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)
291218001578	251	Fordland Middle	Public	6-8	1230 School St	Fordland	65652	Webster County	Fordland R-III	No	No	No	No	(417) 767-4554	145	8	17.9	40.0%	133 (91.7%)	0 (0.0%)	6 (4.1%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.7%)	0 (0.0%)	5 (3.4%)	$10,530			$1,456			$9,073	44.3	59.3	174	77
291165000418	252	Excelsior Springs Middle	Public	6-8	701 Crown Hill Rd	Excelsior Springs	64024	Clay County	Excelsior Springs 40	No	No	No	No	(816) 630-9230	596	42	14.1	52.9%	516 (86.6%)	11 (1.8%)	36 (6.0%)	1 (0.2%)	4 (0.7%)	0 (0.0%)	28 (4.7%)	$11,106			$537			$10,569	44	48.9	234	18
292529000846	253	Clinton County R-III Middle	Public	6-8	800 W Frost St	Plattsburg	64477	Clinton County	Clinton County R-III	No	No	No	No	(816) 539-3920	157	11	14.3	42.7%	130 (82.8%)	3 (1.9%)	4 (2.5%)	3 (1.9%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	17 (10.8%)	$9,566			$629			$8,937	43.6	45.7	255	2
292970001392	254	Sturgeon Middle	Public	6-8	210 W Patton St	Sturgeon	65284	Boone County	Sturgeon R-V	No	No	No	Yes	(573) 687-2155	98	8	11.5	43.9%	90 (91.8%)	2 (2.0%)	1 (1.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	5 (5.1%)	$10,653			$2,293			$8,360	43.6	35.9	303	49
292571001034	255	Mark Twain Junior High	Public	6-8	21622 Hwy 19	Center	63436	Ralls County	Ralls County R-II	No	No	No	No	(573) 267-3397	195	14	13.9	30.8%	189 (96.9%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (2.1%)	1 (0.5%)	1 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)								43.5	48.7	235	20
292121001799	256	Monroe City Middle	Public	5-8	401a Hwy 24/36 East	Monroe City	63456	Monroe County	Monroe City R-I	No	No	No	No	(573) 735-4742	187	16	11.5	54.5%	156 (83.4%)	7 (3.7%)	4 (2.1%)	1 (0.5%)	5 (2.7%)	0 (0.0%)	14 (7.5%)	$10,064			$1,397			$8,667	42.9	55.1	200	56
292194001223	257	New Franklin Middle-High	Public	6-12	412 West Broadway	New Franklin	65274	Howard County	New Franklin R-I	No	No	No	No	(660) 848-2314	209	20	10.2	30.6%	194 (92.8%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (1.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	12 (5.7%)	$11,308			$1,520			$9,788	42.5	42.8	268	11
291440002596	258	Lafayette County Middle	Public	6-8	807b W 31st	Higginsville	64037	Lafayette County	Lafayette County C-1	No	No	No	No	(660) 584-7161	230	19	12.2	47.8%	194 (84.3%)	13 (5.7%)	11 (4.8%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	12 (5.2%)	$11,500			$392			$11,108	42.3	47.3	244	14
292943002482	259	Steelville Middle	Public	5-8	810 W Main St	Steelville	65565	Crawford County	Steelville R-III	No	No	No	No	(573) 775-2176	264	22	11.9	67.0%	254 (96.2%)	3 (1.1%)	4 (1.5%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.8%)	$10,458			$1,222			$9,236	42.1	57.8	182	77
293102002142	260	Warrensburg Middle	Public	6-8	640 E Gay St	Warrensburg	64093	Johnson County	Warrensburg R-VI	No	No	No	No	(660) 747-5612	764	58	13.1	33.6%	598 (78.3%)	37 (4.8%)	44 (5.8%)	10 (1.3%)	1 (0.1%)	13 (1.7%)	61 (8.0%)	$10,295			$610			$9,685	42.1	55.6	198	62

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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.