lafayette Cherry Elementary	Public, Charter	PK, KG-5	3421 Cherry St	Kansas City	64109	Jackson County	Academie Lafayette	Yes	No	No	Yes	(816) 888-7400	459	29	15.9	25.7%	248 (54.0%)	93 (20.3%)	46 (10.0%)	6 (1.3%)	2 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	64 (13.9%)	$11,431			$373			$11,058	74	71.3	228	23
290531000084	206	John Nowlin Elementary	Public	K-5	5020 NW Valley View Rd	Blue Springs	64015	Jackson County	Blue Springs R-IV	No	No	No	Yes	(816) 874-3670	438	32	13.6	36.3%	281 (64.2%)	51 (11.6%)	53 (12.1%)	12 (2.7%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (0.7%)	38 (8.7%)	$12,144			$1,425			$10,719	73.8	69.1	257	51
291308002866	207	Prairie Branch Elementary	Public	K-5	2100 Dillingham Rd	Grain Valley	64029	Jackson County	Grain Valley R-V	No	No	No	No	(816) 847-5070	580	48	11.9	14.1%	495 (85.3%)	17 (2.9%)	28 (4.8%)	1 (0.2%)	3 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	36 (6.2%)	$9,815			$630			$9,185	73.8	68	272	65
291449000681	208	Holden Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	1903 S Market	Holden	64040	Johnson County	Holden R-III	No	No	No	Yes	(816) 732-6071	564	36	15.7	46.6%	508 (90.1%)	8 (1.4%)	29 (5.1%)	1 (0.2%)	1 (0.2%)	1 (0.2%)	16 (2.8%)	$9,733			$1,657			$8,077	73.8	67.3	281	73
290837003289	209	Flint Hill Elementary	Public	K-5	587 Mexico Road	Wentzville	63385	St. Charles County	Fort Zumwalt School District	No	No	No	No	(636) 542-7095	328	31	10.6	16.2%	268 (81.7%)	21 (6.4%)	10 (3.0%)	7 (2.1%)	3 (0.9%)	0 (0.0%)	19 (5.8%)	$14,199			$596			$13,603	73.7	76.5	173	36
292373001959	210	Timber Creek Elementary	Public	K-5	310 E Calico Dr	Raymore	64083	Cass County	Raymore-Peculiar R-II	No	No	No	Yes	(816) 892-1950	389	25	15.3	27.0%	308 (79.2%)	25 (6.4%)	27 (6.9%)	2 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	27 (6.9%)	$11,446			$1,022			$10,424	73.7	79.5	148	62

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About our rankings:

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.