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)
292373003312	121	Raymore-Peculiar South Middle	Public	6-8	20501 S. School Road	Peculiar	64078	Cass County	Raymore-Peculiar R-II	No	No	No	No	(816) 892-1550	665	54	12.3	35.9%	498 (74.9%)	61 (9.2%)	53 (8.0%)	5 (0.8%)	2 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	46 (6.9%)	$11,763			$1,187			$10,577	67.8	70.2	105	16
290000302458	122	Portageville High	Public	6-12	904 King Ave	Portageville	63873	New Madrid County	Portageville	No	No	No	No	(573) 379-3819	373	31	11.8	58.7%	281 (75.3%)	53 (14.2%)	8 (2.1%)	3 (0.8%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	28 (7.5%)	$11,389			$2,620			$8,769	67.7	62.5	157	35
292843002401	123	South Callaway Middle	Public	6-8	10105 State Rd C	Mokane	65059	Callaway County	South Callaway County R-II	No	No	No	No	(573) 676-5225	176	18	9.5	34.7%	162 (92.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.6%)	2 (1.1%)	0 (0.0%)	11 (6.3%)	$13,473			$436			$13,037	67.6	77	76	47
292355002418	124	Congress Middle	Public	6-8	8150 N Congress Ave	Kansas City	64153	Platte County	Park Hill	No	No	No	No	(816) 359-4230	642	54	12	25.4%	420 (65.4%)	69 (10.7%)	79 (12.3%)	29 (4.5%)	2 (0.3%)	13 (2.0%)	30 (4.7%)	$13,365			$797			$12,568	67.6	73.1	97	27
290537002423	125	Bolivar Middle	Public	6-8	604 W Jackson	Bolivar	65613	Polk County	Bolivar R-I	No	No	No	No	(417) 326-3811	601	47	12.6	47.9%	520 (86.5%)	10 (1.7%)	39 (6.5%)	2 (0.3%)	6 (1.0%)	1 (0.2%)	23 (3.8%)	$9,440			$1,558			$7,883	67.4	64.1	142	17
291824001091	126	West County Middle	Public	6-8	728 Hwy M	Park Hills	63601	St. Francois County	West St. Francois County R-IV	No	No	No	No	(573) 562-7535	246	16	15.7	55.7%	239 (97.2%)	1 (0.4%)	2 (0.8%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (1.6%)	$8,536			$1,491			$7,045	67.3	55.7	194	68
290735000199	127	Carl Junction Junior High	Public	7-8	206 S Roney	Carl Junction	64834	Jasper County	Carl Junction R-I	No	No	No	No	(417) 649-7246	501	34	14.8	42.1%	408 (81.4%)	4 (0.8%)	28 (5.6%)	5 (1.0%)	12 (2.4%)	4 (0.8%)	40 (8.0%)	$8,739			$693			$8,047	67.1	72.7	100	27
293057002575	128	Union Middle	Public	6-8	503 W End	Union	63084	Franklin County	Union R-Xi	No	No	No	No	(636) 583-5855	683	46	14.9	40.4%	608 (89.0%)	6 (0.9%)	14 (2.0%)	4 (0.6%)	2 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	49 (7.2%)	$9,950			$1,039			$8,912	66.9	65.8	131	3
292358001549	129	Northeast Middle	Public	6-8	181 Coeur De Ville Dr	Creve Coeur	63141	St. Louis County	Parkway C-2	No	No	No	No	(314) 415-7100	703	60	11.6	23.6%	243 (34.6%)	235 (33.4%)	70 (10.0%)	90 (12.8%)	4 (0.6%)	0 (0.0%)	61 (8.7%)	$14,834			$405			$14,429	66.8	64	143	14
292355001369	130	Plaza Middle	Public	6-8	6501 NW 72nd St	Kansas City	64151	Platte County	Park Hill	No	No	No	No	(816) 359-4210	715	54	13.3	30.1%	417 (58.3%)	133 (18.6%)	79 (11.0%)	24 (3.4%)	3 (0.4%)	15 (2.1%)	44 (6.2%)	$13,365			$543			$12,822	66.6	73.2	96	34

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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:

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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.