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Best High Schools in Zip Code 63501

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Top rankedKirksville Senior High149^th of 367 Missouri high schools

Summary:

The 63501 zip code is home to a single high school, Kirksville Senior High, which serves students in grades 9-12. While the school has seen a decline in its statewide ranking in recent years, dropping from 95th out of 352 Missouri high schools in 2022-2023 to 149th out of 367 in 2024-2025, its academic performance on End of Course (EOC) exams is mixed compared to the Kirksville R-III district and the state of Missouri.

Kirksville Senior High's proficiency rates on EOC exams range from 32.4% in Biology I to 79.3% in Algebra II, with the school performing better than the district and state averages in Algebra II but lagging behind in subjects like Algebra I and Biology I. The school's four-year graduation rate for the 2023-2024 school year was 91.1%, and its dropout rate was 1.6%. However, the school faces challenges with a relatively high chronic absenteeism rate of 21.9% for the 2023-2024 school year.

Socioeconomic factors also play a role, as over 34% of Kirksville Senior High's students were eligible for free or reduced-price lunch in the 2023-2024 school year. The school's per-student spending for the 2021-2022 school year was $10,455, and it had a student-teacher ratio of 16.8 for the 2023-2024 school year. While the school faces some performance and demographic challenges, continued monitoring and targeted interventions could help address these issues and improve outcomes for the students of Kirksville Senior High.

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2025)				Ranking (2024)				MAP Algebra I (2025)	MAP Biology I (2025)	MAP English II (2025)	MAP Algebra II (2025)	MAP Government (2025)	Per Pupil Expenditures (2025)
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 (2025)	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Average Standard Score (2025)	Statewide Rank (2025)	State Percentile (2025)	SchoolDigger Rating (2025)	Average Standard Score (2024)	Statewide Rank (2024)	State Percentile (2024)	Rank Change from Previous Year	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
Kirksville Area Technical Center	Public	9-12	1103 S Cottage Grove	Kirksville	63501	Adair County	Kirksville R-III	No	No	No	No	(660) 665-2865	0	13	.0		0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()								(n/a)
Kirksville Senior High	Public	9-12	1300 S Cottage Grove	Kirksville	63501	Adair County	Kirksville R-III	No	No	No	No	(660) 665-4631	791	44	17.8	37.7%	655 (82.8%)	62 (7.8%)	30 (3.8%)	12 (1.5%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (0.5%)	28 (3.5%)	51.4	149^th of 367 public high schools	59.4%		55.7	117^th of 378 public high schools	69.0%	32	38.7	32.4	52.4	79.3	40.3	$11,880	$368	$11,512

Cities Near Zip Code 63501

City	Distance	# of Schools	Statewide Rank
Kirksville	1.08 mi	5	176^th
Novinger	6.96 mi	2
Brashear	11.11 mi	2
La Plata	12.68 mi	2	11^th
Queen City	15.83 mi	2	344^th

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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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