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Best Public Schools in Johnson County, MO

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Schools

8,058

Students

Districts

Top rankedWhiteman A.F.B. Elementary121^st of 900 Missouri elementary schools

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Biggest riser

Crest Ridge High up 149 spots statewide this year

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Smallest classes

Leeton High 9.4 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)	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	Per Pupil Expenditures Total	Sub-total from Federal Funds	Sub-total from State/Local Funds
Crest Ridge Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	94 NW 58 Hwy	Centerview	64019	Johnson County	Johnson County R-Vii	No	No	No	Yes	(660) 656-3315	276	20	13.6	38.8%	255 (92.4%)	3 (1.1%)	9 (3.3%)	1 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	8 (2.9%)	40.2	563^rd of 900 public elementary schools	37.4%		31.8	642^nd of 906 public elementary schools	29.1%	79	40.6	23.5	38.0							31.2	42.0										$12,008	$877	$11,132
Crest Ridge High	Public	6-12	92 NW 58 Hwy	Centerview	64019	Johnson County	Johnson County R-Vii	No	No	No	No	(660) 656-3391	292	26	11.4	39.4%	273 (93.5%)	3 (1.0%)	10 (3.4%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	5 (1.7%)	76.1	45^th of 367 public high schools	87.7%		42.5	194^th of 378 public high schools	48.7%	149				34.0	39.5							29.4	39.4	70.2	71.0	30.9			94.2		$13,556	$879	$12,677
Chilhowee Elementary	Public	PK, KG-6	101 SW State Route 2	Chilhowee	64733	Johnson County	Chilhowee R-IV	No	No	No	Yes	(660) 678-4511	56	10	5.8	41.1%	53 (94.6%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (5.4%)								(n/a)																					$21,609	$3,756	$17,853
Chilhowee High	Public	7-12	101 SW State Route 2	Chilhowee	64733	Johnson County	Chilhowee R-IV	No	No	No	No	(660) 678-4511	79	10	8.0	43.0%	77 (97.5%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (1.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (1.3%)								(n/a)						14.3		7.2													$17,662	$1,177	$16,485
Holden Middle	Public	6-8	301 Eagle Dr	Holden	64040	Johnson County	Holden R-III	No	No	No	No	(816) 732-4125	301	22	13.9	46.5%	268 (89.0%)	5 (1.7%)	18 (6.0%)	1 (0.3%)	3 (1.0%)	0 (0.0%)	6 (2.0%)	48.5	216^th of 438 public middle schools	50.7%		40.6	271^st of 451 public middle schools	39.9%	55				46.3	48.8	13.2		34.5				41.1	36.6	33.6							$12,297	$821	$11,476
Holden High	Public	9-12	1901 S Main	Holden	64040	Johnson County	Holden R-III	No	No	No	No	(816) 732-5523	391	27	14.2	47.6%	349 (89.3%)	4 (1.0%)	16 (4.1%)	1 (0.3%)	4 (1.0%)	3 (0.8%)	14 (3.6%)	23	294^th of 367 public high schools	19.9%		39.7	214^th of 378 public high schools	43.4%	80															8.9	27.4					$13,112	$1,315	$11,797
Holden Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	1903 S Market	Holden	64040	Johnson County	Holden R-III	No	No	No	Yes	(816) 732-6071	540	34	15.8	51.1%	480 (88.9%)	8 (1.5%)	35 (6.5%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	16 (3.0%)	55.1	407^th of 900 public elementary schools	54.8%		73.8	208^th of 906 public elementary schools	77.0%	199	40.2	42.4	36.6				42.1		45.7	42.5	47.6										$10,793	$1,650	$9,143
Kingsville Elementary	Public	PK, KG-6	101 E Adriatic	Kingsville	64061	Johnson County	Kingsville R-I	No	No	No	Yes	(816) 597-3422	119	9	12.8	34.5%	110 (92.4%)	2 (1.7%)	1 (0.8%)	1 (0.8%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.8%)	4 (3.4%)								(n/a)		13.8								27.3											$17,782	$245	$17,537
Kingsville High	Public	7-12	101 E Adriatic	Kingsville	64061	Johnson County	Kingsville R-I	No	No	No	No	(816) 597-3422	131	12	10.7	29.8%	120 (91.6%)	2 (1.5%)	8 (6.1%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.8%)								(n/a)													16.0		27.3						$13,814	$600	$13,214
Knob Noster Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	405 E Wimer	Knob Noster	65336	Johnson County	Knob Noster R-VIII	No	No	No	Yes	(660) 563-3019	550	37	14.9	42.7%	418 (76.0%)	13 (2.4%)	38 (6.9%)	1 (0.2%)	5 (0.9%)	23 (4.2%)	52 (9.5%)	78.1	175^th of 900 public elementary schools	80.6%		76.8	179^th of 906 public elementary schools	80.2%	4	45.1	62.4	59.0				48.7		49.4	65.5	70.0										$10,136	$478	$9,658
Knob Noster High	Public	9-12	504 S Washington	Knob Noster	65336	Johnson County	Knob Noster R-VIII	No	No	No	No	(660) 563-2283	474	36	13.2	30.4%	370 (78.1%)	21 (4.4%)	32 (6.8%)	6 (1.3%)	3 (0.6%)	19 (4.0%)	23 (4.9%)	45.9	179^th of 367 public high schools	51.2%		50.3	149^th of 378 public high schools	60.6%	30															48.8	32.3				32.0	$13,977	$2,162	$11,815
Whiteman A.F.B. Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	120 Houx Dr	Whiteman Afb	65305	Johnson County	Knob Noster R-VIII	No	No	No	Yes	(660) 563-3028	602	39	15.2	35.2%	401 (66.6%)	36 (6.0%)	86 (14.3%)	12 (2.0%)	2 (0.3%)	4 (0.7%)	61 (10.1%)	84.8	121^st of 900 public elementary schools	86.6%		88	77^th of 906 public elementary schools	91.5%	44	57.6	66.5	67.2						53.4												$10,197	$868	$9,329
Knob Noster Middle	Public	6-8	211 E Wimer	Knob Noster	65336	Johnson County	Knob Noster R-VIII	No	No	No	No	(660) 563-2260	381	28	13.6	38.1%	297 (78.0%)	16 (4.2%)	24 (6.3%)	1 (0.3%)	9 (2.4%)	7 (1.8%)	27 (7.1%)	69.2	114^th of 438 public middle schools	74.0%		70.6	112^th of 451 public middle schools	75.2%	2				31.7	42.0	52.0		49.6				48.0	50.3	54.8							$11,953	$826	$11,128
Leeton Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	500 N Main	Leeton	64761	Johnson County	Leeton R-X	No	No	No	Yes	(660) 653-4731	153	11	13.5	49.0%	145 (94.8%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (2.6%)	2 (1.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (1.3%)								(n/a)			20.0				24.0														$11,275	$827	$10,449
Leeton High	Public	9-12	500 N Main	Leeton	64761	Johnson County	Leeton R-X	No	No	No	No	(660) 653-4314	103	11	9.4	50.5%	97 (94.2%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (1.9%)	3 (2.9%)	1 (1.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)								(n/a)																8.8					$17,588	$2,031	$15,557
Leeton Middle	Public	6-8	500 N Main	Leeton	64761	Johnson County	Leeton R-X	No	No	No	No	(660) 653-4314	52	6	8.4	53.8%	50 (96.2%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (3.8%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)								(n/a)				37.6								25.1									$13,209	$931	$12,278
Gateway Educational Center	Public	9-12	205 S Ridgeview Dr	Warrensburg	64093	Johnson County	Warrensburg R-VI	No	No	No	No	(660) 747-2283	0	0			0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()								(n/a)
Sterling Elementary	Public	3-5	522 E Gay	Warrensburg	64093	Johnson County	Warrensburg R-VI	No	No	No	Yes	(660) 747-7478	399	29	13.5	39.1%	296 (74.2%)	17 (4.3%)	24 (6.0%)	11 (2.8%)	1 (0.3%)	4 (1.0%)	46 (11.5%)	51.2	448^th of 900 public elementary schools	50.2%		45.5	505^th of 906 public elementary schools	44.3%	57	37.9	29.9	34.4				48.0		47.0	35.8	53.6										$12,323	$204	$12,118
Warrensburg Middle	Public	6-8	640 E Gay St	Warrensburg	64093	Johnson County	Warrensburg R-VI	No	No	No	No	(660) 747-5612	779	60	13.0	41.3%	574 (73.7%)	44 (5.6%)	49 (6.3%)	14 (1.8%)	0 (0.0%)	21 (2.7%)	77 (9.9%)	40.4	273^rd of 438 public middle schools	37.7%		42.1	260^th of 451 public middle schools	42.4%	13				36.5	31.6	24.3		34.5				33.7	38.0	29.2	83.5						$11,829	$338	$11,491
Ridge View Elementary	Public	PK, KG-2	215 S Ridgeview Dr	Warrensburg	64093	Johnson County	Warrensburg R-VI	No	No	No	Yes	(660) 747-6013	484	35	13.9	46.5%	350 (72.3%)	28 (5.8%)	39 (8.1%)	7 (1.4%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (0.8%)	56 (11.6%)								(n/a)																					$12,171	$93	$12,078
Warrensburg High	Public	9-12	1411 S Ridgeview Dr	Warrensburg	64093	Johnson County	Warrensburg R-VI	No	No	No	No	(660) 747-2262	1,027	63	16.3	33.2%	787 (76.6%)	44 (4.3%)	64 (6.2%)	17 (1.7%)	2 (0.2%)	18 (1.8%)	95 (9.3%)	52.9	137^th of 367 public high schools	62.7%		46.8	169^th of 378 public high schools	55.3%	32															24.3	32.5	59.9	52.1		44.9	$12,810	$513	$12,297
Warrensburg Area Career Center	Public	9-12	205 S Ridgeview Dr	Warrensburg	64093	Johnson County	Warrensburg R-VI	No	No	No	No	(660) 747-2283	0	13	.0		0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()								(n/a)
Martin Warren Elementary	Public	3-5	105 S Maguire	Warrensburg	64093	Johnson County	Warrensburg R-VI	No	No	No	Yes	(660) 747-7160	407	30	13.6	45.2%	297 (73.0%)	24 (5.9%)	27 (6.6%)	3 (0.7%)	2 (0.5%)	8 (2.0%)	46 (11.3%)	56.5	393^rd of 900 public elementary schools	56.3%		53.4	413^th of 906 public elementary schools	54.4%	20	41.7	33.7	49.1				49.1		43.2	35.9	52.3										$12,374	$553	$11,821
Maple Grove Elementary	Public	PK, KG-2	950 Hamilton Street	Warrensburg	64093	Johnson County	Warrensburg R-VI	No	No	No	Yes	(660) 422-5770	462	37	12.6	50.9%	324 (70.1%)	24 (5.2%)	36 (7.8%)	2 (0.4%)	1 (0.2%)	19 (4.1%)	56 (12.1%)								(n/a)																					$12,672	$327	$12,345

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