Best Middle Schools in Missouri for Special Education Students

Check out our new feature available only on SchoolDigger: rankings for different groups of students in Missouri!

Every year, the Missouri Department of Elementary and Secondary Education shares test results for various student groups in each school. We use these results to find out which schools do best for each group and list them from the best to the worst.

Additionally, we also compare the performance of the subgroup to the performance of the school as a whole. This makes it easy to see if, for example, Special Education students are overperforming or underperforming their peers in each school.

JUST IN! Missouri MAP test scores and updated rankings for the 2023-24 school year were recently posted to SchoolDigger!

Year after year, SchoolDigger is always the first to publish Missouri test scores and rankings. Other sites use stale test score data that are several years old! Be in the know with the very latest performance metrics.

School															Students/Teachers											Per Pupil Expenditures (2022)							Ranking (Special Education vs All Students - 2024)
ID	Rank (of 194)	School	Type	Grades	Address	City	Zip	County	District	Is Charter	Is Magnet	Is Virtual	Is Title I	Phone	# Students	Full-time Teachers	Student/ Teacher Ratio	Free/Disc Lunch Recipients	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Per Pupil Expenditures: Total	Personnel from Federal Funds	Non-Personnel from Federal Funds	Total from Federal Funds	Personnel from State and Local Funds	Non-Personnel from State and Local Funds	Total from State and Local Funds	Statewide Rank Percentile (Special Education)	Statewide Rank Percentile (All Students)	Rank Percentile Difference from All Students	SchoolDigger Rating (Special Education)	SchoolDigger Rating (All Students)
291677000925	1	North Kirkwood Middle	Public	6-8	11287 Manchester Rd	Kirkwood	63122	St. Louis County	Kirkwood R-Vii	No	No	No	No	(314) 213-6170	653	48	13.7	9.2%	530 (81.2%)	40 (6.1%)	35 (5.4%)	6 (0.9%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	41 (6.3%)	$14,217			$51			$14,166	99.5%	98.4%	1.04%
292895000220	2	Francis Howell Middle	Public	6-8	825 O'Fallon Rd	Saint Charles	63304	St. Charles County	Francis Howell R-III	No	No	No	No	(636) 851-4800	838	51	16.4	8.6%	697 (83.2%)	43 (5.1%)	22 (2.6%)	40 (4.8%)	5 (0.6%)	1 (0.1%)	30 (3.6%)	$11,250			$660			$10,590	99.0%	96.7%	2.30%
290531000943	3	Brittany Hill Middle	Public	6-8	2701 NW 1st St	Blue Springs	64014	Jackson County	Blue Springs R-IV	No	No	No	No	(816) 874-3470	837	57	14.6	28.0%	553 (66.1%)	99 (11.8%)	81 (9.7%)	12 (1.4%)	3 (0.4%)	2 (0.2%)	87 (10.4%)	$12,279			$1,245			$11,034	98.5%	91.8%	6.66%
291677000923	4	Nipher Middle	Public	6-8	700 S Kirkwood Rd	Kirkwood	63122	St. Louis County	Kirkwood R-Vii	No	No	No	No	(314) 213-6180	673	49	13.7	10.8%	511 (75.9%)	66 (9.8%)	39 (5.8%)	12 (1.8%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	45 (6.7%)	$12,736			$77			$12,659	97.9%	97.1%	0.82%
290837002427	5	Ft. Zumwalt South Middle	Public	6-8	300 Knaust Rd	St Peters	63376	St. Charles County	Fort Zumwalt School District	No	No	No	No	(636) 281-0776	830	68	12.2	16.5%	638 (76.9%)	71 (8.6%)	39 (4.7%)	38 (4.6%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	44 (5.3%)	$13,070			$655			$12,415	97.4%	91.6%	5.85%
292685000712	6	Selvidge Middle	Public	6-8	235 New Ballwin Rd	Ballwin	63021	St. Louis County	Rockwood R-VI	No	No	No	No	(636) 891-6100	634	48	13.1	15.6%	403 (63.6%)	62 (9.8%)	36 (5.7%)	104 (16.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	29 (4.6%)	$12,396			$296			$12,099	96.9%	91.1%	5.78%
292895002698	7	Bryan Middle	Public	6-8	605 Independence Rd	Saint Charles	63304	St. Charles County	Francis Howell R-III	No	No	No	No	(636) 851-5800	813	52	15.6	14.9%	633 (77.9%)	63 (7.7%)	46 (5.7%)	27 (3.3%)	2 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	42 (5.2%)	$11,679			$439			$11,240	96.4%	95.3%	1.05%
292358001547	8	Central Middle	Public	6-8	471 N Woods Mill Rd	Chesterfield	63017	St. Louis County	Parkway C-2	No	No	No	No	(314) 415-7800	925	68	13.5	13.6%	510 (55.1%)	154 (16.6%)	60 (6.5%)	137 (14.8%)	4 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	60 (6.5%)	$14,376			$454			$13,922	95.9%	84.7%	11.18%
292685000706	9	Rockwood South Middle	Public	6-8	1628 Hawkins Rd	Fenton	63026	St. Louis County	Rockwood R-VI	No	No	No	No	(636) 891-6850	887	60	14.8	18.5%	728 (82.1%)	65 (7.3%)	25 (2.8%)	26 (2.9%)	2 (0.2%)	1 (0.1%)	40 (4.5%)	$10,829			$278			$10,551	95.4%	79.8%	15.54%
292001001895	10	Mrh Middle	Public	7-8	7500 Lohmeyer Ave	Maplewood	63143	St. Louis County	Maplewood-Richmond Heights	No	No	No	No	(314) 644-4406	220	20	11.1	31.4%	147 (66.8%)	35 (15.9%)	11 (5.0%)	3 (1.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	24 (10.9%)	$14,408			$889			$13,519	94.8%	85.4%	9.48%

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About our rankings:

Schooldigger calculates school rankings based on MAP Mathematics, MAP English Language Arts, MAP Science test scores released by the Missouri Department of Elementary and Secondary Education.
These rankings were last updated on November 26, 2024, and are based on the most recent test scores available. We update rankings as we receive new test scores from the Missouri Department of Elementary and Secondary Education, usually on a yearly basis.
Our sources of data include the National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education and the Missouri Department of Elementary and Secondary Education.
For more information about our ranking process, please see our Ranking FAQ. Details about our methodology are here.

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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.