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Best Public Schools in Shelby County, MO

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Schools

931

Students

Districts

Top rankedNorth Shelby Elementary258^th of 900 Missouri elementary schools

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Biggest riser

North Shelby Elementary up 97 spots statewide this year

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Smallest classes

North Shelby High 8.3 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 Biology I (2025)	MAP English I (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 5th Grade	MAP English Language Arts 6th Grade	MAP English Language Arts 7th Grade	MAP English Language Arts 8th Grade	MAP Biology I End of Course	MAP English I End of Course	Per Pupil Expenditures Total	Sub-total from Federal Funds	Sub-total from State/Local Funds
South Shelby Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	6685 Shelby 419	Shelbina	63468	Shelby County	Shelby County R-IV	No	No	No	Yes	(573) 588-2181	282	24	11.8	58.9%	263 (93.3%)	5 (1.8%)	3 (1.1%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	11 (3.9%)	25.4	695^th of 900 public elementary schools	22.8%		20.1	732^nd of 906 public elementary schools	19.2%	37	34.0	13.6	21.7				24.4			32.4						$11,406	$946	$10,460
South Shelby High	Public	9-12	4154 Hwy 36	Shelbina	63468	Shelby County	Shelby County R-IV	No	No	No	No	(573) 588-4163	227	19	11.9	49.8%	206 (90.7%)	3 (1.3%)	8 (3.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	10 (4.4%)								(n/a)														38.8		$14,933	$647	$14,285
South Shelby Middle School	Public	6-8	4152 Hwy 36	Shelbina	63468	Shelby County	Shelby County R-IV	No	No	No	No	(573) 588-2208	126	13	9.5	53.2%	113 (89.7%)	2 (1.6%)	4 (3.2%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.8%)	0 (0.0%)	6 (4.8%)	46	235^th of 438 public middle schools	46.3%		57.4	187^th of 451 public middle schools	58.5%	48					53.6	22.0		37.5			23.3	34.1				$15,036	$627	$14,409
North Shelby High	Public	7-12	3071 Hwy 15	Shelbyville	63469	Shelby County	North Shelby	No	No	No	No	(573) 633-2410	129	15	8.3	30.2%	123 (95.3%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.8%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	5 (3.9%)								(n/a)												76.1	64.2		78.2	$19,028	$218	$18,810
North Shelby Elementary	Public	PK, KG-6	3071 Hwy 15	Shelbyville	63469	Shelby County	North Shelby	No	No	No	Yes	(573) 633-2401	167	16	10.1	25.7%	160 (95.8%)	1 (0.6%)	4 (2.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (1.2%)	69.6	258^th of 900 public elementary schools	71.3%		59.3	355^th of 906 public elementary schools	60.8%	97		52.0	72.1	85.0					27.3							$13,953	$459	$13,494

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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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