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Best Public Schools in Lafayette County, MO

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Schools

5,064

Students

Districts

Top rankedLafayette County High159^th of 367 Missouri high schools

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Biggest riser

Lafayette County High up 124 spots statewide this year

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Smallest classes

Santa Fe High 10 students per teacher

SchoolDigger ratings

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9 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)	MAP English II (2025)	MAP Algebra II (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 Government End of Course	Per Pupil Expenditures Total	Sub-total from Federal Funds	Sub-total from State/Local Funds
Waverly Regional Youth Center	Public	6-12	109 W Kelling Ave	Waverly	64096	Lafayette County	Division Of Youth Service	No	No	No	No	(660) 493-2272	28	6	5.0	89.3%	22 (78.6%)	6 (21.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)								(n/a)
Rolling Meadow School	Public, Alternative	K-12	1101 W 29th St	Higginsville	64037	Lafayette County	Mo Schls For The Sev Disabled	No	No	No	No	(660) 584-2924	4	1	4.0		3 (75.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (25.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)								(n/a)
Santa Fe Elementary	Public	PK, KG-6	703 W Walnut	Waverly	64096	Lafayette County	Santa Fe R-X	No	No	No	Yes	(660) 493-2811	152	14	10.7	49.3%	137 (90.1%)	1 (0.7%)	14 (9.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)								(n/a)		69.4								73.8										$15,959	$1,772	$14,188
Santa Fe High	Public	7-12	108 N Chiefs	Alma	64001	Lafayette County	Santa Fe R-X	No	No	No	No	(660) 674-2236	154	15	10.0	40.3%	137 (89.0%)	5 (3.2%)	12 (7.8%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)								(n/a)					76.9										63.5					$17,345	$996	$16,349
Concordia Elementary	Public	PK, KG-6	701 SW 4th St	Concordia	64020	Lafayette County	Concordia R-II	No	No	No	Yes	(660) 463-2261	247	23	10.7	37.7%	227 (91.9%)	1 (0.4%)	10 (4.0%)	2 (0.8%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	7 (2.8%)	31.9	648^th of 900 public elementary schools	28.0%		30	656^th of 906 public elementary schools	27.6%	8	18.5		26.0	43.2			37.1		29.1		33.4									$13,422	$851	$12,571
Concordia High	Public	7-12	117 SW 11th St	Concordia	64020	Lafayette County	Concordia R-II	No	No	No	No	(660) 463-2246	205	19	10.8	33.7%	182 (88.8%)	2 (1.0%)	13 (6.3%)	2 (1.0%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (1.0%)	4 (2.0%)								(n/a)					48.4			43.1					33.2							$14,116	$739	$13,378
Grandview Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	705 W 31st	Higginsville	64037	Lafayette County	Lafayette County C-1	No	No	No	Yes	(660) 584-7127	440	33	13.1	47.5%	393 (89.3%)	11 (2.5%)	13 (3.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	23 (5.2%)	27.5	681^st of 900 public elementary schools	24.3%		28.9	665^th of 906 public elementary schools	26.6%	16	15.8	24.4	23.2							36.4	38.3									$13,207	$614	$12,594
Lafayette County High	Public	9-12	807a W 31st	Higginsville	64037	Lafayette County	Lafayette County C-1	No	No	No	No	(660) 584-3661	298	24	12.4	45.0%	264 (88.6%)	12 (4.0%)	10 (3.4%)	2 (0.7%)	2 (0.7%)	0 (0.0%)	8 (2.7%)	49.8	159^th of 367 public high schools	56.7%		24.7	283^rd of 378 public high schools	25.1%	124															41.0	36.0				$16,186	$297	$15,889
Lafayette County Middle	Public	6-8	807b W 31st	Higginsville	64037	Lafayette County	Lafayette County C-1	No	No	No	No	(660) 584-7161	223	18	12.6	49.3%	187 (83.9%)	12 (5.4%)	11 (4.9%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	12 (5.4%)	41.2	266^th of 438 public middle schools	39.3%		42.3	258^th of 451 public middle schools	42.8%	8				35.0	21.2	31.4		30.0				39.1	31.9	41.0						$12,972	$89	$12,883
Leslie Bell Elementary	Public	PK, KG-4	400 S 20th St	Lexington	64067	Lafayette County	Lexington R-V	No	No	No	Yes	(660) 259-4341	339	30	11.4	61.1%	284 (83.8%)	8 (2.4%)	23 (6.8%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	24 (7.1%)	18.7	744^th of 900 public elementary schools	17.3%		19.6	736^th of 906 public elementary schools	18.8%	8	15.2	27.8							17.1	33.9										$13,045	$912	$12,133
Lex La-Ray Technical Center	Public	9-12	2323 High School Dr	Lexington	64067	Lafayette County	Lexington R-V	No	No	No	No	(660) 259-2264	0	10	.0		0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()								(n/a)
Lexington Middle	Public	5-8	1111 S 24th St	Lexington	64067	Lafayette County	Lexington R-V	No	No	No	No	(660) 259-4611	244	18	13.6	55.3%	199 (81.6%)	14 (5.7%)	17 (7.0%)	1 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.4%)	12 (4.9%)	24	345^th of 438 public middle schools	21.2%		15.2	401^st of 451 public middle schools	11.1%	56			12.4	14.2	48.3	5.8	21.2	27.0			19.4	17.3	26.6	21.5						$12,328	$837	$11,491
Lexington High	Public	9-12	2309 Aull Ln	Lexington	64067	Lafayette County	Lexington R-V	No	No	No	No	(660) 259-4391	310	18	16.9	47.1%	265 (85.5%)	11 (3.5%)	20 (6.5%)	1 (0.3%)	2 (0.6%)	0 (0.0%)	11 (3.5%)	6.4	348^th of 367 public high schools	5.2%		8.8	350^th of 378 public high schools	7.4%	2															3.7	8.4	24.3		10.4	$15,741	$1,561	$14,180
McQuerry Elementary	Public	PK, KG-2	607 S Third St	Odessa	64076	Lafayette County	Odessa R-Vii	No	No	No	Yes	(816) 633-5334	497	38	12.9	37.2%	437 (87.9%)	3 (0.6%)	21 (4.2%)	2 (0.4%)	2 (0.4%)	1 (0.2%)	31 (6.2%)								(n/a)																				$11,043	$527	$10,516
Odessa High	Public	9-12	713 S Third St	Odessa	64076	Lafayette County	Odessa R-Vii	No	No	No	No	(816) 633-5533	651	45	14.5	30.7%	571 (87.7%)	2 (0.3%)	43 (6.6%)	1 (0.2%)	4 (0.6%)	1 (0.2%)	29 (4.5%)	24.5	288^th of 367 public high schools	21.5%		40.3	211^th of 378 public high schools	44.2%	77															14.4	27.4		42.3		$12,295	$248	$12,047
Odessa Middle	Public	6-8	607 S Fifth St	Odessa	64076	Lafayette County	Odessa R-Vii	No	No	No	No	(816) 633-1500	462	38	12.2	33.1%	410 (88.7%)	6 (1.3%)	14 (3.0%)	1 (0.2%)	2 (0.4%)	2 (0.4%)	27 (5.8%)	43.7	250^th of 438 public middle schools	42.9%		54.1	206^th of 451 public middle schools	54.3%	44				49.9	40.6	20.6		28.1				33.5	37.1	33.2						$11,624	$312	$11,313
Odessa Upper Elementary	Public	3-5	1100 West Cox School Road	Odessa	64076	Lafayette County	Odessa R-Vii	No	No	No	Yes	(816) 633-5396	429	34	12.5	37.8%	377 (87.9%)	4 (0.9%)	15 (3.5%)	3 (0.7%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	30 (7.0%)	37.8	593^rd of 900 public elementary schools	34.1%		42.6	534^th of 906 public elementary schools	41.1%	59	39.9	24.5	34.9				37.1		42.6	25.5	34.2									$11,189	$550	$10,638
Wellington-Napoleon Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	800 Hwy 131	Wellington	64097	Lafayette County	Wellington-Napoleon R-Ix	No	No	No	Yes	(816) 240-2631	178	17	10.5	34.8%	161 (90.4%)	0 (0.0%)	8 (4.5%)	1 (0.6%)	1 (0.6%)	0 (0.0%)	7 (3.9%)								(n/a)			30.0																	$13,684	$134	$13,550
Wellington-Napoleon High	Public	6-12	800 Hwy 131	Wellington	64097	Lafayette County	Wellington-Napoleon R-Ix	No	No	No	No	(816) 240-2621	203	19	10.9	28.1%	179 (88.2%)	1 (0.5%)	7 (3.4%)	1 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	15 (7.4%)								(n/a)						12.0						29.1			66.6					$13,919	$615	$13,304

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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.

IMPORTANT DISCLAIMERS: Not all boundaries are included. We make every effort to ensure that boundaries are up-to-date. But it's important to note that these are approximations and are for general informational purposes only. To verify legal descriptions of boundaries or school locations, contact your local tax assessor's office and/or school district.