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The highest-performing public middle schools in reading in Kansas City, Missouri

26 public middle schools in Kansas City, Missouri appear in this ranking of the highest-performing public middle schools in reading, ranked by the share of students meeting or exceeding the state reading and writing standard. Academie Lafayette Armour IMS leads the list at 63.8%, against a median of 36.7% across the ranked schools.

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Schools ranked
26
Kansas City, Missouri
Top % Proficient (Reading)
63.8%
Median % Proficient (Reading)
36.7%
BEST IN READING · KANSAS CITY, MISSOURI
#SchoolCityDistrictLevelStudents% Proficient (Reading)Rank change
1Academie Lafayette Armour IMSKANSAS CITY, MOACADEMIE LAFAYETTEMiddle29563.8%no change
2LAKEVIEW MIDDLEKANSAS CITY, MOPARK HILLMiddle65356.9%no change
3LINCOLN COLLEGE ACADEMY MIDDLEKANSAS CITY, MOKANSAS CITY 33Middle58356.8%no change
4GATEWAY 6TH GRADE CENTERKansas City, MONORTH KANSAS CITY 74Middle88255.0%no change
5NEW MARK MIDDLEKANSAS CITY, MONORTH KANSAS CITY 74Middle96554.7%no change
6Platte Purchase Middle SchoolKANSAS CITY, MOPLATTE CO. R-IIIMiddle36850.7%no change
7WALDEN MIDDLEKANSAS CITY, MOPARK HILLMiddle73047.3%no change
8UNIVERSITY ACADEMY-MIDDLEKANSAS CITY, MOUNIVERSITY ACADEMYMiddle26543.2%▲ 3
9PLAZA MIDDLEKANSAS CITY, MOPARK HILLMiddle67342.7%▼ 1
10NORTHGATE MIDDLEKANSAS CITY, MONORTH KANSAS CITY 74Middle68941.3%▲ 4
11CONGRESS MIDDLEKANSAS CITY, MOPARK HILLMiddle60140.4%▼ 2
12EASTGATE 6TH GRADE CENTERKANSAS CITY, MONORTH KANSAS CITY 74Middle62937.1%▲ 1
13MAPLE PARK MIDDLEKANSAS CITY, MONORTH KANSAS CITY 74Middle58537.1%▲ 2
14FRONTIER SCHL OF INNOVATION-MKANSAS CITY, MOFRONTIER SCHOOLSMiddle30736.3%▼ 4
15Ewing Marion Kauffman MiddleKansas City, MOEWING MARION KAUFFMAN SCHOOLMiddle55934.3%▼ 3
16MIDDLE SCHOOLKANSAS CITY, MOCITIZENS OF THE WORLD CHARTERMiddle14429.5%▲ 2
17BROOKSIDE CHARTER MIDDLE SCHLKANSAS CITY, MOBROOKSIDE CHARTER SCH.Middle22528.5%▲ 2
18CENTER MIDDLEKANSAS CITY, MOCENTER 58Middle49326.7%▼ 2
19KANSAS CITY GIRLS PREP MIDDLEKANSAS CITY, MOKANSAS CITY GIRLS PREP ACADEMYMiddle11125.1%▲ 2
20RAYTOWN MIDDLEKANSAS CITY, MORAYTOWN C-2Middle66723.5%▼ 3
21GUADALUPE CENTERS MIDDLEKANSAS CITY, MOGUADALUPE CENTERS SCHOOLSMiddle35521.1%▲ 2
22HICKMAN MILLS MIDDLE SCHOOLKANSAS CITY, MOHICKMAN MILLS C-1Middle59020.3%▼ 2
23HICKMAN MILLS 8TH GRADE CENTERKANSAS CITY, MOHICKMAN MILLS C-1Middle36110.7%▼ 1
24HOGAN PREPARATORY ACAD MIDDLEKANSAS CITY, MOHOGAN PREPARATORY ACADEMYMiddle1348.5%▲ 2
25NORTHEAST MIDDLE SCHOOLKANSAS CITY, MOKANSAS CITY 33Middle6078.5%▼ 1
26CENTRAL MIDDLE SCHOOLKANSAS CITY, MOKANSAS CITY 33Middle3758.1%▼ 1

Rank change counts the places a school moved since its prior test year, among the schools on this list that were tested both years. A dash means the school has no prior-year result.

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