Best Elementary 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 898)	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)
292886002480	61	Gray Elementary	Public	PK, KG-4	2102 W Farm Rd 182	Springfield	65810	Greene County	Springfield R-Xii	No	No	No	No	(417) 523-4000	434	29	14.9	20.0%	345 (79.5%)	18 (4.1%)	26 (6.0%)	14 (3.2%)	9 (2.1%)	1 (0.2%)	21 (4.8%)	$12,226			$3,110			$9,116	90.3	88.2	81	20
291677000927	62	W. W. Keysor Elementary	Public	K-5	725 N Geyer Rd	Kirkwood	63122	St. Louis County	Kirkwood R-Vii	No	No	No	No	(314) 213-6120	618	36	17.3	5.3%	515 (83.3%)	28 (4.5%)	23 (3.7%)	9 (1.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	43 (7.0%)	$12,210			$71			$12,139	90.3	91.4	49	13
293171002218	63	Central Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	1025 Washington St	Weston	64098	Platte County	West Platte County R-II	No	No	No	Yes	(816) 640-2811	377	30	12.4	16.7%	341 (90.5%)	3 (0.8%)	13 (3.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.3%)	19 (5.0%)	$15,049			$992			$14,057	90	86.7	90	27
291230003027	64	Raymond Nancy Hodge Elementary	Public	K-5	2499 Prairie Hollow Rd	Imperial	63052	Jefferson County	Fox C-6	No	No	No	No	(636) 282-6920	322	29	11	29.8%	266 (82.6%)	7 (2.2%)	17 (5.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (0.9%)	29 (9.0%)	$12,569			$875			$11,694	89.9	85.5	97	33
292343002727	65	North Elementary	Public	K-4	3608 N Hwy Nn	Ozark	65721	Christian County	Ozark R-VI	No	No	No	No	(417) 582-5904	553	39	14	28.9%	497 (89.9%)	7 (1.3%)	20 (3.6%)	7 (1.3%)	5 (0.9%)	0 (0.0%)	17 (3.1%)	$10,019			$1,023			$8,995	89.6	88.8	73	8
290531000080	66	Franklin Smith Elementary	Public	K-5	1609 Clark Rd	Blue Springs	64015	Jackson County	Blue Springs R-IV	No	No	No	Yes	(816) 874-3640	411	31	13.1	42.8%	249 (60.6%)	62 (15.1%)	41 (10.0%)	9 (2.2%)	7 (1.7%)	0 (0.0%)	43 (10.5%)	$10,926			$677			$10,250	89.1	90.8	52	14
292154001187	67	Mountain View Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	314 N Elm St	Mountain View	65548	Howell County	Mountain View-Birch Tree R-III	No	No	No	Yes	(417) 934-2550	404	37	10.7	55.0%	389 (96.3%)	2 (0.5%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	11 (2.7%)	0 (0.0%)	$9,170			$1,666			$7,503	88.8	77.7	177	110
292343002439	68	South Elementary	Public	K-4	1250 W South St	Ozark	65721	Christian County	Ozark R-VI	No	No	No	Yes	(417) 582-5905	524	42	12.3	43.9%	455 (86.8%)	14 (2.7%)	30 (5.7%)	3 (0.6%)	2 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	20 (3.8%)	$9,700			$725			$8,975	88.8	84.2	112	44
292685001629	69	Woerther Elementary	Public	K-5	314 New Ballwin Rd	Ballwin	63021	St. Louis County	Rockwood R-VI	No	No	No	No	(636) 891-6175	475	32	14.7	13.9%	288 (60.6%)	33 (6.9%)	20 (4.2%)	101 (21.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	33 (6.9%)	$11,371			$267			$11,104	88.7	81.3	140	71
292253002799	70	Summit Intermediate School	Public	4-6	890 North Cheyenne Road	Nixa	65714	Christian County	Nixa Public Schools	No	No	No	No	(417) 724-4000	483	32	15	29.2%	410 (84.9%)	5 (1.0%)	29 (6.0%)	5 (1.0%)	3 (0.6%)	0 (0.0%)	31 (6.4%)	$10,075			$1,057			$9,018	88.7	84.4	110	40

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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.

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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.