Best Middle 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 459)	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)
292160001988	241	Mount Vernon Middle	Public	6-8	731 S Landrum St	Mount Vernon	65712	Lawrence County	Mt. Vernon R-V	No	No	No	No	(417) 466-3137	361	23	15.8	47.6%	321 (88.9%)	3 (0.8%)	18 (5.0%)	3 (0.8%)	2 (0.6%)	0 (0.0%)	14 (3.9%)	$10,625			$1,921			$8,704	47.5	57.3	184	57
292706001646	242	Bode Middle	Public	7-8	720 N Noyes Blvd	Saint Joseph	64506	Buchanan County	St. Joseph	No	No	No	No	(816) 671-4050	486	31	15.8	44.7%	279 (57.4%)	34 (7.0%)	69 (14.2%)	24 (4.9%)	0 (0.0%)	19 (3.9%)	61 (12.6%)	$9,875			$363			$9,512	47.4	41	280	38
292349001361	243	Palmyra Middle	Public	5-8	600 W Line St	Palmyra	63461	Marion County	Palmyra R-I	No	No	No	No	(573) 769-2174	340	27	12.6	36.8%	308 (90.6%)	5 (1.5%)	13 (3.8%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	13 (3.8%)	$8,640			$2,739			$5,901	47.4	38.1	295	52
291440002596	244	Lafayette County Middle	Public	6-8	807b W 31st	Higginsville	64037	Lafayette County	Lafayette County C-1	No	No	No	No	(660) 584-7161	213	18	11.9	50.7%	186 (87.3%)	14 (6.6%)	7 (3.3%)	1 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	5 (2.3%)	$11,500			$392			$11,108	47.3	42.2	274	30
292289002378	245	Northwest Valley School	Public	6-8	4300 Gravois Rd	House Springs	63051	Jefferson County	Northwest R-I	No	No	No	No	(636) 671-3470	788	55	14.2	36.5%	741 (94.0%)	0 (0.0%)	18 (2.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.1%)	28 (3.6%)	$10,416			$2,349			$8,068	47.2	51.9	218	27
291155000411	246	Eugene High	Public	7-12	14803 Hwy 17	Eugene	65032	Cole County	Cole County R-V	No	No	No	No	(573) 498-4001	287	22	13.2	25.1%	273 (95.1%)	2 (0.7%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	10 (3.5%)	$9,552			$2,064			$7,488	47.1	74.8	87	159
292982002060	247	Sunrise Elementary	Public	PK, KG-8	4485 Sunrise School Rd	De Soto	63020	Jefferson County	Sunrise R-Ix	No	No	No	Yes	(636) 586-6660	333	29	11.6	42.3%	306 (91.9%)	12 (3.6%)	8 (2.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	7 (2.1%)	$10,912			$871			$10,040	47.1			(n/a)
291140001990	248	Ida Cannon Middle	Public	5-8	178 Tomahawk Dr	Elsberry	63343	Lincoln County	Elsberry R-II	No	No	No	Yes	(573) 898-5554	252	20	12.7	48.4%	219 (86.9%)	8 (3.2%)	14 (5.6%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.4%)	1 (0.4%)	9 (3.6%)	$10,153			$1,466			$8,686	46.4	55	196	52
293084002542	249	Morgan County Middle	Public	6-8	913 W Newton	Versailles	65084	Morgan County	Morgan County R-II	No	No	No	No	(573) 378-5432	280	22	12.8	58.6%	263 (93.9%)	1 (0.4%)	7 (2.5%)	1 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	8 (2.9%)	$12,949			$2,661			$10,288	46.4	51.6	221	28
292697001639	250	Russellville High	Public	7-12	13600 Rte C	Russellville	65074	Cole County	Cole County R-I	No	No	No	No	(573) 782-3973	306	23	13.1	26.5%	292 (95.4%)	5 (1.6%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.3%)	3 (1.0%)	0 (0.0%)	5 (1.6%)	$10,633			$2,518			$8,115	46.3			(n/a)

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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.