Best Middle Schools in Missouri for African American 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, African American students are overperforming or underperforming their peers in each school.

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.

The list is updated annually upon the release of the MAP test scores by the Missouri Department of Elementary and Secondary Education. The most recent update was on Tuesday, November 26, 2024.

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School														Students/Teachers											Per Pupil Expenditures (2022)							Ranking (African American vs All Students - 2024)					ID
Rank (of 144)	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 (African American)	Statewide Rank Percentile (All Students)	Rank Percentile Difference from All Students	SchoolDigger Rating (African American)	SchoolDigger Rating (All Students)	ID
1	Lincoln College Academy Middle	Public	6-8	2012 E 23rd Street	Kansas City	64127	Jackson County	Kansas City 33	No	No	No	No	(816) 418-1500	578	33	17.4	100.0%	168 (29.1%)	216 (37.4%)	138 (23.9%)	29 (5.0%)	4 (0.7%)	4 (0.7%)	19 (3.3%)	$15,385			$2,855			$12,530	99.3%	89.8%	9.51%			291640003322
2	Summit Lakes Middle	Public	6-8	3500 SW Windemere Dr	Lees Summit	64082	Jackson County	Lee's Summit R-Vii	No	No	No	No	(816) 986-1375	1,033	64	16	13.5%	714 (69.1%)	145 (14.0%)	78 (7.6%)	18 (1.7%)	3 (0.3%)	1 (0.1%)	74 (7.2%)	$12,622			$474			$12,148	98.6%	90.9%	7.70%			291830002806
3	Ewing Marion Kauffman Middle	Public, Charter	5-8	6401 Paseo Blvd	Kansas City	64131	Jackson County	Ewing Marion Kauffman School	Yes	No	No	Yes	(816) 268-5660	510	49	10.5	81.0%	21 (4.1%)	421 (82.5%)	52 (10.2%)	2 (0.4%)	2 (0.4%)	2 (0.4%)	10 (2.0%)	$16,437			$2,515			$13,922	97.9%	74.7%	23.19%			290059703195
4	Hollenbeck Middle	Public	6-8	4555 Central School Rd	Saint Charles	63304	St. Charles County	Francis Howell R-III	No	No	No	No	(636) 851-5400	760	47	16.2	27.5%	519 (68.3%)	79 (10.4%)	80 (10.5%)	26 (3.4%)	1 (0.1%)	2 (0.3%)	53 (7.0%)	$11,554			$547			$11,007	97.2%	85.6%	11.63%			292895001855
5	Antioch Middle	Public	7-8	2100 NE 65th St	Gladstone	64118	Clay County	North Kansas City 74	No	No	No	No	(816) 321-5260	869	60	14.4	48.4%	472 (54.3%)	117 (13.5%)	143 (16.5%)	25 (2.9%)	1 (0.1%)	17 (2.0%)	94 (10.8%)	$12,684			$534			$12,149	96.5%	73.8%	22.69%			292280001258
6	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	853	60	14.1	29.0%	571 (66.9%)	106 (12.4%)	91 (10.7%)	8 (0.9%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.2%)	75 (8.8%)	$12,279			$1,245			$11,034	95.8%	91.8%	4.04%			290531000943
7	Wentzville Middle	Public	6-8	405 Campus Dr	Wentzville	63385	St. Charles County	Wentzville R-IV	No	No	No	No	(636) 327-3815	747	58	12.8	23.2%	544 (72.8%)	92 (12.3%)	42 (5.6%)	10 (1.3%)	3 (0.4%)	1 (0.1%)	55 (7.4%)	$12,149			$339			$11,810	95.1%	75.6%	19.53%			293165002209
8	Dr. Bernard J. Dubray Middle	Public	6-8	100 Dubray Dr	St Peters	63376	St. Charles County	Fort Zumwalt School District	No	No	No	No	(636) 279-7979	817	74	11	26.3%	575 (70.4%)	80 (9.8%)	78 (9.5%)	24 (2.9%)	2 (0.2%)	3 (0.4%)	55 (6.7%)	$14,040			$748			$13,292	94.4%	92.2%	2.20%			290837001539
9	Ft. Zumwalt North Middle	Public	6-8	210 Virgil St	O Fallon	63366	St. Charles County	Fort Zumwalt School District	No	No	No	No	(636) 281-2356	1,004	76	13.2	21.5%	788 (78.5%)	73 (7.3%)	60 (6.0%)	17 (1.7%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	66 (6.6%)	$11,409			$576			$10,832	93.8%	87.1%	6.61%			290837002491
10	Moreland Ridge Middle	Public	6-8	900 SW Bishop Dr	Blue Springs	64015	Jackson County	Blue Springs R-IV	No	No	No	No	(816) 874-3540	862	58	14.9	31.2%	564 (65.4%)	134 (15.5%)	87 (10.1%)	14 (1.6%)	3 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	60 (7.0%)	$10,024			$779			$9,246	93.1%	83.4%	9.69%			290531001706

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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.