Best Elementary Schools in Missouri

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The list is updated annually upon the release of the MAP test scores by the Missouri Department of Elementary and Secondary Education. The most recent update was on Wednesday, January 10, 2024.

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School															Students/Teachers											Per Pupil Expenditures (2022)							Ranking (2023 vs 2022)
ID	Rank (of 898)	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 (2023)	Average Standard Score (2022)	Rank (2022)	Rank Change from 2022	SchoolDigger Rating (2023)
292055001098	271	Maysville Elementary	Public	PK, KG-6	601 W Main	Maysville	64469	DeKalb County	Maysville R-I	No	No	No	Yes	(816) 449-2284	279	24	11.8	42.7%	265 (95.0%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (1.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	10 (3.6%)	$11,030			$1,060			$9,971	68	71.7	224	47
291308002866	272	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	68	73.3	208	64
291635000791	273	Stapleton Elementary	Public	K-5	101 E 41st St	Joplin	64802	Jasper County	Joplin Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(417) 625-5375	410	30	13.6	49.0%	305 (74.4%)	18 (4.4%)	27 (6.6%)	3 (0.7%)	5 (1.2%)	5 (1.2%)	47 (11.5%)	$8,909			$3,145			$5,764	68	66.1	285	12
292559002299	274	Princeton R-V Elementary	Public	PK, KG-6	1008 E Coleman	Princeton	64673	Mercer County	Princeton R-V	No	No	No	Yes	(660) 748-3335	184	19	9.4	42.9%	172 (93.5%)	0 (0.0%)	12 (6.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	$14,374			$3,195			$11,179	68			(n/a)
290712000184	275	Alma Schrader Elementary	Public	K-4	1360 Randol	Cape Girardeau	63701	Cape Girardeau County	Cape Girardeau 63	No	No	No	No	(573) 335-5310	351	29	12.2	0.9%	245 (69.8%)	47 (13.4%)	17 (4.8%)	10 (2.8%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	32 (9.1%)	$10,326			$1,322			$9,004	67.9	58.4	377	102
292067001109	276	Beasley Elementary	Public	K-5	3131 Koch Rd	Saint Louis	63125	St. Louis County	Mehlville R-Ix	No	No	No	Yes	(314) 467-5400	283	28	10.1	52.7%	186 (65.7%)	49 (17.3%)	13 (4.6%)	11 (3.9%)	1 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	23 (8.1%)	$13,920			$805			$13,114	67.7	47.7	481	205
292783002640	277	Skyline Elementary	Public	K-4	2505 W 32nd St	Sedalia	65301	Pettis County	Sedalia 200	No	No	No	Yes	(660) 826-8087	489	35	13.9	50.3%	395 (80.8%)	11 (2.2%)	38 (7.8%)	5 (1.0%)	1 (0.2%)	4 (0.8%)	35 (7.2%)	$10,128			$1,575			$8,553	67.7	66.1	286	9
290735000196	278	Carl Junction Intermediate	Public	4-6	206 S Roney	Carl Junction	64834	Jasper County	Carl Junction R-I	No	No	No	Yes	(417) 649-5760	777	52	14.8	36.4%	649 (83.5%)	5 (0.6%)	42 (5.4%)	12 (1.5%)	15 (1.9%)	0 (0.0%)	54 (6.9%)	$8,108			$1,213			$6,895	67.6	64.3	315	37
292358001376	279	Bellerive Elementary	Public	K-5	620 Rue De Fleur Dr	Creve Coeur	63141	St. Louis County	Parkway C-2	No	No	No	No	(314) 415-6050	407	30	13.6	19.9%	197 (48.4%)	118 (29.0%)	19 (4.7%)	42 (10.3%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	30 (7.4%)	$13,777			$561			$13,215	67.5	65.8	289	10
290837000234	280	Forest Park Elementary	Public	3-5	501 Sunflower	O Fallon	63366	St. Charles County	Fort Zumwalt School District	No	No	No	Yes	(636) 272-2704	394	37	10.7	38.6%	273 (69.3%)	30 (7.6%)	51 (12.9%)	4 (1.0%)	1 (0.3%)	4 (1.0%)	31 (7.9%)	$12,061			$741			$11,320	67.4	66.7	280

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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 January 10, 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.