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The highest-performing public elementary schools in reading in Boone County, Missouri

Across Boone County, Missouri, 26 public elementary schools are ranked here, ranked by the share of students meeting or exceeding the state reading and writing standard. FAIRVIEW ELEM. leads the list at 72.2%, against a median of 45.8% across the ranked schools.

The table below is sortable and filterable, and the full list downloads as a CSV. Figures come from federal NCES enrollment data and, where applicable, state assessment results for 2024-25.

Schools ranked
26
Boone County, Missouri
Top % Proficient (Reading)
72.2%
Median % Proficient (Reading)
45.8%
BEST IN READING · BOONE COUNTY, MISSOURI
#SchoolCityDistrictLevelStudents% Proficient (Reading)Rank change
1FAIRVIEW ELEM.COLUMBIA, MOCOLUMBIA 93Elementary47172.2%▲ 1
2MILL CREEK ELEM.COLUMBIA, MOCOLUMBIA 93Elementary58366.9%▲ 1
3RUSSELL BLVD. ELEM.COLUMBIA, MOCOLUMBIA 93Elementary50064.2%▲ 1
4BEULAH RALPH ELEMENTARYColumbia, MOCOLUMBIA 93Elementary65662.8%▲ 1
5JOHN RIDGEWAY ELEM.COLUMBIA, MOCOLUMBIA 93Elementary22759.7%▼ 4
6TWO MILE PRAIRIE ELEM.COLUMBIA, MOCOLUMBIA 93Elementary12559.3%—
7SOUTHERN BOONE ELEM.ASHLAND, MOSOUTHERN BOONE CO. R-IElementary28257.1%▲ 1
8MARY PAXTON KEELEY ELEM.COLUMBIA, MOCOLUMBIA 93Elementary61955.5%▲ 1
9Locust St Expressive Arts ElemCOLUMBIA, MOCOLUMBIA 93Elementary28355.0%▼ 2
10ROCK BRIDGE ELEM.COLUMBIA, MOCOLUMBIA 93Elementary55653.4%▲ 1
11ULYSSES S. GRANT ELEM.COLUMBIA, MOCOLUMBIA 93Elementary29651.6%▲ 3
12MIDWAY HEIGHTS ELEM.COLUMBIA, MOCOLUMBIA 93Elementary25151.1%▼ 2
13HALLSVILLE INTERMEDIATEHALLSVILLE, MOHALLSVILLE R-IVElementary36146.8%no change
14CENTRALIA INTERMEDIATECENTRALIA, MOCENTRALIA R-VIElementary27344.8%▲ 2
15STURGEON ELEMENTARYSTURGEON, MOSTURGEON R-VElementary22141.8%▲ 8
16CEDAR RIDGE ELEM.COLUMBIA, MOCOLUMBIA 93Elementary45341.5%▲ 2
17NEW HAVEN ELEM.COLUMBIA, MOCOLUMBIA 93Elementary24840.0%▲ 3
18HARRISBURG ELEMENTARYHARRISBURG, MOHARRISBURG R-VIIIElementary29138.2%▼ 6
19PARKADE ELEM.COLUMBIA, MOCOLUMBIA 93Elementary35936.6%▼ 2
20WEST BLVD. ELEM.COLUMBIA, MOCOLUMBIA 93Elementary32734.2%▼ 5
21THOMAS BENTON ELEM.COLUMBIA, MOCOLUMBIA 93Elementary23230.6%▼ 2
22ALPHA HART LEWISCOLUMBIA, MOCOLUMBIA 93Elementary46828.5%▼ 1
23BLUE RIDGE ELEM.COLUMBIA, MOCOLUMBIA 93Elementary45325.3%▲ 2
24DERBY RIDGE ELEM.COLUMBIA, MOCOLUMBIA 93Elementary32322.6%no change
25ELIOT BATTLE ELEMENTARYCOLUMBIA, MOCOLUMBIA 93Elementary34420.1%▲ 1
26SHEPARD BLVD. ELEM.COLUMBIA, MOCOLUMBIA 93Elementary53819.6%▼ 4

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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