Best Elementary Schools in Missouri for African American Students

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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, African American 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 (African American vs All Students - 2023)
ID	Rank (of 185)	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 (African American)	Statewide Rank Percentile (All Students)	Rank Percentile Difference from All Students	SchoolDigger Rating (African American)	SchoolDigger Rating (All Students)
292928002645	1	Betty Wheeler Classical Junior Ac	Public, Magnet	PK, KG-5	5031 Potomac	Saint Louis	63139	St. Louis city	St. Louis City	No	Yes	No	No	(314) 353-8875	234	17	13.7	98.7%	125 (53.4%)	74 (31.6%)	6 (2.6%)	23 (9.8%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	6 (2.6%)	$16,544			$592			$15,952	99.5%	99.8%	0.32%
292280001291	2	Topping Elementary	Public	K-5	4433 N Topping Av	Kansas City	64117	Clay County	North Kansas City 74	No	No	No	Yes	(816) 321-5200	318	25	12.5	69.5%	111 (34.9%)	107 (33.6%)	46 (14.5%)	12 (3.8%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.3%)	41 (12.9%)	$13,605			$574			$13,031	98.9%	42.3%	56.60%
291383000616	3	Brown Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	3325 Chicory Creek Ln	Florissant	63031	St. Louis County	Hazelwood	No	No	No	No	(314) 953-4100	335	28	12	64.8%	25 (7.5%)	292 (87.2%)	10 (3.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	8 (2.4%)	$14,043			$4,891			$9,152	98.4%	27.2%	71.21%
290002702915	4	University Academy-Lower	Public, Charter	PK, KG-5	6801 Holmes Rd	Kansas City	64131	Jackson County	University Academy	Yes	No	No	Yes	(816) 412-5973	617	41	15	99.5%	13 (2.1%)	592 (95.9%)	6 (1.0%)	3 (0.5%)	3 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	$13,670			$1,853			$11,816	97.8%	22.7%	75.12%
293144002898	5	Freedom Elementary	Public	K-5	286 Eastlawn Ave	Saint Robert	65584	Pulaski County	Waynesville R-VI	No	No	No	Yes	(573) 842-2100	961	55	17.4	53.8%	525 (54.6%)	111 (11.6%)	134 (13.9%)	22 (2.3%)	6 (0.6%)	14 (1.5%)	149 (15.5%)	$11,024			$1,487			$9,537	97.3%	70.7%	26.58%
290531000078	6	Cordill-Mason Elementary	Public	K-5	4001 SW Christiansen Rd	Blue Springs	64014	Jackson County	Blue Springs R-IV	No	No	No	No	(816) 874-3610	736	53	14	24.2%	534 (72.6%)	111 (15.1%)	41 (5.6%)	17 (2.3%)	1 (0.1%)	0 (0.0%)	32 (4.3%)	$10,128			$700			$9,428	96.8%	83.1%	13.68%
291383000620	7	Garrett Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	1400 Ville Rosa Ln	Hazelwood	63042	St. Louis County	Hazelwood	No	No	No	No	(314) 953-4200	326	26	12.5	64.7%	79 (24.2%)	191 (58.6%)	30 (9.2%)	5 (1.5%)	2 (0.6%)	0 (0.0%)	19 (5.8%)	$14,569			$4,763			$9,805	96.2%	48.0%	48.22%
292370001412	8	Bridgeway Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	11635 Oakbury Ct	Bridgeton	63044	St. Louis County	Pattonville R-III	No	No	No	Yes	(314) 213-8012	456	36	12.8	42.1%	183 (40.1%)	124 (27.2%)	80 (17.5%)	15 (3.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	54 (11.8%)	$14,529						$14,529	95.7%	63.6%	32.09%
291383000617	9	Lawson Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	1830 Charbonier Rd	Florissant	63031	St. Louis County	Hazelwood	No	No	No	No	(314) 953-4550	348	26	13.4	64.9%	73 (21.0%)	229 (65.8%)	13 (3.7%)	2 (0.6%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.6%)	29 (8.3%)	$12,537			$4,002			$8,534	95.1%	35.3%	59.83%
292358001396	10	River Bend Elementary	Public	K-5	224 River Valley Dr	Chesterfield	63017	St. Louis County	Parkway C-2	No	No	No	No	(314) 415-6650	423	31	13.5	18.0%	200 (47.3%)	108 (25.5%)	20 (4.7%)	58 (13.7%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	36 (8.5%)	$12,422			$520			$11,902	94.6%	80.6%	13.97%

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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.