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Skyline Elementary

Public Grades PK, KG-4
53rd
SchoolDigger Rank ?
of 900 Missouri Elementary Schools
Better than 94% of Missouri elementary schools
Summary

Skyline Elementary is a top-performing public elementary school in Urbana, Missouri, serving grades PK-4 with a total enrollment of 296 students. The school is part of the Hickory County R-I school district, which is ranked 19 out of 367 districts in Missouri and is rated 5 out of 5 stars by SchoolDigger.

Skyline Elementary has consistently been one of the top-performing elementary schools in Missouri, ranking within the top 100 schools for several years. In the 2021-2022 school year, the school ranked 5th out of 908 Missouri elementary schools, and in the 2020-2021 school year, it ranked 6th out of 901 schools. This exceptional performance has earned the school a 5-star rating from SchoolDigger. Skyline Elementary students consistently outperform the state and district averages in both Mathematics and English Language Arts on the Missouri Assessment Program (MAP) tests, with 64.6% of 3rd-grade students and 70.8% of 4th-grade students proficient or better in Mathematics, compared to the state averages of 41.4% and 43.8%, respectively. In the same year, 72.7% of 4th-grade students were proficient or better in English Language Arts, compared to the state average of 44.8%.

Despite having a significant population of low-socioeconomic status (SES) students, with 41.39% to 47.97% qualifying for free or reduced-price lunch, Skyline Elementary has consistently ranked among the top schools in Missouri for the performance of its low-SES students, ranking 7th out of 907 schools in 2018-2019 and 4th out of 887 schools in 2017-2018. This indicates that the school is effectively supporting and educating its economically disadvantaged students, a remarkable achievement. When compared to nearby elementary schools, such as South Elementary and Mallory Elementary, which have significantly lower academic performance and higher chronic absenteeism rates, Skyline Elementary stands out as an exceptional institution.

295
Students ?
13.1
Student/teacher ratio ?
$10,177
Per pupil spending ?
46.8%
Free/discounted lunch ?
 20663 Us-65
       Urbana, MO  65767-9617

(417) 993-4225

District: Hickory County R-I


Students who attend Skyline Elementary usually attend:

Middle:    Skyline Middle
High:    Skyline High
Racial breakdown:

White:
99.3%
Two or more races:
0.7%
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At a glance
Ranking trend: Recently slipping — 99th percentile in 2022 → 94th in 2025
Strengths
Test scores above the Missouri average (69% vs 43% meeting standards)
Ranks in the top 6% of Missouri elementary schools
Worth a look
!Ranking has slipped from its 99th-percentile peak (2022) to 94th (2025)
Students meeting standards (2024-2025) ?
This school69%
District avg69%
Missouri avg43%
53rd of 900
Missouri public elementary schools ?
Top 6%▲ up 8 pts since 2015
From top 14% (2015) to top 6% (2025)
See the entire ranking list of Missouri Elementary Schools →
SchoolDigger rating ?
19th of 367Hickory County R-I among Missouri districts
Statewide rank percentile over time (100 = the top-ranked school in the state; click a legend item to add a student group)
Show full rank history (all student groups)

All Students

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankMissouri percentileRating
202591.853 of 90094.1%★★★★★
202488.568 of 90692.5%★★★★★
202391.254 of 89894.0%★★★★★
202299.15 of 90899.4%★★★★★
202197.76 of 90199.3%★★★★★
201995.511 of 105299.0%★★★★★
201895.510 of 104599.0%★★★★★
201786.098 of 103290.5%★★★★★
201687.083 of 86590.4%★★★★★
201582.4146 of 105886.2%★★★★☆
201495.512 of 108998.9%★★★★★
201395.74 of 110899.6%★★★★★
201291.135 of 108596.8%★★★★★
201165.1355 of 108867.4%★★★☆☆
201073.4229 of 106678.5%★★★★☆
200978.0157 of 105385.1%★★★★☆
200892.315 of 108498.6%★★★★★
200776.1165 of 108084.7%★★★★☆
200667.0270 of 107474.9%★★★★☆

Low Socio Economic Status

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankMissouri percentileRating
201997.97 of 90799.2%★★★★★
201899.64 of 88799.5%★★★★★

White

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankMissouri percentileRating
202584.784 of 66687.4%★★★★☆
202479.5111 of 66883.4%★★★★☆
202382.993 of 67386.2%★★★★☆
202297.56 of 67599.1%★★★★★
202195.910 of 69198.6%★★★★★
201992.627 of 91797.1%★★★★★
201892.733 of 89896.3%★★★★★
How student groups rank statewide ? (each group's percentile vs the same group at other schools — higher is better; the +/- beside each compares the group with this school's overall percentile)
Low Socio Economic Status (2019)99th percentile~ school
White (2025)87th percentile-7 vs school
By subject vs Missouri (2024-2025) ?
English Language Arts73%+28 vs state
Mathematics68%+25 vs state

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Students who attend Skyline Elementary usually go on to attend:

Middle : Skyline Middle
High : Skyline High

Students at Skyline Elementary are 99% White.

In the 2024-25 school year, 295 students attended Skyline Elementary.

Yes. Skyline Elementary ranks in the top 5.9% of Missouri elementary schools.


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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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