Best Middle Schools in Missouri

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School															Students/Teachers											Per Pupil Expenditures (2022)							Ranking (2024 vs 2023)
ID	Rank (of 451)	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)
292886001786	1	Central High	Public, Magnet	6-12	423 E Central	Springfield	65802	Greene County	Springfield R-Xii	No	Yes	No	No	(417) 523-9600	1,449	120	12	54.5%	916 (63.2%)	155 (10.7%)	157 (10.8%)	99 (6.8%)	5 (0.3%)	5 (0.3%)	112 (7.7%)	$12,410			$1,426			$10,985	100	100	1
290408000037	2	Avenue City Elementary	Public	PK, KG-8	18069 Hwy 169	Cosby	64436	Andrew County	Avenue City R-Ix	No	No	No	Yes	(816) 662-2305	226	14	15.9	14.6%	214 (94.7%)	0 (0.0%)	5 (2.2%)	4 (1.8%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (1.3%)	$8,603			$648			$7,955	99.7	98.4	6	4
292928002990	3	McKinley Class. Leadership Ac.	Public	6-12	2156 Russell Blvd	Saint Louis	63104	St. Louis city	St. Louis City	No	No	No	No	(314) 773-0027	580	42	13.8	100.0%	246 (42.4%)	219 (37.8%)	64 (11.0%)	19 (3.3%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	31 (5.3%)	$15,462			$644			$14,818	99.3	99.7	2	1
292913001867	4	St. Elizabeth High	Public	6-12	Hwy 52	St Elizabeth	65075	Miller County	St. Elizabeth R-IV	No	No	No	No	(573) 493-2246	134	10	12.8	15.7%	131 (97.8%)	1 (0.7%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (1.5%)	$10,301			$1,253			$9,049	99.2			(n/a)
291201003372	5	Steam Academy Middle School	Public	6-8	8855 Dunn Road	Hazelwood	63042	St. Louis County	Ferguson-Florissant R-II	No	No	No	Yes	(314) 824-2422	253	17	14.8	98.8%	54 (21.3%)	156 (61.7%)	20 (7.9%)	1 (0.4%)	1 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	21 (8.3%)	$14,850			$969			$13,881	98.2	98.9	5
290993003117	6	Blair Oaks Middle School	Public	6-8	6124 Falcon Ln	Jefferson City	65101	Cole County	Blair Oaks R-II	No	No	No	No	(573) 634-2053	275	18	14.9	10.9%	262 (95.3%)	3 (1.1%)	4 (1.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	6 (2.2%)	$9,655			$571			$9,085	98.1	96.1	10	4
291677000925	7	North Kirkwood Middle	Public	6-8	11287 Manchester Rd	Kirkwood	63122	St. Louis County	Kirkwood R-Vii	No	No	No	No	(314) 213-6170	662	57	11.7	6.3%	534 (80.7%)	39 (5.9%)	38 (5.7%)	4 (0.6%)	1 (0.2%)	1 (0.2%)	45 (6.8%)	$14,217			$51			$14,166	97.6	98	7
290972002584	8	Wydown Middle	Public	6-8	6500 Wydown	Clayton	63105	St. Louis County	Clayton	No	No	No	No	(314) 854-6400	574	58	9.8	11.5%	331 (57.7%)	92 (16.0%)	22 (3.8%)	68 (11.8%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	60 (10.5%)	$22,108			$548			$21,560	97.5	94.6	12	4
293171003397	9	West Platte Middle	Public	6-8	935 Washington St.	Weston	64098	Platte County	West Platte County R-II	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(816) 640-2292	149	14	10.7	14.8%	132 (88.6%)	0 (0.0%)	5 (3.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	12 (8.1%)	$14,316			$522			$13,794	97.3			(n/a)
290100003374	10	John Warner Middle School	Public	6-8	5550 Sinclair Rd	Columbia	65203	Boone County	Columbia 93	No	No	No	No	(573) 214-3400	555	44	12.5	15.7%	394 (71.0%)	37 (6.7%)	29 (5.2%)	46 (8.3%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (0.5%)	46 (8.3%)	$6,602			$403			$6,199	97.3	92.9	16	6

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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.