Best Middle Schools in Missouri for Low Socio Economic Status Students

Check out our new feature available only on SchoolDigger: rankings for different groups of students in Missouri!

Every year, the Missouri Department of Elementary and Secondary Education shares test results for various student groups in each school. We use these results to find out which schools do best for each group and list them from the best to the worst.

Additionally, we also compare the performance of the subgroup to the performance of the school as a whole. This makes it easy to see if, for example, Low Socio Economic Status students are overperforming or underperforming their peers in each school.

Year after year, SchoolDigger is always the first to publish Missouri test scores and rankings. Other sites use stale test score data that are several years old! Be in the know with the very latest performance metrics.

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 (Low Socio Economic Status vs All Students - 2023)
ID	Rank (of 382)	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	Statewide Rank Percentile (Low Socio Economic Status)	Statewide Rank Percentile (All Students)	Rank Percentile Difference from All Students	SchoolDigger Rating (Low Socio Economic Status)	SchoolDigger Rating (All Students)
292928002990	1	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	559	40	13.9	99.5%	235 (42.0%)	211 (37.7%)	63 (11.3%)	22 (3.9%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	27 (4.8%)	$15,462			$644			$14,818	99.7%	99.6%	0.17%
291201003372	2	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	248	19	13.4	98.8%	62 (25.0%)	148 (59.7%)	13 (5.2%)	1 (0.4%)	1 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	23 (9.3%)	$14,850			$969			$13,881	99.5%	98.9%	0.57%
290594002272	3	Brookfield Middle	Public	5-8	126 Pershing Rd	Brookfield	64628	Linn County	Brookfield R-III	No	No	No	Yes	(660) 258-7335	240	21	11.3	48.3%	218 (90.8%)	7 (2.9%)	5 (2.1%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	10 (4.2%)	$11,008			$547			$10,461	99.2%	94.8%	4.44%
291640003322	4	Lincoln College Academy Middle	Public	6-8	2012 E 23rd Street	Kansas City	64109	Jackson County	Kansas City 33	No	No	No	No	(816) 418-1500	574	31	18.8	99.5%	153 (26.7%)	238 (41.5%)	125 (21.8%)	28 (4.9%)	5 (0.9%)	10 (1.7%)	15 (2.6%)	$15,385			$2,855			$12,530	99.0%	88.2%	10.72%
291645002531	5	Kearney Junior High	Public	8-9	2215 S Campus St	Kearney	64060	Clay County	Kearney R-I	No	No	No	No	(816) 628-2650	566	36	15.8	15.9%	516 (91.2%)	3 (0.5%)	28 (4.9%)	2 (0.4%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	16 (2.8%)	$10,142			$310			$9,832	98.7%	95.9%	2.83%
292253000425	6	Nixa Junior High	Public	7-8	205 North Street	Nixa	65714	Christian County	Nixa Public Schools	No	No	No	No	(417) 724-6400	1,067	67	15.9	29.0%	880 (82.5%)	12 (1.1%)	89 (8.3%)	13 (1.2%)	2 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	71 (6.7%)	$10,091			$926			$9,165	98.4%	96.7%	1.70%
292886001788	7	Cherokee Middle	Public	6-8	420 E Farm Rd 182	Springfield	65810	Greene County	Springfield R-Xii	No	No	No	No	(417) 523-7200	758	49	15.6	26.8%	609 (80.3%)	31 (4.1%)	42 (5.5%)	40 (5.3%)	1 (0.1%)	5 (0.7%)	30 (4.0%)	$10,934			$1,645			$9,289	98.2%	95.0%	3.18%
292151002619	8	Mountain Grove Middle	Public	5-8	400 E 17th St	Mountain Grove	65711	Wright County	Mountain Grove R-III	No	No	No	Yes	(417) 926-3177	476	33	14.4	59.5%	448 (94.1%)	4 (0.8%)	14 (2.9%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	9 (1.9%)								97.9%	87.1%	10.76%
292550001495	9	John A. Evans Middle	Public	7-8	303 S Lead St	Potosi	63664	Washington County	Potosi R-III	No	No	No	No	(573) 438-2101	310	26	11.9	100.0%	299 (96.5%)	6 (1.9%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	5 (1.6%)	$10,048			$719			$9,329	97.6%	75.4%	22.26%
291230003151	10	Antonia Middle School	Public	6-8	6798 St. Luke's Church Road	Barnhart	63012	Jefferson County	Fox C-6	No	No	No	No	(636) 282-6970	551	44	12.5	24.9%	503 (91.3%)	5 (0.9%)	15 (2.7%)	3 (0.5%)	2 (0.4%)	2 (0.4%)	21 (3.8%)	$10,234			$852			$9,381	97.4%	89.8%	7.62%

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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.