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)
292892001844	271	Coverdell Elementary	Public	K-4	2475 W Randolph St	Saint Charles	63301	St. Charles County	St. Charles R-VI	No	No	No	Yes	(636) 443-4600	299	35	8.6	1.7%	217 (72.6%)	47 (15.7%)	22 (7.4%)	3 (1.0%)	2 (0.7%)	0 (0.0%)	8 (2.7%)	$18,327			$1,605			$16,722	68.1	73.8	201	70
291230000499	272	Fox Elementary	Public	K-5	739 Jeffco Blvd	Arnold	63010	Jefferson County	Fox C-6	No	No	No	Yes	(636) 296-3396	346	32	10.8	42.2%	298 (86.1%)	7 (2.0%)	10 (2.9%)	4 (1.2%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	26 (7.5%)	$11,761			$1,237			$10,523	68	62.3	330	58
293114002165	273	Kingston Elementary	Public	3-5	10047 Diamond Rd	Cadet	63630	Washington County	Kingston K-14	No	No	No	Yes	(573) 438-4982	167	15	11.4	100.0%	162 (97.0%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (1.8%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (1.2%)	$10,546			$2,641			$7,905	67.7	73.5	203	70
290837002369	274	Hawthorn Elementary	Public	K-5	166 Boone Hills Dr	St Peters	63376	St. Charles County	Fort Zumwalt School District	No	No	No	Yes	(636) 474-3999	444	40	11.1	22.3%	299 (67.3%)	66 (14.9%)	30 (6.8%)	18 (4.1%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	30 (6.8%)	$14,576			$1,061			$13,516	67.7	68.3	264	10
291050000351	275	Vineland Elementary	Public	K-6	650 Vineland School Rd	De Soto	63020	Jefferson County	Desoto 73	No	No	No	Yes	(636) 586-1010	639	56	11.3	55.1%	582 (91.1%)	6 (0.9%)	18 (2.8%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.3%)	31 (4.9%)	$11,038			$2,364			$8,674	67.7	72.6	211	64
290297000011	276	Virginia E. George Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	202 S East St	Albany	64402	Gentry County	Albany R-III	No	No	No	Yes	(660) 726-5621	223	18	12.3	48.4%	216 (96.9%)	1 (0.4%)	2 (0.9%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (1.8%)	$11,622			$721			$10,901	67.7	70.6	234	42
292892001852	277	Harris Elementary	Public	K-4	2800 Old Muegge Rd	Saint Charles	63303	St. Charles County	St. Charles R-VI	No	No	No	No	(636) 443-4700	398	38	10.5	1.8%	262 (65.8%)	82 (20.6%)	18 (4.5%)	24 (6.0%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	11 (2.8%)	$15,327			$1,040			$14,287	67.6	71.5	226	51
291830000523	278	Richardson Elementary	Public	K-5	800 NE Blackwell Rd	Lees Summit	64086	Jackson County	Lee's Summit R-Vii	No	No	No	No	(816) 986-2220	432	36	12	18.1%	281 (65.0%)	54 (12.5%)	40 (9.3%)	12 (2.8%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	45 (10.4%)	$11,243			$264			$10,978	67.5	71.6	224	54
293165003310	279	Wabash Elementary	Public	K-5	100 Golden Gate Parkway	Wentzville	63348	St. Charles County	Wentzville R-IV	No	No	No	No	(636) 887-3884	769	54	14.1	9.5%	657 (85.4%)	33 (4.3%)	48 (6.2%)	3 (0.4%)	1 (0.1%)	1 (0.1%)	26 (3.4%)	$10,653			$310			$10,343	67.2	52.8	424	145
292763002479	280	Osage Upper Elementary	Public	3-5	626 Hwy 42	Osage Beach	65065	Camden County	School Of The Osage	No	No	No	Yes	(573) 348-0004	404	32	12.8	44.1%	344 (85.1%)	6 (1.5%)	19 (4.7%)	2 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	33 (8.2%)	$11,366			$1,619			$9,746	67.1	68	269	11

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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.

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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.