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)
291860001014	261	Licking High	Public	7-12	135 College Avenue	Licking	65542	Texas County	Licking R-VIII	No	No	No	No	(573) 674-2711	401	29	13.7	100.2%	384 (95.8%)	2 (0.5%)	3 (0.7%)	1 (0.2%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	10 (2.5%)	$10,259			$2,438			$7,821	41.8	60.2	167	94
293114002708	262	Kingston Middle	Public	6-8	10047 Diamond Rd	Cadet	63630	Washington County	Kingston K-14	No	No	No	Yes	(573) 438-4982	171	15	11.4	100.0%	165 (96.5%)	1 (0.6%)	1 (0.6%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.6%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (1.8%)	$11,642			$2,317			$9,325	41.6	42.2	274	12
292826001737	263	Sikeston Junior High School	Public	7-8	510 Lindenwood Ave	Sikeston	63801	Scott County	Sikeston R-6	No	No	No	No	(573) 471-1720	442	37	12	100.0%	239 (54.1%)	140 (31.7%)	20 (4.5%)	4 (0.9%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	39 (8.8%)	$10,029			$2,816			$7,213	41.5	32.5	319	56
290002702914	264	University Academy-Middle	Public, Charter	6-8	6801 Holmes Rd	Kansas City	64131	Jackson County	University Academy	Yes	No	No	Yes	(816) 412-9272	277	20	13.6	100.0%	7 (2.5%)	262 (94.6%)	6 (2.2%)	1 (0.4%)	1 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	$12,292			$2,184			$10,108	41.5	45.5	256	8
292521001450	265	Plato High	Public	6-12	10645 Plato Dr	Plato	65552	Texas County	Plato R-V	No	No	No	No	(417) 458-4980	311	23	13.8	49.2%	295 (94.9%)	1 (0.3%)	1 (0.3%)	2 (0.6%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	12 (3.9%)	$10,550			$1,155			$9,396	41.2	29.7	333	68
292648002444	266	Richmond Middle	Public	6-8	715 S Wellington St	Richmond	64085	Ray County	Richmond R-XVI	No	No	No	No	(816) 776-5841	331	25	13	43.8%	293 (88.5%)	5 (1.5%)	10 (3.0%)	3 (0.9%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	19 (5.7%)	$9,772			$693			$9,079	41.2	24	361	95
291371003100	267	Harrisburg Middle	Public	6-8	233 S Harris	Harrisburg	65256	Boone County	Harrisburg R-VIII	No	No	No	No	(573) 817-5857	136	11	12.6	26.5%	122 (89.7%)	4 (2.9%)	7 (5.1%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (2.2%)	$10,355			$1,365			$8,990	40.9	51	223	44
292061003007	268	Anderson Middle	Public	6-8	135 Mustang Dr	Anderson	64831	McDonald County	McDonald County R-I	No	No	No	No	(417) 845-1805	257	18	14.6	66.1%	186 (72.4%)	1 (0.4%)	27 (10.5%)	1 (0.4%)	6 (2.3%)	30 (11.7%)	6 (2.3%)	$9,477			$810			$8,666	40.8	30.9	329	61
291846000993	269	Highland Junior-Senior High	Public	7-12	21504 State Hwy 6	Lewistown	63452	Lewis County	Lewis County C-1	No	No	No	No	(573) 209-3215	387	32	12	41.3%	365 (94.3%)	8 (2.1%)	5 (1.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	9 (2.3%)	$11,029			$400			$10,628	40.7	35.3	305	36
292790002446	270	Seneca Junior High	Public	7-8	925 Oneida	Seneca	64865	Newton County	Seneca R-Vii	No	No	No	No	(417) 776-3911	217	20	10.8	49.3%	163 (75.1%)	2 (0.9%)	9 (4.1%)	2 (0.9%)	36 (16.6%)	0 (0.0%)	5 (2.3%)	$12,157			$2,976			$9,181	40.6	39.1	290	20

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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.