Best Public Schools in Cosby, MO

Summary:

The city of Cosby, Missouri is home to a single standout elementary school, Avenue City Elementary, which serves grades PK-8 and has 226 students enrolled. The school is part of the highly-ranked Avenue City R-Ix school district, which is ranked 3rd out of 367 districts in Missouri and has a 5-star rating from SchoolDigger.

Avenue City Elementary is a consistently high-performing school, ranking among the top 25 elementary schools in Missouri over the past few years and reaching as high as 13th in the 2021-2022 school year. The school has maintained a 5-star rating from SchoolDigger, indicating excellent performance, and its test scores significantly outperform the state averages across multiple grade levels and subject areas, including mathematics, science, and English language arts.

Key metrics for Avenue City Elementary include a chronic absenteeism rate of 4.2% in 2023-2024, which is lower than the state average, and a relatively low percentage of 14.6% of students qualifying for free or reduced-price lunch in 2023-2024, suggesting a student population that is not heavily impacted by economic disadvantage. The school's spending per student of $8,603 in 2021-2022 is in line with state averages, and its student-teacher ratio of 15.9 in 2023-2024 indicates relatively small class sizes.

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2025)				Ranking ()				MAP Mathematics (2025)					MAP Science (2025)	MAP English Language Arts (2025)			Per Pupil Expenditures (2025)
Name	Type	Grades	Address	City	Zip	County	District	Is Charter	Is Magnet	Is Virtual	Is Title I	Phone	Enrollment	Full-time Teachers	Student/ Teacher Ratio	Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Average Standard Score (2025)	Statewide Rank (2025)	State Percentile (2025)	SchoolDigger Rating (2025)	Average Standard Score ()	Statewide Rank ()	State Percentile ()	Rank Change from Previous Year	MAP Mathematics 3rd Grade	MAP Mathematics 4th Grade	MAP Mathematics 6th Grade	MAP Mathematics 7th Grade	MAP Mathematics 8th Grade	MAP Science 8th Grade	MAP English Language Arts 4th Grade	MAP English Language Arts 5th Grade	MAP English Language Arts 8th Grade	Per Pupil Expenditures Total	Sub-total from Federal Funds	Sub-total from State/Local Funds
Avenue City Elementary	Public	PK, KG-8	18069 Hwy 169	Cosby	64436	Andrew County	Avenue City R-Ix	No	No	No	Yes	(816) 662-2305	229	18	12.8	11.8%	218 (95.2%)	0 (0.0%)	5 (2.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	6 (2.6%)	96.5	18^th of 900 public elementary schools	98.0%					(n/a)	85.1	68.7	76.0	70.0	73.3	82.3	87.5	76.0	94.0	$10,075	$369	$9,707

Cities Near Cosby

City	Distance	# of Schools	Statewide Rank
Helena	4.67 mi	1
Saint Joseph	5.34 mi	30	248^th
Easton	9.02 mi	1	121^st
Savannah	9.75 mi	4	114^th
Union Star	10.17 mi	3

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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.

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