Best Middle 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 459)	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)
290320000025	191	Archie High School	Public	6-12	302 W State Rte A	Archie	64725	Cass County	Archie R-V	No	No	No	No	(816) 293-5312	287	26	11.1	34.1%	264 (92.0%)	2 (0.7%)	11 (3.8%)	1 (0.3%)	2 (0.7%)	0 (0.0%)	7 (2.4%)	$10,430			$1,419			$9,012	56.4	37.8	298	107
290840000243	192	Chester Boren Middle	Public	6-8	110 N Jefferson	Centralia	65240	Boone County	Centralia R-VI	No	No	No	No	(573) 682-2617	300	25	11.9	30.7%	275 (91.7%)	1 (0.3%)	10 (3.3%)	2 (0.7%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	11 (3.7%)	$9,729			$1,818			$7,911	56.4	64.8	136	56
292514001445	193	Clopton High	Public	9-12	28176 Hwy Ww	Clarksville	63336	Pike County	Pike County R-III	No	No	No	No	(573) 242-3546	201	15	13.6	42.3%	191 (95.0%)	4 (2.0%)	2 (1.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (2.0%)	$12,736			$1,582			$11,154	56.1			(n/a)
293069001557	194	Valley Park Middle	Public	6-8	1 Main St	Valley Park	63088	St. Louis County	Valley Park	No	No	No	No	(636) 923-3624	157	19	8.1	42.0%	98 (62.4%)	30 (19.1%)	11 (7.0%)	8 (5.1%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	10 (6.4%)	$15,664			$1,218			$14,445	56.1	68.2	121	73
292917002449	195	Central Middle	Public	6-8	801 Columbia	Park Hills	63601	St. Francois County	Central R-III	No	No	No	No	(573) 431-2616	418	30	14	54.1%	394 (94.3%)	14 (3.3%)	9 (2.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	$10,768			$1,944			$8,824	55.7	49.2	236	41
291443002597	196	Hillsboro Junior High	Public	7-8	12 Hawk Dr	Hillsboro	63050	Jefferson County	Hillsboro R-III	No	No	No	No	(636) 789-0020	544	34	15.9	31.4%	517 (95.0%)	3 (0.6%)	13 (2.4%)	1 (0.2%)	1 (0.2%)	1 (0.2%)	8 (1.5%)	$9,513			$260			$9,253	55.7	59.2	167	29
290876002815	197	Chillicothe Middle	Public	6-8	1529 Calhoun	Chillicothe	64601	Livingston County	Chillicothe R-II	No	No	No	Yes	(660) 646-1916	371	24	15.5	48.5%	325 (87.6%)	5 (1.3%)	15 (4.0%)	1 (0.3%)	1 (0.3%)	1 (0.3%)	23 (6.2%)	$9,533			$4,652			$4,880	55.6	58	178	19
293102002142	198	Warrensburg Middle	Public	6-8	640 E Gay St	Warrensburg	64093	Johnson County	Warrensburg R-VI	No	No	No	No	(660) 747-5612	722	58	12.5	29.9%	564 (78.1%)	35 (4.8%)	34 (4.7%)	7 (1.0%)	2 (0.3%)	12 (1.7%)	68 (9.4%)	$10,295			$610			$9,685	55.6	58.9	171	27
292880000008	199	Spokane Middle	Public	6-8	1130 Spokane Rd	Spokane	65754	Christian County	Spokane R-Vii	No	No	No	No	(417) 443-3506	147	12	12.4	44.2%	138 (93.9%)	1 (0.7%)	1 (0.7%)	1 (0.7%)	1 (0.7%)	0 (0.0%)	5 (3.4%)	$9,555			$2,290			$7,265	55.4	45.7	257	58
292121001799	200	Monroe City Middle	Public	5-8	401a Hwy 24/36 East	Monroe City	63456	Monroe County	Monroe City R-I	No	No	No	No	(573) 735-4742	191	17	11.5	51.3%	161 (84.3%)	6 (3.1%)	6 (3.1%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (1.6%)	0 (0.0%)	15 (7.9%)	$10,064			$1,397			$8,667	55.1	63.8	145	55

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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.