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)
292874001430	61	Sparta Middle	Public	5-8	217 Division St	Sparta	65753	Christian County	Sparta R-III	No	No	No	No	(417) 634-5518	200	15	13.6	47.0%	188 (94.0%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (1.5%)	2 (1.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	7 (3.5%)	$9,338			$552			$8,786	80.7	79.5	63	2
291869001024	62	Robert H. Sperreng Middle	Public	6-8	12111 Tesson Ferry Rd	Saint Louis	63128	St. Louis County	Lindbergh Schools	No	No	No	No	(314) 729-2420	953	61	15.7	14.2%	774 (81.2%)	17 (1.8%)	57 (6.0%)	51 (5.4%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.2%)	52 (5.5%)	$10,692			$297			$10,395	80.6	74.8	88	26
292895001855	63	Hollenbeck Middle	Public	6-8	4555 Central School Rd	Saint Charles	63304	St. Charles County	Francis Howell R-III	No	No	No	No	(636) 851-5400	753	47	15.9	25.9%	542 (72.0%)	73 (9.7%)	62 (8.2%)	26 (3.5%)	2 (0.3%)	2 (0.3%)	46 (6.1%)	$11,554			$547			$11,007	80.5	82.9	49	14
291830003407	64	East Trails Middle School	Public	6-8	1001 SE Bailey Rd	Lees Summit	64081	Jackson County	Lee's Summit R-Vii	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(816) 986-2575	983	67	14.5	19.7%	695 (70.7%)	105 (10.7%)	74 (7.5%)	17 (1.7%)	1 (0.1%)	0 (0.0%)	91 (9.3%)								80.5			(n/a)
291170002283	65	Fair Grove Middle	Public	5-8	132 N Main St	Fair Grove	65648	Greene County	Fair Grove R-X	No	No	No	No	(417) 759-2556	364	22	16.5	35.4%	339 (93.1%)	0 (0.0%)	6 (1.6%)	3 (0.8%)	4 (1.1%)	1 (0.3%)	11 (3.0%)	$7,740			$963			$6,776	80.2	81.6	55	10
293165001036	66	Wentzville South Middle	Public	6-8	561 E Hwy N	Wentzville	63385	St. Charles County	Wentzville R-IV	No	No	No	No	(636) 327-3928	1,131	72	15.6	14.2%	891 (78.8%)	88 (7.8%)	74 (6.5%)	18 (1.6%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.1%)	59 (5.2%)	$11,995			$388			$11,608	78.9	73.7	93	27
291560000737	67	Russell Hawkins Junior High	Public	7-8	210 N West Ln	Jackson	63755	Cape Girardeau County	Jackson R-II	No	No	No	No	(573) 243-9533	872	55	15.7	36.4%	788 (90.4%)	15 (1.7%)	23 (2.6%)	11 (1.3%)	2 (0.2%)	1 (0.1%)	32 (3.7%)	$9,664			$618			$9,047	78.6	76.8	78	11
291308003161	68	Grain Valley North Middle School	Public	6-8	31608 E Pink Hill Road	Grain Valley	64029	Jackson County	Grain Valley R-V	No	No	No	No	(816) 994-4800	521	43	12.2	24.6%	429 (82.3%)	22 (4.2%)	37 (7.1%)	3 (0.6%)	2 (0.4%)	2 (0.4%)	26 (5.0%)	$11,006			$978			$10,027	78.3	77.9	71	3
291194000445	69	Mid-Buchanan Senior High	Public	7-12	3221 SE State Rte H	Faucett	64448	Buchanan County	Mid-Buchanan County R-V	No	No	No	No	(816) 238-1646	394	31	12.7	13.5%	379 (96.2%)	5 (1.3%)	2 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	7 (1.8%)	$10,711			$322			$10,389	78.3	67.5	126	57
290837002491	70	Ft. Zumwalt North Middle	Public	6-8	210 Virgil St	O Fallon	63366	St. Charles County	Fort Zumwalt School District	No	No	No	No	(636) 281-2356	1,067	74	14.4	20.1%	852 (79.9%)	78 (7.3%)	51 (4.8%)	17 (1.6%)	1 (0.1%)	1 (0.1%)	67 (6.3%)	$11,409			$576			$10,832	78	82	52	18

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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.

Educational resources:

Per-Pupil Spending: Understanding the Breakdown of Federal, State, and Local Funds

Student-Teacher Ratios and their Impact on Class Sizes & School Selection

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.