St. Joseph

Summary:

The school district in St. Joseph, Missouri consists of 20 schools, including 13 elementary schools, 4 middle schools, and 3 high schools. The schools in this area serve a diverse student population and face a range of academic and socioeconomic challenges.

Among the standout schools in the district are Oak Grove Elementary and Ellison Elementary, which consistently rank among the top elementary schools in the state. These schools boast exceptional test scores, with over 50% of students proficient or better in mathematics and English Language Arts. In contrast, other elementary schools like Lindbergh Elementary and Carden Park Elementary struggle to meet state averages, suggesting significant disparities in academic performance across the district.

The data also reveals high rates of poverty and free/reduced lunch eligibility in many of the schools, with several having over 99% of their students in this category. This, coupled with the district-wide chronic absenteeism rate of 27.7%, may be contributing factors to the academic challenges faced by some schools. Additionally, the variation in spending per student and student-teacher ratios across the district suggests that access to resources and support may not be equitably distributed, further exacerbating the educational inequities.

District Detail

1415 North 26th Street
Saint Joseph, MO 64506-2748

(816) 671-4000

SchoolDigger Rank:
234^th of 386 Missouri districts

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Grades served: PK, KG-12
Students:

Primary Schools: 13
Middle Schools: 4
High Schools: 4
Alternative Schools: 2

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2024)				Ranking (2023)				MAP Mathematics (2024)						MAP Science (2024)		MAP English Language Arts (2024)						MAP Algebra I (2024)	MAP Biology I (2024)	MAP English II (2024)	MAP Algebra II (2024)	MAP Government (2024)	Per Pupil Expenditures (2022)
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 (2024)	Statewide Rank (2024)	State Percentile (2024)	SchoolDigger Rating (2024)	Average Standard Score (2023)	Statewide Rank (2023)	State Percentile (2023)	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
Field Elementary	Public	K-6	2602 Gene Field	Saint Joseph	64506	Buchanan County	St. Joseph	No	No	No	No	(816) 671-4130	265	19	13.7	50.2%	168 (63.4%)	5 (1.9%)	24 (9.1%)	29 (10.9%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (1.1%)	36 (13.6%)	74.9	197^th of 906 public elementary schools	78.3%		75	185^th of 898 public elementary schools	79.4%	12		54.7		76.0							40.9									$11,306	$797	$10,509
Coleman Elementary	Public	K-6	3312 Beck Rd	Saint Joseph	64506	Buchanan County	St. Joseph	No	No	No	Yes	(816) 671-4100	349	28	12.5	99.1%	175 (50.1%)	38 (10.9%)	23 (6.6%)	9 (2.6%)	1 (0.3%)	57 (16.3%)	46 (13.2%)	28.2	674^th of 906 public elementary schools	25.6%		18	748^th of 898 public elementary schools	16.7%	74	19.0	31.5	22.9	29.1			27.8		30.3	31.5	30.9	30.5								$11,183	$404	$10,778
Hillyard Technical Center	Public	9-12	3434 Faraon	Saint Joseph	64506	Buchanan County	St. Joseph	No	No	No	No	(816) 671-4170	0	17	.0		0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()								(n/a)
Hosea Elementary	Public	K-5	6401 Gordon St	Saint Joseph	64504	Buchanan County	St. Joseph	No	No	No	Yes	(816) 671-4180	438	32	13.8	99.3%	293 (66.9%)	2 (0.5%)	80 (18.3%)	1 (0.2%)	1 (0.2%)	18 (4.1%)	43 (9.8%)	23.8	701^st of 906 public elementary schools	22.6%		18.5	745^th of 898 public elementary schools	17.0%	44	27.7	30.3	12.8				25.5			21.6	35.2									$10,968	$541	$10,427
Hyde Elementary	Public	K-5	509 Thompson	Saint Joseph	64504	Buchanan County	St. Joseph	No	No	No	No	(816) 671-4210	377	22	17.1	99.2%	275 (72.9%)	19 (5.0%)	35 (9.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	48 (12.7%)	38.2	577^th of 906 public elementary schools	36.3%		29.4	664^th of 898 public elementary schools	26.1%	87	19.4	30.4	41.3						47.2	32.1	31.0									$10,876	$419	$10,457
Lafayette High	Public	9-12	412 Highland Ave	Saint Joseph	64505	Buchanan County	St. Joseph	No	No	No	Yes	(816) 671-4220	717	52	13.7	99.6%	482 (67.2%)	57 (7.9%)	78 (10.9%)	9 (1.3%)	2 (0.3%)	8 (1.1%)	81 (11.3%)	15.6	325^th of 378 public high schools	14.0%		13	315^th of 352 public high schools	10.5%	10															9.7	11.6	36.3			$12,914	$781	$12,133
Lindbergh Elementary	Public	K-5	2812 St Joseph Ave	Saint Joseph	64505	Buchanan County	St. Joseph	No	No	No	Yes	(816) 671-4250	484	32	15.0	99.4%	309 (63.8%)	24 (5.0%)	46 (9.5%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	16 (3.3%)	88 (18.2%)	15.8	772^nd of 906 public elementary schools	14.8%		12.6	801^st of 898 public elementary schools	10.8%	29	20.3	30.1	11.9				14.3		19.2	24.0	24.6									$10,611	$352	$10,259
Parkway Elementary	Public	K-6	2900 Duncan	Saint Joseph	64507	Buchanan County	St. Joseph	No	No	No	Yes	(816) 671-4310	379	29	13.2	99.2%	256 (67.5%)	9 (2.4%)	49 (12.9%)	3 (0.8%)	1 (0.3%)	12 (3.2%)	49 (12.9%)	19.1	740^th of 906 public elementary schools	18.3%		35.9	601^st of 898 public elementary schools	33.1%	139	26.1	29.4	7.6	22.7			22.9		28.4	23.2		19.3								$10,424	$455	$9,969
Pershing Elementary	Public	K-6	2610 Blackwell Rd	Saint Joseph	64505	Buchanan County	St. Joseph	No	No	No	No	(816) 671-4320	267	19	13.8	60.7%	201 (75.3%)	13 (4.9%)	23 (8.6%)	1 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	29 (10.9%)	59.1	359^th of 906 public elementary schools	60.4%		41.2	553^rd of 898 public elementary schools	38.4%	194	38.2	48.7	46.4	51.2			46.4		34.7	56.3	54.6	24.2								$11,951	$507	$11,444
Pickett Elementary	Public	PK, KG-6	3923 Pickett Rd	Saint Joseph	64503	Buchanan County	St. Joseph	No	No	No	Yes	(816) 671-4330	290	20	14.2	99.0%	215 (74.1%)	13 (4.5%)	23 (7.9%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (1.4%)	35 (12.1%)	44.3	517^th of 906 public elementary schools	42.9%		28.4	678^th of 898 public elementary schools	24.5%	161	63.2	22.5	23.9	39.4							31.8	37.1								$11,114	$745	$10,369
Skaith Elementary	Public	PK, KG-6	4701 Schoolside Ln	Saint Joseph	64503	Buchanan County	St. Joseph	No	No	No	No	(816) 671-4370	367	22	16.4	56.1%	247 (67.3%)	20 (5.4%)	38 (10.4%)	1 (0.3%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	60 (16.3%)	36.3	596^th of 906 public elementary schools	34.2%		41.7	546^th of 898 public elementary schools	39.2%	50	41.3	18.5	13.3	39.9			28.4		33.2	20.2	35.8	42.1								$10,612	$544	$10,068
Spring Garden Middle	Public	6-8	5802 S 22nd	Saint Joseph	64503	Buchanan County	St. Joseph	No	No	No	No	(816) 671-4380	474	31	15.4	99.4%	346 (73.0%)	16 (3.4%)	55 (11.6%)	3 (0.6%)	2 (0.4%)	10 (2.1%)	42 (8.9%)	32.5	310^th of 451 public middle schools	31.3%		27.2	343^rd of 459 public middle schools	25.3%	33				27.9	40.9	15.5		21.8				20.2	29.2	33.1						$10,743	$352	$10,391
Truman Middle	Public	7-8	3227 Olive	Saint Joseph	64507	Buchanan County	St. Joseph	No	No	No	Yes	(816) 671-4400	482	33	14.5	99.4%	322 (66.8%)	32 (6.6%)	65 (13.5%)	3 (0.6%)	2 (0.4%)	9 (1.9%)	49 (10.2%)	19.9	375^th of 451 public middle schools	16.9%		28.1	338^th of 459 public middle schools	26.4%	37					16.0	11.5		24.6					18.6	29.2	92.8					$12,180	$717	$11,463
Alternative Resource Center	Public, Alternative	K-12	3510 Frederick Ave	Saint Joseph	64506	Buchanan County	St. Joseph	No	No	No	No	(816) 387-2320	0				0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()								(n/a)
Carden Park Elementary	Public	PK, KG-6	1510 Duncan	Saint Joseph	64501	Buchanan County	St. Joseph	No	No	No	Yes	(816) 671-4160	577	39	14.7	99.5%	346 (60.0%)	53 (9.2%)	88 (15.3%)	1 (0.2%)	2 (0.3%)	7 (1.2%)	80 (13.9%)	27	683^rd of 906 public elementary schools	24.6%		45.3	504^th of 898 public elementary schools	43.9%	179	28.8	28.3	17.5				26.2		27.3		26.0	31.9								$10,887	$398	$10,489
Benton High	Public	9-12	5655 S Fourth	Saint Joseph	64504	Buchanan County	St. Joseph	No	No	No	No	(816) 671-4030	676	45	15.0	44.4%	537 (79.4%)	18 (2.7%)	73 (10.8%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.3%)	5 (0.7%)	41 (6.1%)	24.6	285^th of 378 public high schools	24.6%		12.9	317^th of 352 public high schools	9.9%	32															14.4	25.2		3.5	27.7	$12,597	$514	$12,083
Bode Middle	Public	7-8	720 N Noyes Blvd	Saint Joseph	64506	Buchanan County	St. Joseph	No	No	No	No	(816) 671-4050	486	31	15.8	44.7%	279 (57.4%)	34 (7.0%)	69 (14.2%)	24 (4.9%)	0 (0.0%)	19 (3.9%)	61 (12.6%)	54.5	204^th of 451 public middle schools	54.8%		47.4	242^nd of 459 public middle schools	47.3%	38					34.0	19.3		39.4					43.6	38.5	97.5					$9,875	$363	$9,512
Buchanan County Academy	Public, Alternative	K-12	4720 Green Acres	Saint Joseph	64506	Buchanan County	St. Joseph	No	No	No	No	(816) 387-2320	0				0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()								(n/a)
Central High	Public	9-12	2602 Edmond	Saint Joseph	64501	Buchanan County	St. Joseph	No	No	No	No	(816) 671-4080	1,728	93	18.5	40.5%	1,167 (67.5%)	136 (7.9%)	198 (11.5%)	47 (2.7%)	4 (0.2%)	32 (1.9%)	144 (8.3%)	34.6	236^th of 378 public high schools	37.6%		36.5	213^th of 352 public high schools	39.5%	23															17.8	24.6	42.4	77.0	36.4	$10,698	$355	$10,343
Edison Elementary	Public	PK, KG-6	515 N 22nd	Saint Joseph	64501	Buchanan County	St. Joseph	No	No	No	Yes	(816) 671-4110	288	23	12.5	99.0%	126 (43.8%)	40 (13.9%)	59 (20.5%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	13 (4.5%)	49 (17.0%)	27	681^st of 906 public elementary schools	24.8%		31.1	650^th of 898 public elementary schools	27.6%	31	41.0	18.4	18.3	32.6			21.0		37.4	20.8	25.1	24.0								$11,814	$1,118	$10,696
Ellison Elementary	Public	K-6	45 SE 85th Rd	Saint Joseph	64507	Buchanan County	St. Joseph	No	No	No	No	(816) 667-5316	364	24	15.1	44.8%	252 (69.2%)	25 (6.9%)	26 (7.1%)	9 (2.5%)	3 (0.8%)	0 (0.0%)	49 (13.5%)	86.6	85^th of 906 public elementary schools	90.6%		83.5	119^th of 898 public elementary schools	86.7%	34	64.0	53.1	70.4	74.9			63.3			56.4										$10,618	$678	$9,940
Oak Grove Elementary	Public	PK, KG-6	4901 Cook Rd	Saint Joseph	64505	Buchanan County	St. Joseph	No	No	No	No	(816) 671-4290	842	54	15.5	45.8%	529 (62.8%)	55 (6.5%)	95 (11.3%)	39 (4.6%)	1 (0.1%)	16 (1.9%)	107 (12.7%)	81.4	143^rd of 906 public elementary schools	84.2%		74.5	192^nd of 898 public elementary schools	78.6%	49	74.5	52.0	51.2	62.6			47.3		64.2	52.8	62.2	49.2								$11,770	$799	$10,971
Robidoux Middle	Public	6-8	4212 St Joseph Ave	Saint Joseph	64505	Buchanan County	St. Joseph	No	No	No	Yes	(816) 671-4350	390	28	13.8	99.2%	267 (68.5%)	25 (6.4%)	47 (12.1%)	1 (0.3%)	1 (0.3%)	8 (2.1%)	41 (10.5%)	21	368^th of 451 public middle schools	18.4%		32	326^th of 459 public middle schools	29.0%	42				30.0	20.6	18.4		19.2				15.8	13.1	31.6	76.3					$11,593	$585	$11,008
Mark Twain Early Learning Center	Public	PK	705 S 31st St	Saint Joseph	64507	Buchanan County	St. Joseph	No	(n/a)	(n/a)	(n/a)	(816) 671-4270	0				0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()								(n/a)
Lake Early Learning Center	Public	PK	1800 Alabama	Saint Joseph	64504	Buchanan County	St. Joseph	No	(n/a)	(n/a)	(n/a)	(816) 671-4009	0				0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()								(n/a)

District	Distance	# of Schools	Statewide Rank
Mo Schls For The Sev Disabled	2.96 mi	35
Department Of Corrections	4.67 mi	20
Mid-Buchanan County R-V	6.08 mi	2	69^th
Division Of Youth Service	6.12 mi	41
Savannah R-III	8.63 mi	7	93^rd

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