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)
291446000678	341	Holcomb High	Public	7-12	102 S Cherry	Holcomb	63852	Dunklin County	Holcomb R-III	No	No	No	No	(573) 792-3362	216	19	11.5	100.0%	179 (82.9%)	0 (0.0%)	33 (15.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.5%)	3 (1.4%)	$10,772			$3,204			$7,568	25.9	35.1	307	34
290000401991	342	Central Middle School	Public	6-8	308 Us Hwy 61	New Madrid	63869	New Madrid County	New Madrid County R-I	No	No	No	Yes	(573) 688-2176	285	29	9.7	100.0%	181 (63.5%)	85 (29.8%)	7 (2.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	12 (4.2%)	$14,315			$3,270			$11,045	25.8	16.4	400	58
292133001171	343	Montgomery County Middle	Public	6-8	418 N Hwy 19	Montgomery City	63361	Montgomery County	Montgomery County R-II	No	No	No	No	(573) 564-2278	255	24	10.8	51.8%	232 (91.0%)	1 (0.4%)	7 (2.7%)	1 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	14 (5.5%)	$10,972			$4,705			$6,266	25.6	35.8	304	39
290705000180	344	Campbell High	Public	7-12	801 S State Rte 53	Campbell	63933	Dunklin County	Campbell R-II	No	No	No	No	(573) 246-2576	246	19	12.9	99.2%	229 (93.1%)	2 (0.8%)	8 (3.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	7 (2.8%)	$9,692			$2,240			$7,453	25.4	18.5	390	46
293078002124	345	Van-Far Junior/Senior High	Public	7-12	2200 Hwy 54 West	Vandalia	63382	Audrain County	Van-Far R-I	No	No	No	No	(573) 594-6442	244	24	10.2	50.4%	214 (87.7%)	11 (4.5%)	4 (1.6%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	15 (6.1%)	$10,555			$2,643			$7,912	25.3	22.2	373	28
291695000939	346	La Plata High	Public	7-12	201 W Moore	La Plata	63549	Macon County	La Plata R-II	No	No	No	No	(660) 332-7001	161	17	9.5	35.4%	159 (98.8%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.6%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.6%)	$12,615			$821			$11,795	25.2			(n/a)
291263000528	347	Galena High	Public	7-12	30925 State Hwy 413	Galena	65656	Stone County	Galena R-II	No	No	No	No	(417) 357-6618	207	17	12	58.0%	186 (89.9%)	2 (1.0%)	8 (3.9%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	11 (5.3%)	$12,138			$1,003			$11,136	25.1	21	378	31
292970003403	348	Moca-S	Public, Alternative	K-12	205 Park Central East Ste 203	Springfield	65806	Greene County	Sturgeon R-V	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(417) 616-3159	1,747	0		56.0%	1,138 (65.1%)	270 (15.5%)	124 (7.1%)	13 (0.7%)	24 (1.4%)	5 (0.3%)	173 (9.9%)								25.1	25.5	353	5
290543000645	349	North County Middle	Public	7-8	406 E Chestnut	Desloge	63601	St. Francois County	North St. Francois County R-I	No	No	No	No	(573) 431-3300	362	32	11.4	41.4%	331 (91.4%)	3 (0.8%)	13 (3.6%)	1 (0.3%)	1 (0.3%)	4 (1.1%)	9 (2.5%)	$9,341			$1,159			$8,182	24.9	32.8	317	32
292886001813	350	Pipkin Middle	Public	6-8	1215 Boonville	Springfield	65802	Greene County	Springfield R-Xii	No	No	No	Yes	(417) 523-6000	322	35	9.1	86.3%	177 (55.0%)	46 (14.3%)	52 (16.1%)	1 (0.3%)	5 (1.6%)	3 (0.9%)	38 (11.8%)	$14,055			$1,074			$12,982	24.9	20.8	379	29

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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.