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Missouri schools ranked by test score

Latest MO DVT (Growth) year (2024-25). 687 schools with reported Science scores. State average: 49.2%.
RankSchoolLevelSciencevs state
651VALLEY PARK ELEM.
VALLEY PARK · VALLEY PARK
Elementary7.0%-42.2pp
652CORNERSTONE ELEMENTARY
EXCELSIOR SPRINGS · EXCELSIOR SPRINGS 40
Elementary6.0%-43.2pp
653DANFORTH ELEM.
ST LOUIS · RIVERVIEW GARDENS
Elementary6.0%-43.2pp
654SUNSHINE ELEM.
SPRINGFIELD · SPRINGFIELD R-XII
Elementary6.0%-43.2pp
655TRUMAN ELEMENTARY
KANSAS CITY · HICKMAN MILLS C-1
Elementary6.0%-43.2pp
656Washington West Elementary
Washington · WASHINGTON
Elementary6.0%-43.2pp
657BRENNAN WOODS ELEM.
HIGH RIDGE · NORTHWEST R-I
Elementary5.0%-44.2pp
658EDGAR MURRAY ELEM.
ST CLAIR · ST. CLAIR R-XIII
Elementary5.0%-44.2pp
659GRATZ BROWN ELEM.
MOBERLY · MOBERLY
Elementary5.0%-44.2pp
660HUMBOLDT ACAD OF HIGHER LRNING
St. Louis · ST. LOUIS CITY
Elementary5.0%-44.2pp
661LEE HAMILTON ELEMENTARY
FERGUSON · FERGUSON-FLORISSANT R-II
Elementary5.0%-44.2pp
662MAPLE GROVE ELEM.
DITTMER · NORTHWEST R-I
Elementary5.0%-44.2pp
663MAYSVILLE ELEM.
MAYSVILLE · MAYSVILLE R-I
Elementary5.0%-44.2pp
664LEE A. TOLBERT COM. ACADEMY
KANSAS CITY · LEE A. TOLBERT COM. ACADEMY
Elementary4.3%-44.9pp
665DAVIDSON ELEMENTARY
KANSAS CITY · NORTH KANSAS CITY 74
Elementary4.0%-45.2pp
666JOHN GLENN ELEM.
ST JOSEPH · SAVANNAH R-III
Elementary4.0%-45.2pp
667KELSEY NORMAN ELEM.
JOPLIN · JOPLIN SCHOOLS
Elementary4.0%-45.2pp
668ROGERS ELEMENTARY
KANSAS CITY · KANSAS CITY 33
Elementary4.0%-45.2pp
669CHAFFEE ELEM.
CHAFFEE · CHAFFEE R-II
Elementary3.0%-46.2pp
670MCCULLOCH ELEMENTARY
REPUBLIC · REPUBLIC R-III
Elementary3.0%-46.2pp
671SOUTHEAST ELEM.
KANSAS CITY · PARK HILL
Elementary3.0%-46.2pp
672WILLIAM BRYANT ELEM.
BLUE SPRINGS · BLUE SPRINGS R-IV
Elementary3.0%-46.2pp
673WILLIAM YATES ELEM.
INDEPENDENCE · BLUE SPRINGS R-IV
Elementary3.0%-46.2pp
674FOREST PARK ELEM.
O'FALLON · FORT ZUMWALT SCHOOL DISTRICT
Elementary2.0%-47.2pp
675LEE'S SUMMIT ELEM.
LEE'S SUMMIT · LEE'S SUMMIT R-VII
Elementary2.0%-47.2pp
676MARK TWAIN ELEM.
HANNIBAL · HANNIBAL 60
Elementary2.0%-47.2pp
677MCEOWEN ELEM.
HARRISONVILLE · HARRISONVILLE R-IX
Elementary2.0%-47.2pp
678MEADOWS ELEM.
ST LOUIS · RIVERVIEW GARDENS
Elementary2.0%-47.2pp
679ROSS ELEM.
ST LOUIS · PARKWAY C-2
Elementary2.0%-47.2pp
680WABASH ELEMENTARY
WENTZVILLE · WENTZVILLE R-IV
Elementary2.0%-47.2pp
681WOODLAND ELEM.
LEE'S SUMMIT · LEE'S SUMMIT R-VII
Elementary2.0%-47.2pp
682CENTRAL ELEMENTARY
STEELE · SOUTH PEMISCOT CO. R-V
Elementary1.0%-48.2pp
683ERVIN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
KANSAS CITY · HICKMAN MILLS C-1
Elementary1.0%-48.2pp
684HENDERSON ELEM.
ST CHARLES · FRANCIS HOWELL R-III
Elementary1.0%-48.2pp
685TOPPING ELEMENTARY
KANSAS CITY · NORTH KANSAS CITY 74
Elementary1.0%-48.2pp
686WELLINGTON-NAPOLEON ELEM.
WELLINGTON · WELLINGTON-NAPOLEON R-IX
Elementary1.0%-48.2pp
687WREN HOLLOW ELEM.
BALLWIN · PARKWAY C-2
Elementary1.0%-48.2pp
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About this ranking

Schools are ranked by the percentage of students who scored at or above the MO DVT (Growth) Growth Percentile vs Peers threshold on the latest available MO DVT (Growth) Science test (school year 2024-25). A higher percentage is better.

Only public schools with a reasonable cohort size are included (at least 50 total students enrolled, since the source file does not include per-subject student counts), so very small programs and special-purpose centers are filtered out.

The state average shown above is enrollment-weighted: we multiply each school's score by how many of its students tested, sum those across every public school in Missouri, and divide by the total students tested. This way a big school counts more than a tiny one in the typical-student average.