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)
290001702753	61	Academie Lafayette Oak Elementary	Public, Charter	K-5	6903 Oak Street	Kansas City	64113	Jackson County	Academie Lafayette	Yes	No	No	Yes	(816) 361-7735	497	34	14.7	22.1%	297 (59.8%)	101 (20.3%)	38 (7.6%)	3 (0.6%)	2 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	56 (11.3%)	$10,624			$507			$10,117	90.6	74.1	198	137
290837002842	62	Emge Elementary	Public	K-5	250 Fallon Pkwy	O Fallon	63368	St. Charles County	Fort Zumwalt School District	No	No	No	No	(636) 281-0261	337	30	11.2	10.7%	267 (79.2%)	13 (3.9%)	12 (3.6%)	20 (5.9%)	3 (0.9%)	0 (0.0%)	22 (6.5%)	$13,320			$933			$12,387	90.3	87.4	78	16
292895001854	63	Becky-David Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	1155 Jungs Station Rd	Saint Charles	63303	St. Charles County	Francis Howell R-III	No	No	No	No	(636) 851-4200	849	58	14.6	13.0%	651 (76.7%)	55 (6.5%)	52 (6.1%)	35 (4.1%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.1%)	55 (6.5%)	$12,173			$938			$11,235	89.9	93	38	25
291854003253	64	Epic Elementary	Public	K-5	650 Conistor Lane	Liberty	64068	Clay County	Liberty 53	No	No	No	No	(816) 736-5730	290	19	15.1	7.2%	244 (84.1%)	5 (1.7%)	9 (3.1%)	5 (1.7%)	2 (0.7%)	0 (0.0%)	25 (8.6%)	$11,568			$370			$11,197	89.4	97.9	9	55
292550002766	65	Trojan Intermediate	Public	4-6	367 Intermediate Dr	Potosi	63664	Washington County	Potosi R-III	No	No	No	Yes	(573) 436-8108	438	33	13.3	100.0%	425 (97.0%)	2 (0.5%)	2 (0.5%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	8 (1.8%)	$10,022			$1,056			$8,966	89.1	79.5	147	82
292685002859	66	Fairway Elementary	Public	K-5	480 Old Fairway Dr	Wildwood	63040	St. Louis County	Rockwood R-VI	No	No	No	No	(636) 733-4175	382	25	15.4	5.2%	314 (82.2%)	7 (1.8%)	21 (5.5%)	25 (6.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	15 (3.9%)	$12,454			$293			$12,161	88.6	91.6	52	14
291782000950	67	Spoede Elementary	Public	K-4	425 N Spoede Rd	Saint Louis	63141	St. Louis County	Ladue	No	No	No	No	(314) 432-4438	365	32	11.5	12.6%	171 (46.8%)	72 (19.7%)	21 (5.8%)	74 (20.3%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	26 (7.1%)	$15,950			$158			$15,792	88.5	95.4	24	43
291432002371	68	Skyline Elementary	Public	PK, KG-4	20663 Us-65	Urbana	65767	Dallas County	Hickory County R-I	No	No	No	Yes	(417) 993-4225	306	22	13.7	45.1%	302 (98.7%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (1.3%)	$11,034			$259			$10,775	88.5	91.2	54	14
290531002549	69	Lucy Franklin Elementary	Public	K-5	111 NE Roanoke Dr	Blue Springs	64014	Jackson County	Blue Springs R-IV	No	No	No	No	(816) 874-3690	562	36	15.6	20.1%	441 (78.5%)	33 (5.9%)	61 (10.9%)	2 (0.4%)	2 (0.4%)	3 (0.5%)	20 (3.6%)	$10,228			$576			$9,653	88.5	92.7	42	27
291110000380	70	East Carter County R-II Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	24 S Herren Ave	Ellsinore	63937	Carter County	East Carter County R-II	No	No	No	Yes	(573) 322-5325	327	26	12.7	65.7%	311 (95.1%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	15 (4.6%)	$11,594			$1,735			$9,859	88.4	86.2	94	24

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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:

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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.