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)
291548000711	401	Glendale Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	2611 S Lee's Summit Rd	Independence	64055	Jackson County	Independence 30	No	No	No	Yes	(816) 521-5510	391	29	13.5	73.1%	210 (53.7%)	66 (16.9%)	74 (18.9%)	1 (0.3%)	1 (0.3%)	4 (1.0%)	35 (9.0%)	$11,625			$2,525			$9,100	54.6	57.3	382	19
292545001947	402	Poplar Bluff Middle School	Public	4-6	1300 Victory Lane	Poplar Bluff	63901	Butler County	Poplar Bluff R-I	No	No	No	Yes	(573) 785-5566	970	77	12.6	72.0%	746 (76.9%)	121 (12.5%)	24 (2.5%)	7 (0.7%)	3 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	69 (7.1%)	$9,811			$2,245			$7,566	54.5	48.5	474	72
290000100048	403	Belle Elementary	Public	PK, KG-4	402 W Third	Belle	65013	Maries County	Maries County R-II	No	No	No	Yes	(573) 859-3326	264	23	11.7	84.8%	258 (97.7%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	6 (2.3%)	$9,288			$2,715			$6,573	54.4	70.3	238	165
290702003267	404	Cameron Intermediate School	Public	3-5	915 S. Park	Cameron	64429	Clinton County	Cameron R-I	No	No	No	Yes	(816) 882-1046	356	26	13.4	45.2%	327 (91.9%)	3 (0.8%)	8 (2.2%)	3 (0.8%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	15 (4.2%)	$10,663			$1,009			$9,654	54.4	56.7	391	13
293045003229	405	Claude Brown Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	711 West College	Troy	63379	Lincoln County	Troy R-III	No	No	No	No	(636) 462-5078	418	29	14.4	25.4%	382 (91.4%)	8 (1.9%)	8 (1.9%)	3 (0.7%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	17 (4.1%)	$10,619			$1,379			$9,240	54.3	51.7	437	32
292370001419	406	Traditional School	Public	K-8	102 Fee Fee Rd	Maryland Heights	63043	St. Louis County	Pattonville R-III	No	No	No	No	(314) 213-8016	384	25	15.4	27.1%	180 (46.9%)	96 (25.0%)	37 (9.6%)	20 (5.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	51 (13.3%)	$14,080						$14,080	54.2	68.4	262	144
292562001501	407	Purdy Elementary	Public	K-6	201 S Gabby Gibbons Dr	Purdy	65734	Barry County	Purdy R-II	No	No	No	Yes	(417) 442-3217	304	29	10.5	64.8%	178 (58.6%)	1 (0.3%)	106 (34.9%)	17 (5.6%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.7%)	$11,534			$1,607			$9,927	54.2	41.4	549	142
292160003088	408	Mount Vernon Intermediate	Public	3-5	260 W Hwy 174	Mount Vernon	65712	Lawrence County	Mt. Vernon R-V	No	No	No	Yes	(417) 466-2312	299	21	13.9	53.8%	269 (90.0%)	0 (0.0%)	19 (6.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	11 (3.7%)	$7,839			$716			$7,123	54.1	64.5	306	102
291674000917	409	Ray Miller Elementary	Public	3-5	2010 E Normal	Kirksville	63501	Adair County	Kirksville R-III	No	No	No	Yes	(660) 665-2834	496	46	10.7	57.3%	406 (81.9%)	43 (8.7%)	22 (4.4%)	7 (1.4%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.4%)	16 (3.2%)	$10,542			$3,059			$7,483	53.8	55.2	396	13
291635000791	410	Stapleton Elementary	Public	K-5	101 E 41st St	Joplin	64802	Jasper County	Joplin Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(417) 625-5375	399	31	12.8	48.4%	289 (72.4%)	17 (4.3%)	27 (6.8%)	7 (1.8%)	4 (1.0%)	14 (3.5%)	41 (10.3%)	$8,909			$3,145			$5,764	53.8	68	273	137

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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.

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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.