Best Public Schools in Saint Joseph, MO

Summary:

The city of Saint Joseph, Missouri is home to 23 schools, including 14 elementary schools, 4 middle schools, 4 high schools, and 1 alternative school, all part of the St. Joseph School District. The district is ranked 234 out of 386 districts in Missouri and has a 2-star rating from SchoolDigger.

A few schools stand out in the district. Ellison Elementary is ranked 85 out of 906 Missouri elementary schools and has a 5-star rating, with very high proficiency rates in math and English language arts. Oak Grove Elementary is ranked 143 out of 906 and has a 4-star rating, also with strong academic performance. Field Elementary is ranked 197 out of 906 and has a 4-star rating, with high proficiency rates, particularly in the upper grades. Additionally, John Glenn Elementary in the Savannah R-III district stands out with its strong academic performance, ranking 229 out of 906 Missouri elementary schools and having a 4-star rating.

However, the district as a whole faces some challenges. The high schools have a 91.3% four-year graduation rate, slightly above the state average, but the district's test scores are generally below state averages, with high schools performing particularly poorly on end-of-course exams. Additionally, the district has a high chronic absenteeism rate of 27.7%, significantly higher than the state average, and many schools have very high percentages of students receiving free or reduced-price lunch, indicating a high level of economic disadvantage. The district's spending per student ranges from $9,875 to $12,914, with an average of around $11,000 per student, and student-teacher ratios vary across the district, ranging from 12.5 to 18.5 students per teacher.

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2024)				Ranking (2023)				MAP Mathematics (2024)						MAP Science (2024)		MAP English Language Arts (2024)						MAP Algebra I (2024)	MAP Biology I (2024)	MAP English II (2024)	MAP Algebra II (2024)	MAP Government (2024)	Per Pupil Expenditures (2022)
Name	Type	Grades	Address	City	Zip	County	District	Is Charter	Is Magnet	Is Virtual	Is Title I	Phone	Enrollment	Full-time Teachers	Student/ Teacher Ratio	Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Average Standard Score (2024)	Statewide Rank (2024)	State Percentile (2024)	SchoolDigger Rating (2024)	Average Standard Score (2023)	Statewide Rank (2023)	State Percentile (2023)	Rank Change from Previous Year	MAP Mathematics 3rd Grade	MAP Mathematics 4th Grade	MAP Mathematics 5th Grade	MAP Mathematics 6th Grade	MAP Mathematics 7th Grade	MAP Mathematics 8th Grade	MAP Science 5th Grade	MAP Science 8th Grade	MAP English Language Arts 3rd Grade	MAP English Language Arts 4th Grade	MAP English Language Arts 5th Grade	MAP English Language Arts 6th Grade	MAP English Language Arts 7th Grade	MAP English Language Arts 8th Grade	MAP Algebra I End of Course	MAP Biology I End of Course	MAP English II End of Course	MAP Algebra II End of Course	MAP Government End of Course	Per Pupil Expenditures Total	Sub-total from Federal Funds	Sub-total from State/Local Funds
Helen M Davis School	Public, Alternative	K-12	2900 Scott St	Saint Joseph	64507	Buchanan County	Mo Schls For The Sev Disabled	No	No	No	No	(816) 387-2986	42	6	7.0	69.0%	32 (76.2%)	1 (2.4%)	4 (9.5%)	1 (2.4%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (2.4%)	3 (7.1%)								(n/a)
Western Recept/Diag Corr Centr	Public	7-12	3401 Faraon St	Saint Joseph	64506	Buchanan County	Department Of Corrections	No	No	No	No	(816) 387-2158	0	0			0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()								(n/a)
Western Region Treatment Centr	Public	7-12	3401 Faraon St	Saint Joseph	64506	Buchanan County	Department Of Corrections	No	No	No	No	(816) 387-2158	0	0			0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()								(n/a)
Benton High	Public	9-12	5655 S Fourth	Saint Joseph	64504	Buchanan County	St. Joseph	No	No	No	No	(816) 671-4030	702	49	14.2	36.9%	521 (74.2%)	18 (2.6%)	104 (14.8%)	1 (0.1%)	2 (0.3%)	7 (1.0%)	49 (7.0%)	24.6	285^th of 378 public high schools	24.6%		12.9	317^th of 352 public high schools	9.9%	32															14.4	25.2		3.5	27.7	$12,597	$514	$12,083
Bode Middle	Public	7-8	720 N Noyes Blvd	Saint Joseph	64506	Buchanan County	St. Joseph	No	No	No	No	(816) 671-4050	474	36	13.2	35.2%	284 (59.9%)	35 (7.4%)	66 (13.9%)	23 (4.9%)	0 (0.0%)	19 (4.0%)	47 (9.9%)	54.5	204^th of 451 public middle schools	54.8%		47.4	242^nd of 459 public middle schools	47.3%	38					34.0	19.3		39.4					43.6	38.5	97.5					$9,875	$363	$9,512
Buchanan County Academy	Public, Alternative	K-12	4720 Green Acres	Saint Joseph	64506	Buchanan County	St. Joseph	No	No	No	No	(816) 387-2320	0	0			0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()								(n/a)
Central High	Public	9-12	2602 Edmond	Saint Joseph	64501	Buchanan County	St. Joseph	No	No	No	No	(816) 671-4080	1,720	110	15.5	35.8%	1,093 (63.5%)	131 (7.6%)	235 (13.7%)	51 (3.0%)	5 (0.3%)	41 (2.4%)	164 (9.5%)	34.6	236^th of 378 public high schools	37.6%		36.5	213^th of 352 public high schools	39.5%	23															17.8	24.6	42.4	77.0	36.4	$10,698	$355	$10,343
Edison Elementary	Public	PK, KG-6	515 N 22nd	Saint Joseph	64501	Buchanan County	St. Joseph	No	No	No	Yes	(816) 671-4110	388	30	13.1	100.0%	184 (47.4%)	58 (14.9%)	65 (16.8%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	13 (3.4%)	67 (17.3%)	27	681^st of 906 public elementary schools	24.8%		31.1	650^th of 898 public elementary schools	27.6%	31	41.0	18.4	18.3	32.6			21.0		37.4	20.8	25.1	24.0								$11,814	$1,118	$10,696
Field Elementary	Public	K-6	2602 Gene Field	Saint Joseph	64506	Buchanan County	St. Joseph	No	No	No	No	(816) 671-4130	267	18	14.6	46.4%	177 (66.3%)	3 (1.1%)	24 (9.0%)	21 (7.9%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (1.1%)	39 (14.6%)	74.9	197^th of 906 public elementary schools	78.3%		75	185^th of 898 public elementary schools	79.4%	12		54.7		76.0							40.9									$11,306	$797	$10,509
Coleman Elementary	Public	K-6	3312 Beck Rd	Saint Joseph	64506	Buchanan County	St. Joseph	No	No	No	Yes	(816) 671-4100	394	30	13.0	100.0%	184 (46.7%)	34 (8.6%)	49 (12.4%)	11 (2.8%)	1 (0.3%)	59 (15.0%)	56 (14.2%)	28.2	674^th of 906 public elementary schools	25.6%		18	748^th of 898 public elementary schools	16.7%	74	19.0	31.5	22.9	29.1			27.8		30.3	31.5	30.9	30.5								$11,183	$404	$10,778
Hillyard Technical Center	Public	9-12	3434 Faraon	Saint Joseph	64506	Buchanan County	St. Joseph	No	No	No	No	(816) 671-4170	0	22	.0		0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()								(n/a)
Hosea Elementary	Public	K-5	6401 Gordon St	Saint Joseph	64504	Buchanan County	St. Joseph	No	No	No	Yes	(816) 671-4180	406	30	13.4	100.0%	265 (65.3%)	5 (1.2%)	78 (19.2%)	1 (0.2%)	3 (0.7%)	10 (2.5%)	44 (10.8%)	23.8	701^st of 906 public elementary schools	22.6%		18.5	745^th of 898 public elementary schools	17.0%	44	27.7	30.3	12.8				25.5			21.6	35.2									$10,968	$541	$10,427
Hyde Elementary	Public	K-5	509 Thompson	Saint Joseph	64504	Buchanan County	St. Joseph	No	No	No	No	(816) 671-4210	355	21	16.9	100.0%	241 (67.9%)	16 (4.5%)	41 (11.5%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (0.8%)	4 (1.1%)	50 (14.1%)	38.2	577^th of 906 public elementary schools	36.3%		29.4	664^th of 898 public elementary schools	26.1%	87	19.4	30.4	41.3						47.2	32.1	31.0									$10,876	$419	$10,457
Lafayette High	Public	9-12	412 Highland Ave	Saint Joseph	64505	Buchanan County	St. Joseph	No	No	No	Yes	(816) 671-4220	680	50	13.4	100.0%	441 (64.9%)	57 (8.4%)	80 (11.8%)	7 (1.0%)	3 (0.4%)	11 (1.6%)	81 (11.9%)	15.6	325^th of 378 public high schools	14.0%		13	315^th of 352 public high schools	10.5%	10															9.7	11.6	36.3			$12,914	$781	$12,133
Lindbergh Elementary	Public	K-5	2812 St Joseph Ave	Saint Joseph	64505	Buchanan County	St. Joseph	No	No	No	Yes	(816) 671-4250	511	34	14.8	100.0%	293 (57.3%)	42 (8.2%)	64 (12.5%)	1 (0.2%)	1 (0.2%)	16 (3.1%)	94 (18.4%)	15.8	772^nd of 906 public elementary schools	14.8%		12.6	801^st of 898 public elementary schools	10.8%	29	20.3	30.1	11.9				14.3		19.2	24.0	24.6									$10,611	$352	$10,259
Parkway Elementary	Public	K-6	2900 Duncan	Saint Joseph	64507	Buchanan County	St. Joseph	No	No	No	Yes	(816) 671-4310	429	30	14.5	100.0%	271 (63.2%)	12 (2.8%)	59 (13.8%)	1 (0.2%)	1 (0.2%)	19 (4.4%)	66 (15.4%)	19.1	740^th of 906 public elementary schools	18.3%		35.9	601^st of 898 public elementary schools	33.1%	139	26.1	29.4	7.6	22.7			22.9		28.4	23.2		19.3								$10,424	$455	$9,969
Pershing Elementary	Public	K-6	2610 Blackwell Rd	Saint Joseph	64505	Buchanan County	St. Joseph	No	No	No	No	(816) 671-4320	283	18	15.8	100.0%	204 (72.1%)	13 (4.6%)	30 (10.6%)	3 (1.1%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	33 (11.7%)	59.1	359^th of 906 public elementary schools	60.4%		41.2	553^rd of 898 public elementary schools	38.4%	194	38.2	48.7	46.4	51.2			46.4		34.7	56.3	54.6	24.2								$11,951	$507	$11,444
Pickett Elementary	Public	PK, KG-6	3923 Pickett Rd	Saint Joseph	64503	Buchanan County	St. Joseph	No	No	No	Yes	(816) 671-4330	277	24	11.7	100.0%	199 (71.8%)	9 (3.2%)	29 (10.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	6 (2.2%)	34 (12.3%)	44.3	517^th of 906 public elementary schools	42.9%		28.4	678^th of 898 public elementary schools	24.5%	161	63.2	22.5	23.9	39.4							31.8	37.1								$11,114	$745	$10,369
Skaith Elementary	Public	PK, KG-6	4701 Schoolside Ln	Saint Joseph	64503	Buchanan County	St. Joseph	No	No	No	No	(816) 671-4370	424	27	15.5	100.0%	251 (59.2%)	32 (7.5%)	54 (12.7%)	4 (0.9%)	3 (0.7%)	3 (0.7%)	77 (18.2%)	36.3	596^th of 906 public elementary schools	34.2%		41.7	546^th of 898 public elementary schools	39.2%	50	41.3	18.5	13.3	39.9			28.4		33.2	20.2	35.8	42.1								$10,612	$544	$10,068
Spring Garden Middle	Public	6-8	5802 S 22nd	Saint Joseph	64503	Buchanan County	St. Joseph	No	No	No	No	(816) 671-4380	443	31	14.3	100.0%	303 (68.4%)	20 (4.5%)	66 (14.9%)	2 (0.5%)	2 (0.5%)	10 (2.3%)	40 (9.0%)	32.5	310^th of 451 public middle schools	31.3%		27.2	343^rd of 459 public middle schools	25.3%	33				27.9	40.9	15.5		21.8				20.2	29.2	33.1						$10,743	$352	$10,391
Truman Middle	Public	7-8	3227 Olive	Saint Joseph	64507	Buchanan County	St. Joseph	No	No	No	Yes	(816) 671-4400	478	36	13.1	100.0%	322 (67.4%)	33 (6.9%)	54 (11.3%)	3 (0.6%)	1 (0.2%)	14 (2.9%)	51 (10.7%)	19.9	375^th of 451 public middle schools	16.9%		28.1	338^th of 459 public middle schools	26.4%	37					16.0	11.5		24.6					18.6	29.2	92.8					$12,180	$717	$11,463
Alternative Resource Center	Public, Alternative	K-12	3510 Frederick Ave	Saint Joseph	64506	Buchanan County	St. Joseph	No	No	No	No	(816) 387-2320	0	0			0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()								(n/a)
Carden Park Elementary	Public	PK, KG-6	1510 Duncan	Saint Joseph	64501	Buchanan County	St. Joseph	No	No	No	Yes	(816) 671-4160	604	48	12.5	100.0%	343 (56.8%)	48 (7.9%)	110 (18.2%)	1 (0.2%)	2 (0.3%)	7 (1.2%)	93 (15.4%)	27	683^rd of 906 public elementary schools	24.6%		45.3	504^th of 898 public elementary schools	43.9%	179	28.8	28.3	17.5				26.2		27.3		26.0	31.9								$10,887	$398	$10,489
Oak Grove Elementary	Public	PK, KG-6	4901 Cook Rd	Saint Joseph	64505	Buchanan County	St. Joseph	No	No	No	No	(816) 671-4290	506	32	15.6	29.4%	325 (64.2%)	33 (6.5%)	53 (10.5%)	35 (6.9%)	0 (0.0%)	14 (2.8%)	46 (9.1%)	81.4	143^rd of 906 public elementary schools	84.2%		74.5	192^nd of 898 public elementary schools	78.6%	49	74.5	52.0	51.2	62.6			47.3		64.2	52.8	62.2	49.2								$11,770	$799	$10,971
Riverbend Treatment Center	Public	6-12	5910 Mitchell Ave	Saint Joseph	64507	Buchanan County	Division Of Youth Service	No	No	No	No	(816) 390-9801	20	5	4.0	85.0%	8 (40.0%)	9 (45.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (15.0%)								(n/a)
John Glenn Elementary	Public	K-5	12401 County Rd 438	Saint Joseph	64505	Buchanan County	Savannah R-III	No	No	No	No	(816) 279-4533	243	18	13.1	32.9%	226 (93.0%)	5 (2.1%)	6 (2.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	6 (2.5%)	72.5	229^th of 906 public elementary schools	74.7%		66.9	288^th of 898 public elementary schools	67.9%	59		59.9					36.3		58.1											$8,837	$288	$8,549
Robidoux Middle	Public	6-8	4212 St Joseph Ave	Saint Joseph	64505	Buchanan County	St. Joseph	No	No	No	Yes	(816) 671-4350	398	29	13.6	100.3%	268 (67.3%)	29 (7.3%)	38 (9.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	10 (2.5%)	53 (13.3%)	21	368^th of 451 public middle schools	18.4%		32	326^th of 459 public middle schools	29.0%	42				30.0	20.6	18.4		19.2				15.8	13.1	31.6	76.3					$11,593	$585	$11,008
Ellison Elementary	Public	K-6	45 SE 85th Rd	Saint Joseph	64507	Buchanan County	St. Joseph	No	No	No	No	(816) 667-5316	360	22	16.2	39.4%	238 (66.1%)	26 (7.2%)	32 (8.9%)	13 (3.6%)	4 (1.1%)	0 (0.0%)	47 (13.1%)	86.6	85^th of 906 public elementary schools	90.6%		83.5	119^th of 898 public elementary schools	86.7%	34	64.0	53.1	70.4	74.9			63.3			56.4										$10,618	$678	$9,940
Mark Twain Early Learning Center	Public	PK	705 S 31st St	Saint Joseph	64507	Buchanan County	St. Joseph	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(816) 671-4270	195	16	12.5	65.1%	104 (53.3%)	15 (7.7%)	39 (20.0%)	3 (1.5%)	1 (0.5%)	5 (2.6%)	28 (14.4%)								(n/a)
Lake Early Learning Center	Public	PK	1800 Alabama	Saint Joseph	64504	Buchanan County	St. Joseph	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(816) 671-4009	183	15	12.2	98.4%	115 (62.8%)	9 (4.9%)	32 (17.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	27 (14.8%)								(n/a)

Cities Near Saint Joseph

City	Distance	# of Schools	Statewide Rank
Cosby	8.39 mi	1	1^st
Amazonia	9.19 mi	1
Faucett	9.31 mi	2	91^st
Easton	11.46 mi	1	34^th
Savannah	11.51 mi	4	126^th

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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.

IMPORTANT DISCLAIMERS: Not all boundaries are included. We make every effort to ensure that boundaries are up-to-date. But it's important to note that these are approximations and are for general informational purposes only. To verify legal descriptions of boundaries or school locations, contact your local tax assessor's office and/or school district.