Best Elementary 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.

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 Thursday, November 6, 2025.

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School														Students/Teachers											Per Pupil Expenditures (2025)							Ranking (Special Education vs All Students - 2025)					ID
Rank (of 97)	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)	ID
97	South Elementary	Public	3-5	920 S Kennett St	Kennett	63857	Dunklin County	Kennett 39	No	No	No	Yes	(573) 717-1130	420	32	12.9	100.0%	229 (54.5%)	147 (35.0%)	39 (9.3%)	4 (1.0%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	$10,135			$1,991			$8,144	0.0%	35.1%	35.11%			291650000902
96	Missouri Virtual Academy	Public, Virtual, Alternative	K-12	11470 Hwy C	Hillsboro	63050	Jefferson County	Grandview R-II	No	(n/a)	Yes	(n/a)	(636) 944-3941	3,895	156	24.9	43.1%	2,410 (61.9%)	1,047 (26.9%)	345 (8.9%)	30 (0.8%)	43 (1.1%)	20 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	$8,695			$04			$8,691	1.0%	5.6%	4.52%			291317003411
95	Truman Elementary	Public	3-5	901 W Ashland	Nevada	64772	Vernon County	Nevada R-V	No	No	No	Yes	(417) 448-2080	512	39	13	55.3%	467 (91.2%)	8 (1.6%)	19 (3.7%)	4 (0.8%)	1 (0.2%)	1 (0.2%)	12 (2.3%)	$10,210			$747			$9,463	2.1%	29.6%	27.49%			292184001122
94	North County Parkside Elementary	Public	3-4	100 N Parkside	Desloge	63601	St. Francois County	North St. Francois County R-I	No	No	No	Yes	(573) 431-3300	404	28	14.2	57.4%	373 (92.3%)	3 (0.7%)	5 (1.2%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	1 (0.2%)	21 (5.2%)	$9,781			$433			$9,347	3.1%	27.8%	24.68%			290543000096
93	Gratz Brown Elementary	Public	3-5	1320 Gratz Brown Rd	Moberly	65270	Randolph County	Moberly	No	No	No	Yes	(660) 269-2694	398	40	9.8	67.1%	303 (76.1%)	16 (4.0%)	19 (4.8%)	4 (1.0%)	2 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	54 (13.6%)	$12,120			$796			$11,325	4.1%	23.2%	19.10%			292110002820
92	Davidson Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	5100 N Highland	Kansas City	64118	Clay County	North Kansas City 74	No	No	No	No	(816) 321-5080	566	41	13.7	64.5%	189 (33.4%)	118 (20.8%)	107 (18.9%)	34 (6.0%)	0 (0.0%)	30 (5.3%)	88 (15.5%)	$14,204			$528			$13,677	5.2%	35.6%	30.40%			292280001267
91	Osage Upper Elementary	Public	3-5	626 Hwy 42	Osage Beach	65065	Miller County	School Of The Osage	No	No	No	Yes	(573) 348-0004	401	33	12.2	44.1%	345 (86.0%)	12 (3.0%)	22 (5.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	22 (5.5%)	$12,546			$1,005			$11,541	6.2%	59.8%	53.59%			292763002479
90	Anderson Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	512 Chapman St	Anderson	64831	McDonald County	McDonald County R-I	No	No	No	Yes	(417) 223-3303	521	41	12.7	60.3%	411 (78.9%)	0 (0.0%)	45 (8.6%)	2 (0.4%)	20 (3.8%)	28 (5.4%)	15 (2.9%)	$11,452			$854			$10,597	7.2%	36.2%	29.01%			292061001100
89	Main Street Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	51 N Main St	Troy	63379	Lincoln County	Troy R-III	No	No	No	Yes	(636) 528-4809	423	35	12.1	56.3%	305 (72.1%)	12 (2.8%)	70 (16.5%)	4 (0.9%)	2 (0.5%)	2 (0.5%)	28 (6.6%)	$16,537			$510			$16,027	8.2%	35.7%	27.42%			293045002574
88	Gracemor Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	5125 N Sycamore	Kansas City	64119	Clay County	North Kansas City 74	No	No	No	Yes	(816) 321-5110	684	50	13.7	71.1%	272 (39.8%)	157 (23.0%)	142 (20.8%)	4 (0.6%)	0 (0.0%)	12 (1.8%)	97 (14.2%)	$14,404			$535			$13,869	9.3%	30.0%	20.72%			292280001274

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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 6, 2025, 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.