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)
291041000342	221	Cuba Elementary	Public	K-4	1 Wildcat Pride Dr	Cuba	65453	Crawford County	Crawford County R-II	No	No	No	Yes	(573) 885-2534	451	36	12.5	53.4%	405 (89.8%)	6 (1.3%)	27 (6.0%)	2 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	10 (2.2%)	$9,349			$1,053			$8,296	72.9	71	231	10
292358001382	222	Craig Elementary	Public	K-5	1492 Craig Rd	Saint Louis	63146	St. Louis County	Parkway C-2	No	No	No	No	(314) 415-6200	389	28	13.8	17.0%	174 (44.7%)	100 (25.7%)	32 (8.2%)	54 (13.9%)	1 (0.3%)	1 (0.3%)	27 (6.9%)	$15,207			$745			$14,462	72.8	72.6	212	10
290100002770	223	Mary Paxton Keeley Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	201 Park Deville	Columbia	65203	Boone County	Columbia 93	No	No	No	No	(573) 214-3570	634	40	15.8	35.0%	351 (55.4%)	93 (14.7%)	39 (6.2%)	77 (12.1%)	2 (0.3%)	2 (0.3%)	70 (11.0%)	$11,501			$470			$11,031	72.8	71	230	7
292895002681	224	Harvest Ridge Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	1220 Harvest Ridge Dr	Saint Charles	63303	St. Charles County	Francis Howell R-III	No	No	No	Yes	(636) 851-5100	613	45	13.7	23.0%	349 (56.9%)	102 (16.6%)	35 (5.7%)	78 (12.7%)	4 (0.7%)	4 (0.7%)	41 (6.7%)	$12,615			$609			$12,006	72.8	82.6	123	101
290837001883	225	Rock Creek Elementary	Public	K-5	8970 Mexico Rd	O Fallon	63366	St. Charles County	Fort Zumwalt School District	No	No	No	No	(636) 978-1611	404	35	11.7	23.3%	275 (68.1%)	38 (9.4%)	35 (8.7%)	25 (6.2%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	30 (7.4%)	$14,391			$911			$13,480	72.7	72	219	6
292043002709	226	Shook Elementary	Public	4-5	180 State Hwy Dd	Marshfield	65706	Webster County	Marshfield R-I	No	No	No	Yes	(417) 859-2120	451	34	13.2	48.6%	397 (88.0%)	3 (0.7%)	23 (5.1%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (0.9%)	0 (0.0%)	24 (5.3%)	$9,444			$1,006			$8,438	72.7	57	386	160
292661001563	227	Risco Elementary	Public	PK, KG-6	Hwy 62	Risco	63874	New Madrid County	Risco R-II	No	No	No	Yes	(573) 396-5501	85	11	7.6	52.9%	78 (91.8%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (3.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (4.7%)	$14,274			$1,018			$13,256	72.6			(n/a)
292370001420	228	Rose Acres Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	2905 Rose Acres Ln	Maryland Heights	63043	St. Louis County	Pattonville R-III	No	No	No	No	(314) 213-8017	350	27	13.1	28.3%	176 (50.3%)	77 (22.0%)	33 (9.4%)	16 (4.6%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	48 (13.7%)	$14,289						$14,289	72.5	69.5	249	21
292757001690	229	John Glenn Elementary	Public	K-5	12401 County Rd 438	Saint Joseph	64505	Buchanan County	Savannah R-III	No	No	No	No	(816) 279-4533	246	18	13.3	30.9%	230 (93.5%)	4 (1.6%)	9 (3.7%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (1.2%)	$8,837			$288			$8,549	72.5	66.9	288	59
291830000976	230	Greenwood Elementary	Public	K-5	805 W Main	Greenwood	64034	Jackson County	Lee's Summit R-Vii	No	No	No	No	(816) 986-1320	333	24	14.1	17.7%	281 (84.4%)	11 (3.3%)	17 (5.1%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.3%)	22 (6.6%)	$12,263			$278			$11,985	72.5	78.4	158	72

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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.

Educational resources:

Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA): Transforming Education in America

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

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.