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Best Public Schools in Christian County, MO

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Schools

15,836

Students

Districts

5-star schools

Top rankedNixa Junior High16^th of 438 Missouri middle schools

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Biggest riser

Clever High up 184 spots statewide this year

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Smallest classes

Billings Senior High 8.7 students per teacher

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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)	MAP English II (2025)	MAP Algebra II (2025)	MAP English I (2025)	MAP Government (2025)	MAP American History (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	MAP English II End of Course	MAP Algebra II End of Course	MAP English I End of Course	MAP Government End of Course	MAP American History End of Course	Per Pupil Expenditures Total	Sub-total from Federal Funds	Sub-total from State/Local Funds
Billings Elementary	Public	PK, KG-6	118 W Mt Vernon	Billings	65610	Christian County	Billings R-IV	No	No	No	Yes	(417) 744-2552	249	19	12.8	45.8%	231 (92.8%)	8 (3.2%)	5 (2.0%)	4 (1.6%)	1 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	33.6	631^st of 900 public elementary schools	29.9%		12.9	806^th of 906 public elementary schools	11.0%	175	29.5	34.9	6.0	27.4			11.9		52.8													$11,170	$487	$10,684
Billings Senior High	Public	7-12	118 W Mt Vernon	Billings	65610	Christian County	Billings R-IV	No	No	No	No	(417) 744-2551	149	17	8.7	45.0%	136 (91.3%)	3 (2.0%)	6 (4.0%)	2 (1.3%)	2 (1.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)								(n/a)					23.9	69.5		52.0					33.4									$15,775	$228	$15,547
Chadwick Elementary	Public	PK, KG-6	7090 State Hwy 125 S	Chadwick	65629	Christian County	Chadwick R-I	No	No	No	Yes	(417) 634-3588	155	13	11.5	53.5%	151 (97.4%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (1.9%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.6%)								(n/a)	17.8	16.8																				$12,786	$602	$12,184
Chadwick High	Public	7-12	7090 State Hwy 125 S	Chadwick	65629	Christian County	Chadwick R-I	No	No	No	Yes	(417) 634-3588	122	11	11.2	46.7%	117 (95.9%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.8%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (2.5%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.8%)								(n/a)						60.7																$13,062	$251	$12,812
Clever Elementary	Public	PK, KG-8	103 S Public Ave.	Clever	65631	Christian County	Clever R-V	No	No	No	Yes	(417) 743-4815	871	67	12.9	32.4%	818 (93.9%)	10 (1.1%)	15 (1.7%)	0 (0.0%)	5 (0.6%)	1 (0.1%)	22 (2.5%)	71.7	232^nd of 900 public elementary schools	74.2%		65.4	296^th of 906 public elementary schools	67.3%	64	55.3	61.7	46.7	43.6	49.9			34.7	54.4		45.5	47.0	31.5	48.3	80.8							$10,958	$700	$10,258
Clever High	Public	9-12	6800 W Hwy 14	Clever	65631	Christian County	Clever R-V	No	No	No	No	(417) 743-4830	397	29	13.9	21.2%	369 (92.9%)	5 (1.3%)	10 (2.5%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.3%)	1 (0.3%)	11 (2.8%)	70.4	67^th of 367 public high schools	81.7%		32.4	251^st of 378 public high schools	33.6%	184															55.4	42.0	65.9					$11,903	$555	$11,348
Nixa High	Public	9-12	514 South Nicholas Road	Nixa	65714	Christian County	Nixa Public Schools	No	No	No	No	(417) 724-3500	2,041	114	17.9	22.3%	1,707 (83.6%)	21 (1.0%)	137 (6.7%)	22 (1.1%)	5 (0.2%)	2 (0.1%)	147 (7.2%)	91.3	8^th of 367 public high schools	97.8%		91.5	4^th of 378 public high schools	98.9%	4															73.3	61.9	75.2	91.2		63.9		$11,701	$154	$11,546
Nixa Junior High	Public	7-8	205 North Street	Nixa	65714	Christian County	Nixa Public Schools	No	No	No	No	(417) 724-6400	1,033	68	15.2	24.5%	866 (83.8%)	13 (1.3%)	57 (5.5%)	15 (1.5%)	6 (0.6%)	0 (0.0%)	76 (7.4%)	94.8	16^th of 438 public middle schools	96.3%		93.4	17^th of 451 public middle schools	96.2%	1					74.8	62.2		64.6					60.3	63.5								$11,141	$183	$10,959
Nicholas A. Inman Intermediate	Public	5-6	1300 North Nicholas Road	Nixa	65714	Christian County	Nixa Public Schools	No	No	No	No	(417) 724-6600	397	32	12.3	31.5%	318 (80.1%)	2 (0.5%)	36 (9.1%)	7 (1.8%)	3 (0.8%)	1 (0.3%)	30 (7.6%)								(n/a)			57.4	73.9			60.5				58.9	63.7										$11,080	$320	$10,760
Mathews Elementary	Public	K-4	605 South Gregg Road	Nixa	65714	Christian County	Nixa Public Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(417) 724-6520	457	36	12.5	32.4%	371 (81.2%)	2 (0.4%)	33 (7.2%)	7 (1.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	44 (9.6%)	90.2	70^th of 900 public elementary schools	92.2%		90.9	53^rd of 906 public elementary schools	94.2%	17	57.0	72.7							64.2	75.7												$11,436	$271	$11,165
Espy Elementary	Public	K-4	220 South Gregg Road	Nixa	65714	Christian County	Nixa Public Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(417) 724-6820	371	32	11.5	35.8%	293 (79.0%)	7 (1.9%)	31 (8.4%)	8 (2.2%)	2 (0.5%)	1 (0.3%)	29 (7.8%)								(n/a)	64.0	78.9																				$12,262	$554	$11,708
Century Elementary	Public	K-4	732 North Street	Nixa	65714	Christian County	Nixa Public Schools	No	No	No	No	(417) 724-3800	592	42	13.9	28.7%	493 (83.3%)	6 (1.0%)	38 (6.4%)	3 (0.5%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	51 (8.6%)	82.7	136^th of 900 public elementary schools	84.9%		84.7	108^th of 906 public elementary schools	88.1%	28	55.8	65.3							51.4	69.0												$11,767	$388	$11,379
Summit Intermediate School	Public	4-6	890 North Cheyenne Road	Nixa	65714	Christian County	Nixa Public Schools	No	No	No	No	(417) 724-4000	507	35	14.4	30.8%	423 (83.4%)	6 (1.2%)	35 (6.9%)	4 (0.8%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	39 (7.7%)								(n/a)			55.6	74.9			63.4				64.9	58.8										$10,712	$268	$10,444
High Pointe Elementary	Public	K-4	900 North Cheyenne Road	Nixa	65714	Christian County	Nixa Public Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(417) 724-6700	619	45	13.9	35.4%	497 (80.3%)	16 (2.6%)	51 (8.2%)	6 (1.0%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	48 (7.8%)	93	43^rd of 900 public elementary schools	95.2%		93.4	35^th of 906 public elementary schools	96.1%	8	76.9	69.1							73.0	65.0												$10,673	$356	$10,317
John Thomas School Of Discover	Public	K-6	312 North Market Street	Nixa	65714	Christian County	Nixa Public Schools	No	No	No	No	(417) 724-6800	493	33	14.7	16.8%	428 (86.8%)	2 (0.4%)	26 (5.3%)	3 (0.6%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.4%)	32 (6.5%)	94.3	32^nd of 900 public elementary schools	96.4%		96.8	13^th of 906 public elementary schools	98.6%	19	71.9	78.4	63.1	73.5					64.6	81.4												$11,719	$222	$11,497
Ozark Middle School	Public	5-6	3600 N Hwy Nn	Ozark	65721	Christian County	Ozark R-VI	No	No	No	No	(417) 582-5903	876	66	13.3	36.8%	742 (84.7%)	8 (0.9%)	52 (5.9%)	4 (0.5%)	2 (0.2%)	1 (0.1%)	67 (7.6%)								(n/a)			64.3	77.6			67.1				67.4	56.3										$11,230	$447	$10,783
Ozark High	Public	9-12	1350 W Bluff Dr	Ozark	65721	Christian County	Ozark R-VI	No	No	No	No	(417) 582-5901	1,789	120	14.9	28.8%	1,531 (85.6%)	17 (1.0%)	102 (5.7%)	14 (0.8%)	6 (0.3%)	2 (0.1%)	117 (6.5%)	62	94^th of 367 public high schools	74.4%		67.7	67^th of 378 public high schools	82.3%	27															42.8	47.7	61.1	76.2	70.0	50.7	39.9	$11,581	$439	$11,142
East Elementary	Public	K-4	2449 E Hartley	Ozark	65721	Christian County	Ozark R-VI	No	No	No	Yes	(417) 582-5906	515	44	11.5	38.6%	450 (87.4%)	2 (0.4%)	23 (4.5%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	1 (0.2%)	38 (7.4%)	93.5	38^th of 900 public elementary schools	95.8%		95	25^th of 906 public elementary schools	97.2%	13	67.1	78.0							64.6	75.3												$12,468	$887	$11,581
Ozark Junior High	Public	7-8	1109 W Jackson	Ozark	65721	Christian County	Ozark R-VI	No	No	No	No	(417) 582-4701	943	71	13.2	35.4%	799 (84.7%)	12 (1.3%)	50 (5.3%)	3 (0.3%)	4 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	75 (8.0%)	88.4	39^th of 438 public middle schools	91.1%		90.3	29^th of 451 public middle schools	93.6%	10					74.7	51.7		48.9					59.5	57.9	95.4							$11,159	$531	$10,628
South Elementary	Public	K-4	1250 W South St	Ozark	65721	Christian County	Ozark R-VI	No	No	No	Yes	(417) 582-5905	505	43	11.8	44.0%	420 (83.2%)	3 (0.6%)	33 (6.5%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	48 (9.5%)	90.6	68^th of 900 public elementary schools	92.4%		90.8	55^th of 906 public elementary schools	93.9%	13	63.3	68.9							61.3	76.0												$11,562	$412	$11,149
North Elementary	Public	K-4	3608 N Hwy Nn	Ozark	65721	Christian County	Ozark R-VI	No	No	No	No	(417) 582-5904	514	44	11.7	37.0%	437 (85.0%)	4 (0.8%)	24 (4.7%)	5 (1.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	44 (8.6%)	89.8	76^th of 900 public elementary schools	91.6%		80.4	148^th of 906 public elementary schools	83.7%	72	65.5	71.1							60.3													$12,650	$654	$11,997
West Elementary	Public	K-4	3105 W State Hwy Cc	Ozark	65721	Christian County	Ozark R-VI	No	No	No	Yes	(417) 582-5907	584	48	12.2	37.3%	491 (84.1%)	4 (0.7%)	39 (6.7%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	49 (8.4%)	87.2	100^th of 900 public elementary schools	88.9%		90.7	57^th of 906 public elementary schools	93.7%	43	55.8	71.6							58.1	71.7												$10,969	$623	$10,346
Ozark Tigerpaw Early Child Center	Public	PK-K	302 N 4th Avenue	Ozark	65721	Christian County	Ozark R-VI	No	No	No	No	(417) 582-5992	233	22	10.4	46.8%	192 (82.4%)	1 (0.4%)	15 (6.4%)	2 (0.9%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	23 (9.9%)								(n/a)																						$19,922	$1,183	$18,739
Sparta Middle	Public	5-8	217 Division St	Sparta	65753	Christian County	Sparta R-III	No	No	No	No	(417) 634-5518	187	15	12.8	45.5%	178 (95.2%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (1.1%)	2 (1.1%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.5%)	4 (2.1%)	73.4	92^nd of 438 public middle schools	79.0%		65.7	130^th of 451 public middle schools	71.2%	38			32.6	50.8	45.2	44.5	24.4				26.4	39.2	57.0	63.8								$11,087	$675	$10,412
Sparta Elementary	Public	K-4	522 State Hwy 125 N	Sparta	65753	Christian County	Sparta R-III	No	No	No	Yes	(417) 634-3223	263	23	11.5	55.9%	254 (96.6%)	1 (0.4%)	1 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.4%)	6 (2.3%)	66.7	295^th of 900 public elementary schools	67.2%		58.2	367^th of 906 public elementary schools	59.5%	72	43.7	56.0							42.0	62.0												$10,728	$691	$10,037
Sparta High	Public	9-12	8520 State Hwy14e	Sparta	65753	Christian County	Sparta R-III	No	No	No	No	(417) 634-3224	227	17	13.4	42.7%	210 (92.5%)	1 (0.4%)	5 (2.2%)	1 (0.4%)	1 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	9 (4.0%)	40.2	205^th of 367 public high schools	44.1%		47	168^th of 378 public high schools	55.6%	37															32.7	33.3						$12,045	$835	$11,210
Spokane Middle	Public	6-8	1130 Spokane Rd	Spokane	65754	Christian County	Spokane R-Vii	No	No	No	No	(417) 443-3506	160	12	12.8	41.9%	144 (90.0%)	3 (1.9%)	2 (1.3%)	2 (1.3%)	1 (0.6%)	0 (0.0%)	8 (5.0%)	50.2	209^th of 438 public middle schools	52.3%		63.3	140^th of 451 public middle schools	69.0%	69				49.0	38.1			30.0				33.9	30.8	54.0	93.2							$10,793	$16	$10,777
Highlandville Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	Spokane R-VII Schools	Highlandville	65669	Christian County	Spokane R-Vii	No	No	No	Yes	(417) 443-2200	384	29	13.1	42.2%	352 (91.7%)	2 (0.5%)	4 (1.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.3%)	2 (0.5%)	23 (6.0%)	45.8	508^th of 900 public elementary schools	43.6%		53.1	416^th of 906 public elementary schools	54.1%	92		16.2	30.7				57.6		48.9	33.9												$10,739	$387	$10,351
Spokane High	Public	9-12	1123 Spokane Rd	Spokane	65754	Christian County	Spokane R-Vii	No	No	No	No	(417) 443-3502	203	17	12.2	35.5%	190 (93.6%)	1 (0.5%)	5 (2.5%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (1.0%)	0 (0.0%)	5 (2.5%)	60.5	100^th of 367 public high schools	72.8%		47.9	161^st of 378 public high schools	57.4%	61															34.0	50.0						$11,679	$285	$11,394

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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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