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)
290405000034	281	Ava Elementary	Public	PK, KG-4	507 North Spring Street	Ava	65608	Douglas County	Ava R-I	No	No	No	Yes	(417) 683-5450	565	35	16	60.0%	532 (94.2%)	4 (0.7%)	15 (2.7%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	13 (2.3%)	$9,271			$1,004			$8,267	67.1	73.8	202	79
291038000339	282	Crystal City Elementary	Public	PK, KG-6	600 Mississippi	Crystal City	63019	Jefferson County	Crystal City 47	No	No	No	Yes	(636) 937-4411	323	28	11.4	45.8%	273 (84.5%)	33 (10.2%)	13 (4.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.3%)	1 (0.3%)	2 (0.6%)	$12,579			$3,867			$8,712	67	60.6	349	67
293165002870	283	Prairie View Elementary	Public	K-5	1550 Feise Rd	O Fallon	63368	St. Charles County	Wentzville R-IV	No	No	No	Yes	(636) 625-2494	718	51	14	24.7%	503 (70.1%)	48 (6.7%)	58 (8.1%)	47 (6.5%)	1 (0.1%)	1 (0.1%)	60 (8.4%)	$11,494			$455			$11,039	67	69.5	248	35
292895001857	284	Central Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	4525 Central School Rd	Saint Charles	63304	St. Charles County	Francis Howell R-III	No	No	No	Yes	(636) 851-5700	839	61	13.7	35.8%	557 (66.4%)	126 (15.0%)	62 (7.4%)	21 (2.5%)	3 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	70 (8.3%)	$12,515			$892			$11,624	66.4	69.5	247	37
290100000309	285	Rock Bridge Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	5151 S Hwy 163	Columbia	65203	Boone County	Columbia 93	No	No	No	No	(573) 214-3290	584	37	15.7	35.4%	356 (61.0%)	90 (15.4%)	43 (7.4%)	48 (8.2%)	3 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	44 (7.5%)	$12,281			$580			$11,701	66.4	52.6	427	142
292697001638	286	Cole County R-I Elementary	Public	PK, KG-6	13111 Park St	Russellville	65074	Cole County	Cole County R-I	No	No	No	Yes	(573) 782-4814	327	29	11.2	31.2%	319 (97.6%)	4 (1.2%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (0.9%)	$9,937			$765			$9,173	66.4	64.3	310	24
290990000292	287	Cole Camp Elementary	Public	K-6	500 Keeney St	Cole Camp	65325	Benton County	Cole Camp R-I	No	No	No	Yes	(660) 668-3011	381	30	12.6	57.0%	362 (95.0%)	3 (0.8%)	14 (3.7%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	$9,803			$2,003			$7,800	66.2	61.8	336	49
292754001687	288	Wildwood Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	214 S 11th	Sarcoxie	64862	Jasper County	Sarcoxie R-II	No	No	No	Yes	(417) 548-3421	296	24	12.5	53.0%	236 (79.7%)	2 (0.7%)	37 (12.5%)	1 (0.3%)	4 (1.4%)	2 (0.7%)	14 (4.7%)	$11,283			$1,140			$10,143	66.2	59.7	358	70
292061001103	289	Rocky Comfort Elementary	Public	PK, KG-8	14814 E State Hwy 76	Rocky Comfort	64861	McDonald County	McDonald County R-I	No	No	No	Yes	(417) 628-3781	188	15	12.1	56.4%	163 (86.7%)	0 (0.0%)	6 (3.2%)	13 (6.9%)	1 (0.5%)	2 (1.1%)	3 (1.6%)	$9,981			$991			$8,990	66.1			(n/a)
292280001260	290	Briarcliff Elementary	Public	K-5	4100 NW Briarcliff Rd	Kansas City	64116	Clay County	North Kansas City 74	No	No	No	No	(816) 321-5030	318	22	14.5	45.6%	171 (53.8%)	45 (14.2%)	51 (16.0%)	12 (3.8%)	2 (0.6%)	4 (1.3%)	33 (10.4%)	$13,355			$561			$12,794	66.1	71.4	227	63

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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.