Best Public Schools in Newton County, Missouri & Rankings

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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 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 Government End of Course	Per Pupil Expenditures Total	Sub-total from Federal Funds	Sub-total from State/Local Funds
Crowder Avts	Public	9-12	601 Laclede Avenue	Neosho	64850	Newton County	Crowder College	No	No	No	No	(417) 455-5596	0	11	.0		0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()								(n/a)
Diamond Elementary	Public	PK, KG-4	401 S Main	Diamond	64840	Newton County	Diamond R-IV	No	No	No	Yes	(417) 325-5189	332	26	12.8	61.7%	301 (90.7%)	0 (0.0%)	13 (3.9%)	7 (2.1%)	2 (0.6%)	2 (0.6%)	7 (2.1%)	22	719^th of 900 public elementary schools	20.1%		12.8	807^th of 906 public elementary schools	10.9%	88	22.3	30.8							27.7	23.8									$12,660	$417	$12,243
Diamond High	Public	9-12	401 S Main	Diamond	64840	Newton County	Diamond R-IV	No	No	No	No	(417) 325-5188	243	22	11.0	44.9%	200 (82.3%)	0 (0.0%)	25 (10.3%)	1 (0.4%)	6 (2.5%)	2 (0.8%)	9 (3.7%)	32.2	252^nd of 367 public high schools	31.3%		21.8	298^th of 378 public high schools	21.2%	46															38.9	22.4			$14,294	$316	$13,978
Diamond Middle	Public	5-8	401 S Main	Diamond	64840	Newton County	Diamond R-IV	No	No	No	No	(417) 325-5336	212	14	15.5	50.5%	186 (87.7%)	3 (1.4%)	6 (2.8%)	0 (0.0%)	7 (3.3%)	2 (0.9%)	8 (3.8%)	57.4	181^st of 438 public middle schools	58.7%		51.2	221^st of 451 public middle schools	51.0%	40			6.9	35.1	45.8	38.0	25.1	28.0			20.5	40.7	50.8						$11,558	$19	$11,540
Stapleton Elementary	Public	K-5	101 E 41st St	Joplin	64802	Newton County	Joplin Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(417) 625-5375	400	31	13.0	53.8%	258 (64.5%)	25 (6.3%)	37 (9.3%)	10 (2.5%)	7 (1.8%)	23 (5.8%)	40 (10.0%)	62.2	341^st of 900 public elementary schools	62.1%		53.8	410^th of 906 public elementary schools	54.7%	69	36.3	48.5	46.1						46.8	54.4									$10,872	$1,169	$9,703
South Middle	Public	6-8	900 E 50th St	Joplin	64802	Newton County	Joplin Schools	No	No	No	No	(417) 625-5250	596	42	14.2	57.2%	402 (67.4%)	33 (5.5%)	53 (8.9%)	13 (2.2%)	9 (1.5%)	12 (2.0%)	74 (12.4%)	56.5	185^th of 438 public middle schools	57.8%		56.4	192^nd of 451 public middle schools	57.4%	7				40.0	42.4	29.2		40.2				44.0	44.9	36.5	97.3				$10,842	$1,000	$9,842
Benton Elementary	Public	PK, KG-4	1120 Carl Sweeney Pkwy	Neosho	64850	Newton County	Neosho School District	No	No	No	Yes	(417) 451-8610	523	39	13.4	75.7%	266 (50.9%)	1 (0.2%)	151 (28.9%)	4 (0.8%)	5 (1.0%)	56 (10.7%)	40 (7.6%)	41.7	548^th of 900 public elementary schools	39.1%		29.6	658^th of 906 public elementary schools	27.4%	110	30.0	46.8							33.3	38.7									$11,508	$354	$11,154
Middle School	Public	5-6	1400 Hale McGinty Dr	Neosho	64850	Newton County	Neosho School District	No	No	No	No	(417) 451-8650	702	52	13.4	65.4%	443 (63.1%)	4 (0.6%)	135 (19.2%)	6 (0.9%)	13 (1.9%)	49 (7.0%)	52 (7.4%)								(n/a)			25.4	40.3			33.8				40.3	31.1							$11,180	$454	$10,726
Neosho Junior High	Public	7-8	14646 Kodiak Road	Neosho	64850	Newton County	Neosho School District	No	No	No	No	(417) 451-8660	753	50	15.0	60.0%	453 (60.2%)	3 (0.4%)	172 (22.8%)	10 (1.3%)	16 (2.1%)	46 (6.1%)	53 (7.0%)	66.6	127^th of 438 public middle schools	71.0%		58	181^st of 451 public middle schools	59.9%	54					38.4	54.3		46.6					40.8	46.0					$10,305	$296	$10,009
Neosho High	Public	9-12	511 Neosho Blvd	Neosho	64850	Newton County	Neosho School District	No	No	No	No	(417) 451-8670	1,530	85	18.0	53.7%	951 (62.2%)	13 (0.8%)	305 (19.9%)	18 (1.2%)	31 (2.0%)	115 (7.5%)	97 (6.3%)	48.7	166^th of 367 public high schools	54.8%		41.5	199^th of 378 public high schools	47.4%	33															42.1	34.2	53.5	34.2	$11,097	$226	$10,871
South Elementary	Public	K-4	1111 Wornall St	Neosho	64850	Newton County	Neosho School District	No	No	No	Yes	(417) 451-8640	285	21	13.5	67.7%	131 (46.0%)	1 (0.4%)	74 (26.0%)	4 (1.4%)	3 (1.1%)	52 (18.2%)	20 (7.0%)	35.4	615^th of 900 public elementary schools	31.7%		17.1	758^th of 906 public elementary schools	16.3%	143	26.0	39.6							37.2	31.0									$11,051	$409	$10,642
George Washington Carver Elementary	Public	PK, KG-4	12350 Norway Rd	Neosho	64850	Newton County	Neosho School District	No	No	No	Yes	(417) 451-8690	591	36	16.4	55.8%	400 (67.7%)	7 (1.2%)	98 (16.6%)	9 (1.5%)	5 (0.8%)	26 (4.4%)	46 (7.8%)	41.3	552^nd of 900 public elementary schools	38.7%		37.7	581^st of 906 public elementary schools	35.9%	29	31.2	49.0							36.1	31.2									$10,515	$414	$10,101
Learning Initiative Neosho/Cr	Public, Alternative	PK, KG-12	180 Cemetery Road	Neosho	64850	Newton County	Neosho School District	No	No	No	No	(417) 451-2450	0	2	.0		0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()								(n/a)
RISE Elementary	Public	K-4	201 N Washington St	Neosho	64850	Newton County	Neosho School District	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(417) 451-8600	230	15	15.2	42.2%	177 (77.0%)	0 (0.0%)	24 (10.4%)	1 (0.4%)	2 (0.9%)	1 (0.4%)	25 (10.9%)	54.2	419^th of 900 public elementary schools	53.4%					(n/a)	50.9	29.3							55.2	37.4									$10,738	$90	$10,648
Seneca Elementary	Public	PK, KG-3	1815 St Eugene St	Seneca	64865	Newton County	Seneca R-Vii	No	No	No	Yes	(417) 776-2785	417	30	13.9	53.5%	313 (75.1%)	0 (0.0%)	23 (5.5%)	3 (0.7%)	66 (15.8%)	0 (0.0%)	12 (2.9%)								(n/a)	39.7								39.7										$9,427	$221	$9,206
Seneca High	Public	9-12	1110 Neosho St	Seneca	64865	Newton County	Seneca R-Vii	No	No	No	No	(417) 776-3926	450	34	13.0	45.8%	349 (77.6%)	9 (2.0%)	20 (4.4%)	1 (0.2%)	62 (13.8%)	1 (0.2%)	8 (1.8%)	47.9	172^nd of 367 public high schools	53.1%					(n/a)															16.7	34.6		46.4	$11,988	$489	$11,499
Seneca Junior High	Public	7-8	925 Oneida	Seneca	64865	Newton County	Seneca R-Vii	No	No	No	No	(417) 776-3911	231	20	11.2	50.6%	170 (73.6%)	3 (1.3%)	12 (5.2%)	2 (0.9%)	41 (17.7%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (1.3%)	48.3	220^th of 438 public middle schools	49.8%		40.6	270^th of 451 public middle schools	40.1%	50					39.4	22.6		36.0					35.1	44.2					$11,805	$601	$11,204
Seneca Intermediate School	Public	4-6	1817 St. Eugene	Seneca	64865	Newton County	Seneca R-Vii	No	No	No	Yes	(417) 776-7961	305	24	12.8	48.2%	234 (76.7%)	0 (0.0%)	10 (3.3%)	3 (1.0%)	52 (17.0%)	1 (0.3%)	5 (1.6%)								(n/a)		64.7	57.6	63.1			52.5			69.3		31.5							$9,824	$333	$9,491
Granby	Public	PK, KG-8	440 E High St	Granby	64844	Newton County	East Newton County R-VI	No	No	No	Yes	(417) 472-6279	583	44	13.4	64.0%	490 (84.0%)	0 (0.0%)	27 (4.6%)	21 (3.6%)	7 (1.2%)	1 (0.2%)	37 (6.3%)	33.5	635^th of 900 public elementary schools	29.4%		27	680^th of 906 public elementary schools	24.9%	45	28.9	20.6	29.0	35.9	10.7	21.8	40.3	27.7	32.7	32.7	36.5		19.4	18.2					$9,177	$1,071	$8,107
East Newton High	Public	9-12	22876 E Hwy 86	Granby	64844	Newton County	East Newton County R-VI	No	No	No	No	(417) 472-6238	445	30	14.7	57.8%	353 (79.3%)	0 (0.0%)	22 (4.9%)	39 (8.8%)	10 (2.2%)	0 (0.0%)	21 (4.7%)	49.7	160^th of 367 public high schools	56.4%		42.5	195^th of 378 public high schools	48.4%	35															47.8	29.0	53.4		$11,268	$1,132	$10,136
Triway	Public	PK, KG-8	131 Lentz	Stella	64867	Newton County	East Newton County R-VI	No	No	No	Yes	(417) 628-3227	431	32	13.3	66.4%	329 (76.3%)	3 (0.7%)	9 (2.1%)	60 (13.9%)	8 (1.9%)	4 (0.9%)	18 (4.2%)	45.2	510^th of 900 public elementary schools	43.3%		44.8	510^th of 906 public elementary schools	43.7%		33.2	40.5	32.5	54.2	46.1				31.0				48.0						$9,881	$1,242	$8,638
Westview Elementary	Public	PK, KG-8	7441 Westview Rd	Neosho	64850	Newton County	Westview C-6	No	No	No	Yes	(417) 776-2425	112	12	8.9	60.7%	96 (85.7%)	0 (0.0%)	8 (7.1%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (2.7%)	0 (0.0%)	5 (4.5%)								(n/a)																			$13,547	$1,979	$11,568

Best Public Schools in Newton County, MO

Neosho Junior High

Stapleton Elementary

Diamond Middle

South Middle

RISE Elementary

East Newton High

Neosho High

Seneca Junior High

Seneca High

Triway

Benton Elementary

George Washington Carver Elementary

South Elementary

Granby

Diamond High

Diamond Elementary

Crowder Avts

Learning Initiative Neosho/Cr

Middle School

Seneca Elementary

Seneca Intermediate School

Westview Elementary

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