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Best Public Schools in Bates County, MO

At a glance

Schools

2,429

Students

Districts

Top rankedRich Hill Elementary279^th of 900 Missouri elementary schools

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Biggest riser

Butler High up 65 spots statewide this year

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Smallest classes

Miami Elementary 8.6 students per teacher

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Newly ranked this year

Rich Hill Elementary

SchoolDigger ratings

3★

2★

8 schools without a SchoolDigger rating (too few tested students)

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2025)				Ranking (2024)				MAP Mathematics (2025)						MAP Science (2025)		MAP English Language Arts (2025)						MAP Algebra I (2025)	MAP Biology I (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 4th Grade	MAP Mathematics 5th Grade	MAP Mathematics 6th Grade	MAP Mathematics 7th Grade	MAP Mathematics 8th Grade	MAP Science 5th Grade	MAP Science 8th Grade	MAP English Language Arts 3rd Grade	MAP English Language Arts 4th Grade	MAP English Language Arts 5th Grade	MAP English Language Arts 6th Grade	MAP English Language Arts 7th Grade	MAP English Language Arts 8th Grade	MAP Algebra I End of Course	MAP Biology I End of Course	Per Pupil Expenditures Total	Sub-total from Federal Funds	Sub-total from State/Local Funds
Adrian Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	601 N Houston	Adrian	64720	Bates County	Adrian R-III	No	No	No	Yes	(816) 297-2158	314	25	12.7	31.8%	283 (90.1%)	0 (0.0%)	27 (8.6%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (1.3%)	39.3	577^th of 900 public elementary schools	35.9%		33.5	628^th of 906 public elementary schools	30.7%	51	55.5	16.8	19.4				21.3		53.2	40.6	34.5						$10,776	$438	$10,338
Adrian Senior High	Public	6-12	601 N Houston	Adrian	64720	Bates County	Adrian R-III	No	No	No	No	(816) 297-4460	375	29	12.9	20.5%	353 (94.1%)	2 (0.5%)	12 (3.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.5%)	6 (1.6%)	32.4	251^st of 367 public high schools	31.6%		30.1	262^nd of 378 public high schools	30.7%	11				36.3		17.3							26.8		39.9	21.6	$10,998	$310	$10,688
Ballard Elementary	Public	PK, KG-6	10247 NE State Route 18	Butler	64730	Bates County	Ballard R-II	No	No	No	Yes	(816) 297-2656	57	8	6.9	57.9%	54 (94.7%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (5.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)								(n/a)																	$17,853	$988	$16,866
Ballard High	Public	7-12	10247 NE State Route 18	Butler	64730	Bates County	Ballard R-II	No	No	No	No	(816) 297-2656	59	9	6.4	49.2%	53 (89.8%)	1 (1.7%)	2 (3.4%)	2 (3.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (1.7%)								(n/a)																	$19,144	$1,062	$18,081
Butler Elementary	Public	K-5	4 N High St	Butler	64730	Bates County	Butler R-V	No	No	No	Yes	(660) 679-6591	410	36	11.3	55.9%	375 (91.5%)	0 (0.0%)	19 (4.6%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	16 (3.9%)	33.8	629^th of 900 public elementary schools	30.1%		46.8	485^th of 906 public elementary schools	46.5%	144	34.2	21.3	35.2				41.1		28.4	24.1	35.2						$11,653	$2,003	$9,650
Butler High	Public	6-12	420 S Fulton St	Butler	64730	Bates County	Butler R-V	No	No	No	No	(660) 679-6121	476	40	11.9	44.1%	417 (87.6%)	6 (1.3%)	35 (7.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	18 (3.8%)	38.4	215^th of 367 public high schools	41.4%		25.6	280^th of 378 public high schools	25.9%	65				46.1	25.1	11.4		20.1				37.1	16.8	29.3	14.0	38.7	$12,379	$585	$11,794
Hudson Elementary	Public	PK, KG-8	15012 NE State Route 52	Appleton City	64724	Bates County	Hudson R-Ix	No	No	No	Yes	(660) 476-5467	55	7	8.3	9.1%	54 (98.2%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (1.8%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)								(n/a)																	$13,685	$1,003	$12,682
Hume Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	9163 SW 2nd Street	Hume	64752	Bates County	Hume R-VIII	No	No	No	Yes	(660) 643-7411	67	7	9.5	53.7%	59 (88.1%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (3.0%)	0 (0.0%)	6 (9.0%)								(n/a)																	$12,847	$739	$12,108
Hume High	Public	6-12	9163 SW 2nd Street	Hume	64752	Bates County	Hume R-VIII	No	No	No	No	(660) 643-7411	51	9	5.8	56.9%	45 (88.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	6 (11.8%)								(n/a)																	$18,423	$1,457	$16,966
Miami Elementary	Public	PK, KG-6	7638 NW State Route J	Amoret	64722	Bates County	Miami R-I	No	No	No	Yes	(660) 267-3495	103	12	8.6	37.9%	92 (89.3%)	2 (1.9%)	1 (1.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (1.0%)	7 (6.8%)								(n/a)																	$14,972	$1,593	$13,379
Miami High	Public	7-12	7638 NW State Route J	Amoret	64722	Bates County	Miami R-I	No	No	No	No	(660) 267-3484	80	10	8.2	33.8%	70 (87.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (3.8%)	7 (8.8%)								(n/a)																	$17,327	$419	$16,908
Rich Hill High	Public	6-12	703 N Third	Rich Hill	64779	Bates County	Rich Hill R-IV	No	No	No	No	(417) 395-4191	190	17	11.4	48.4%	170 (89.5%)	5 (2.6%)	9 (4.7%)	1 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (1.1%)	3 (1.6%)								(n/a)				36.0				47.7				28.0			66.5		$11,715	$1,138	$10,577
Rich Hill Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	320 E Poplar St	Rich Hill	64779	Bates County	Rich Hill R-IV	No	No	No	Yes	(417) 395-2227	192	15	12.9	42.2%	173 (90.1%)	1 (0.5%)	11 (5.7%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.5%)	4 (2.1%)	2 (1.0%)	67.5	279^th of 900 public elementary schools	69.0%					(n/a)	72.3	27.9					38.8		65.4								$10,206	$775	$9,431

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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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