Best Middle Schools in Missouri

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School															Students/Teachers											Per Pupil Expenditures (2022)							Ranking (2024 vs 2023)
ID	Rank (of 451)	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)
290876002815	231	Chillicothe Middle	Public	6-8	1529 Calhoun	Chillicothe	64601	Livingston County	Chillicothe R-II	No	No	No	Yes	(660) 646-1916	371	25	14.8	42.0%	323 (87.1%)	5 (1.3%)	15 (4.0%)	4 (1.1%)	1 (0.3%)	2 (0.5%)	21 (5.7%)	$9,533			$4,652			$4,880	48.1	55.6	197	34
293042002085	232	Triway	Public	PK, KG-8	131 Lentz	Stella	64867	Newton County	East Newton County R-VI	No	No	No	Yes	(417) 628-3227	449	33	13.5	73.3%	348 (77.5%)	3 (0.7%)	10 (2.2%)	52 (11.6%)	7 (1.6%)	1 (0.2%)	28 (6.2%)	$9,302			$1,426			$7,876	48	39.8	288	56
292453001845	233	Perry County Middle	Public	6-8	326 College St	Perryville	63775	Perry County	Perry County 32	No	No	No	No	(573) 547-7500	439	35	12.6	54.7%	384 (87.5%)	8 (1.8%)	36 (8.2%)	4 (0.9%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	7 (1.6%)	$9,738			$607			$9,131	48	50.3	225	8
291092002586	234	Doniphan Middle	Public	6-8	651 Summit	Doniphan	63935	Ripley County	Doniphan R-I	No	No	No	Yes	(573) 996-3667	358	28	13	100.0%	331 (92.5%)	0 (0.0%)	10 (2.8%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	16 (4.5%)	$7,908			$773			$7,136	47.4	51.5	222	12
291362001894	235	Hancock Place Middle	Public	6-8	243 W Ripa Ave	Lemay	63125	St. Louis County	Hancock Place	No	No	No	No	(314) 544-1300	251	21	12	100.0%	135 (53.8%)	60 (23.9%)	23 (9.2%)	5 (2.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	28 (11.2%)	$14,591			$3,564			$11,027	47.3	53.9	206	29
292160001988	236	Mount Vernon Middle	Public	6-8	731 S Landrum St	Mount Vernon	65712	Lawrence County	Mt. Vernon R-V	No	No	No	No	(417) 466-3137	356	22	15.8	43.3%	324 (91.0%)	0 (0.0%)	12 (3.4%)	2 (0.6%)	2 (0.6%)	0 (0.0%)	16 (4.5%)	$10,625			$1,921			$8,704	47.3	47.5	241	5
290320000025	237	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	283	25	11.5	33.6%	260 (91.9%)	2 (0.7%)	11 (3.9%)	1 (0.4%)	1 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	8 (2.8%)	$10,430			$1,419			$9,012	47.2	56.4	191	46
291635002431	238	East Middle	Public	6-8	4594 East 20th St	Joplin	64802	Jasper County	Joplin Schools	No	No	No	No	(417) 625-5280	586	42	13.9	64.8%	386 (65.9%)	27 (4.6%)	82 (14.0%)	9 (1.5%)	8 (1.4%)	15 (2.6%)	59 (10.1%)	$8,774			$1,136			$7,638	47.2	44.7	261	23
291455001120	239	Hollister Middle	Public	6-8	1798 State Hwy Bb	Hollister	65672	Taney County	Hollister R-V	No	No	No	No	(417) 243-4035	304	25	12.1	60.2%	231 (76.0%)	3 (1.0%)	46 (15.1%)	4 (1.3%)	3 (1.0%)	0 (0.0%)	17 (5.6%)	$12,258			$1,541			$10,718	47	52.7	214	25
293084002542	240	Morgan County Middle	Public	6-8	913 W Newton	Versailles	65084	Morgan County	Morgan County R-II	No	No	No	No	(573) 378-5432	294	22	13.4	56.1%	277 (94.2%)	1 (0.3%)	4 (1.4%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	11 (3.7%)	$12,949			$2,661			$10,288	46.6	46.4	249	9

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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.
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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.