Best Public Schools in Williamsburg, MO

Summary:

The city of Williamsburg, Missouri has only one public school, Williamsburg Elementary, which serves students from kindergarten through 6th grade. While the data set is limited to this single school, it provides a comprehensive look at the school's performance, demographics, and other key metrics.

Williamsburg Elementary has consistently ranked in the bottom half of Missouri elementary schools, with a ranking between 643 and 737 out of around 900 schools in recent years. The school's performance on state assessments (MAP tests) is generally below the state and North Callaway County R-I district averages across various subjects and grade levels. For example, in 2024-2025, the school's 3rd grade math proficiency rate was 23.4%, compared to 41.6% for the district and 41.4% for the state of Missouri. Additionally, Williamsburg Elementary has a high percentage of students receiving free or reduced-price lunch, at 55.49% in the 2023-2024 school year, suggesting the school serves a population with significant socioeconomic challenges.

Despite the school's lower academic performance, it has a relatively low student-teacher ratio of 9.7 to 1, which is lower than the state average, and higher spending per student for the 2021-2022 school year at $12,146, also higher than the state average. However, the school's chronic absenteeism rate of 20.9% in the 2023-2024 school year is significantly higher than the state average, which is a significant concern and may be contributing to the school's academic struggles.

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2025)				Ranking (2024)				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 (2024)	Statewide Rank (2024)	State Percentile (2024)	Rank Change from Previous Year	MAP Mathematics 3rd Grade	MAP Mathematics 5th Grade	MAP Science 5th Grade	MAP English Language Arts 4th Grade	MAP English Language Arts 5th Grade	Per Pupil Expenditures Total	Sub-total from Federal Funds	Sub-total from State/Local Funds
Williamsburg Elementary	Public	K-5	Old Hwy 40	Williamsburg	63388	Callaway County	North Callaway County R-I	No	No	No	Yes	(573) 254-3415	169	15	11.1	52.1%	153 (90.5%)	1 (0.6%)	7 (4.1%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.6%)	0 (0.0%)	7 (4.1%)	22.5	713^th of 900 public elementary schools	20.8%		31.7	643^rd of 906 public elementary schools	29.0%	70	23.4	29.7	18.6	29.3	22.3	$13,393	$1,442	$11,951

Cities Near Williamsburg

City	Distance	# of Schools	Statewide Rank
Fulton	2.54 mi	12	241^st
New Bloomfield	9.14 mi	2	301^st
Kingdom City	9.36 mi	2	213^th
Mokane	11.69 mi	4	123^rd
Holts Summit	12.66 mi	2	205^th

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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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