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Best Public Schools in Pulaski County, MO

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Schools

9,556

Students

Districts

5-star school

Top rankedThayer Elementary58^th of 900 Missouri elementary schools

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Biggest riser

Wood Elementary up 389 spots statewide this year

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Smallest classes

Crocker Elementary 10.6 students per teacher

SchoolDigger ratings

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7 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
Crocker Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	601 N Commercial	Crocker	65452	Pulaski County	Crocker R-II	No	No	No	Yes	(573) 736-5000	236	22	10.6	100.0%	206 (87.3%)	1 (0.4%)	15 (6.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	14 (5.9%)	21.2	728^th of 900 public elementary schools	19.1%		31	648^th of 906 public elementary schools	28.5%	80	44.4	17.2	6.8						16.7											$14,189	$1,287	$12,902
Crocker High	Public	6-12	601 N Commercial	Crocker	65452	Pulaski County	Crocker R-II	No	No	No	No	(573) 736-5000	296	25	11.8	17.6%	268 (90.5%)	5 (1.7%)	9 (3.0%)	3 (1.0%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	10 (3.4%)	9.6	334^th of 367 public high schools	9.0%		12.8	337^th of 378 public high schools	10.8%	3				14.1	17.5	7.0		13.9				11.8	26.1	13.9	2.8	11.5			17.4	$11,751	$498	$11,253
Dixon Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	102 N Pine Street	Dixon	65459	Pulaski County	Dixon R-I	No	No	No	Yes	(573) 759-7163	383	29	13.1	58.5%	349 (91.1%)	5 (1.3%)	14 (3.7%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (0.8%)	11 (2.9%)	61.4	348^th of 900 public elementary schools	61.3%		60.4	347^th of 906 public elementary schools	61.7%	1	47.3	55.7	24.3				46.7		47.2	59.5	45.1									$10,047	$773	$9,274
Dixon Middle	Public	6-8	200 E. 5th Street	Dixon	65459	Pulaski County	Dixon R-I	No	No	No	No	(573) 759-7163	197	16	12.1	54.3%	168 (85.3%)	7 (3.6%)	10 (5.1%)	2 (1.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.5%)	9 (4.6%)	26.6	333^rd of 438 public middle schools	24.0%		26.8	337^th of 451 public middle schools	25.3%	4				24.3	11.0	27.9		33.2				24.1	23.4							$11,629	$733	$10,896
Dixon High	Public	9-12	300 E. High School Dr	Dixon	65459	Pulaski County	Dixon R-I	No	No	No	No	(573) 759-7163	271	21	13.0	43.9%	244 (90.0%)	5 (1.8%)	14 (5.2%)	1 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	7 (2.6%)	25.4	286^th of 367 public high schools	22.1%		24	289^th of 378 public high schools	23.5%	3															24.4	24.0				$11,481	$691	$10,790
Laquey R-V Elementary	Public	PK, KG-4	27600 Hwy Aa	Laquey	65534	Pulaski County	Laquey R-V	No	No	No	Yes	(573) 765-3245	236	20	12.0	64.0%	198 (83.9%)	0 (0.0%)	24 (10.2%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	13 (5.5%)	29	670^th of 900 public elementary schools	25.6%		17.2	756^th of 906 public elementary schools	16.6%	86	36.3	12.6							36.3	22.0										$9,213	$778	$8,435
Laquey R-V High	Public	9-12	27600 Hwy Aa	Laquey	65534	Pulaski County	Laquey R-V	No	No	No	No	(573) 765-4051	205	17	12.3	54.6%	179 (87.3%)	4 (2.0%)	13 (6.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	9 (4.4%)								(n/a)															13.2					$11,248	$968	$10,281
Missouri Digital Academy	Public, Virtual, Alternative	K-12	27600 Hwy Aa	Laquey	65534	Pulaski County	Laquey R-V	No	(n/a)	Yes	(n/a)	(573) 765-3716	1,377	80	17.2	25.5%	860 (62.5%)	370 (26.9%)	103 (7.5%)	15 (1.1%)	19 (1.4%)	10 (0.7%)	0 (0.0%)								(n/a)	7.1	4.4	1.0	4.9	6.2	7.3	6.1	11.1	9.5	5.4	9.4	13.0	20.0	13.6	10.7	7.4	20.8			$11,629		$11,629
Laquey R-V Middle	Public	5-8	27600 Hwy Aa	Laquey	65534	Pulaski County	Laquey R-V	No	(n/a)	(n/a)	(n/a)	(573) 765-3716	0																		(n/a)																				$9,306	$715	$8,591
Richland Elementary	Public	PK, KG-6	714 E Jefferson	Richland	65556	Pulaski County	Richland R-IV	No	No	No	Yes	(573) 765-3812	240	20	12.0		233 (97.1%)	2 (0.8%)	4 (1.7%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.4%)	27.6	679^th of 900 public elementary schools	24.6%		34.1	620^th of 906 public elementary schools	31.6%	59		26.7	10.8	22.3					48.1											$12,337	$1,660	$10,678
Richland High	Public	7-12	714 E Jefferson	Richland	65556	Pulaski County	Richland R-IV	No	No	No	No	(573) 765-3711	218	20	10.9	53.2%	206 (94.5%)	2 (0.9%)	6 (2.8%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.5%)	1 (0.5%)	2 (0.9%)								(n/a)					20.7	3.3		8.9						14.8	13.4					$13,621	$1,857	$11,764
Swedeborg Elementary	Public	PK, KG-8	17507 Hwy T	Richland	65556	Pulaski County	Swedeborg R-III	No	No	No	Yes	(573) 736-2735	35	7	5.2	57.1%	32 (91.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (8.6%)								(n/a)																				$15,338	$1,511	$13,827
Waynesville East Elementary	Public	K-5	1501 State Rd F	Waynesville	65583	Pulaski County	Waynesville R-VI	No	No	No	Yes	(573) 842-2150	920	51	18.0	45.0%	584 (63.5%)	70 (7.6%)	125 (13.6%)	9 (1.0%)	7 (0.8%)	11 (1.2%)	114 (12.4%)	56.2	396^th of 900 public elementary schools	56.0%		46.2	496^th of 906 public elementary schools	45.3%	100	42.9	54.3	36.2				34.9		49.5	39.5	44.7									$11,899	$248	$11,651
Partridge Elementary	Public	K-5	7078 Young St	Fort Leonard Wood	65473	Pulaski County	Waynesville R-VI	No	No	No	Yes	(573) 842-2600	375	20	18.7	48.3%	200 (53.3%)	35 (9.3%)	85 (22.7%)	11 (2.9%)	1 (0.3%)	10 (2.7%)	33 (8.8%)	76.5	192^nd of 900 public elementary schools	78.7%		74.4	201^st of 906 public elementary schools	77.8%	9	42.6	60.0	64.6				58.7		48.4		62.7									$9,178	$111	$9,067
Waynesville Senior High	Public	9-12	200 G W Ln	Waynesville	65583	Pulaski County	Waynesville R-VI	No	No	No	No	(573) 842-2400	1,719	98	17.4	40.1%	1,010 (58.8%)	183 (10.6%)	255 (14.8%)	35 (2.0%)	8 (0.5%)	37 (2.2%)	191 (11.1%)	51.1	150^th of 367 public high schools	59.1%		63	86^th of 378 public high schools	77.2%	64															35.3	35.5	54.4	41.4	41.0	$15,604	$973	$14,631
Thayer Elementary	Public	K-5	4273 Thayer St	Fort Leonard Wood	65473	Pulaski County	Waynesville R-VI	No	No	No	No	(573) 842-2200	242	17	14.2	43.8%	135 (55.8%)	27 (11.2%)	49 (20.2%)	2 (0.8%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (1.2%)	26 (10.7%)	91.4	58^th of 900 public elementary schools	93.6%		91.5	48^th of 906 public elementary schools	94.7%	10	62.5	62.8	71.0				68.3		71.7		70.9									$11,992	$126	$11,866
Waynesville Career Center	Public	9-12	400 G.W. Lane	Waynesville	65583	Pulaski County	Waynesville R-VI	No	No	No	No	(573) 842-2500	0	23	.0		0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()								(n/a)
Waynesville Middle	Public	7-8	1001 Historic 66 West	Waynesville	65583	Pulaski County	Waynesville R-VI	No	No	No	No	(573) 842-2550	906	60	15.1	41.4%	504 (55.6%)	108 (11.9%)	145 (16.0%)	21 (2.3%)	2 (0.2%)	27 (3.0%)	99 (10.9%)	60.9	156^th of 438 public middle schools	64.4%		53.3	210^th of 451 public middle schools	53.4%	54					47.7	30.1		44.0					45.3	38.2	91.7					$12,192	$246	$11,946
Wood Elementary	Public	K-5	4590 Buckeye Ave	Fort Leonard Wood	65473	Pulaski County	Waynesville R-VI	No	No	No	Yes	(573) 842-2625	295	18	16.3	53.6%	135 (45.8%)	40 (13.6%)	74 (25.1%)	4 (1.4%)	0 (0.0%)	7 (2.4%)	35 (11.9%)	82.5	138^th of 900 public elementary schools	84.7%		43.1	527^th of 906 public elementary schools	41.8%	389	56.7	66.6	49.9						58.7											$13,793	$245	$13,548
Freedom Elementary	Public	K-5	286 Eastlawn Ave	Saint Robert	65584	Pulaski County	Waynesville R-VI	No	No	No	Yes	(573) 842-2100	954	61	15.6	50.9%	544 (57.0%)	121 (12.7%)	133 (13.9%)	20 (2.1%)	8 (0.8%)	19 (2.0%)	109 (11.4%)	69.9	252^nd of 900 public elementary schools	72.0%		63.2	314^th of 906 public elementary schools	65.3%	62	50.4	44.4	57.3				41.6		49.3	51.3	59.7									$11,219	$335	$10,884
6th Grade Center	Public	6	810 Roosevelt Street	Waynesville	65583	Pulaski County	Waynesville R-VI	No	No	No	No	(573) 842-2300	451	25	18.4	50.6%	250 (55.4%)	47 (10.4%)	84 (18.6%)	9 (2.0%)	2 (0.4%)	10 (2.2%)	49 (10.9%)								(n/a)				46.5								40.5								$10,925	$634	$10,291

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