Best Public Schools in Zip Code 65014

Summary:

The 65014 zip code is home to a single public middle school, Maries County Middle, which serves grades 5-8 and has a total enrollment of 191 students. The school is part of the Maries County R-II school district, which is ranked 258 out of 367 districts in Missouri and has a 2-star rating from SchoolDigger.

Maries County Middle has consistently underperformed the state averages on Missouri Assessment Program (MAP) tests in mathematics, science, and English Language Arts (ELA) over the past few years. The school's proficiency rates are generally below the state averages, particularly in mathematics, where the 5th grade proficiency rate was 28% compared to the state average of 38.2% in the 2024-2025 school year. Additionally, the school has a concerning chronic absenteeism rate of 18.3% in the 2023-2024 school year.

Despite the school's low academic performance, it has a relatively low student-teacher ratio of 11.7 and a per-student spending level of $9,287 for the 2021-2022 school year, which is higher than the state average. However, the school serves a population with significant socioeconomic challenges, as evidenced by the extremely high percentage of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch at 96.86% in the 2023-2024 school year. These factors suggest that the school may be struggling to effectively allocate its resources to support student learning and address the unique needs of its student population.

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2025)				Ranking (2024)				MAP Mathematics (2025)			MAP Science (2025)	MAP English Language Arts (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	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 Mathematics 5th Grade	MAP Mathematics 6th Grade	MAP Mathematics 7th Grade	MAP Science 5th Grade	MAP English Language Arts 5th Grade	MAP English Language Arts 7th Grade	Per Pupil Expenditures Total	Sub-total from Federal Funds	Sub-total from State/Local Funds
Maries County Middle	Public	5-8	300 S Main	Bland	65014	Gasconade County	Maries County R-II	No	No	No	Yes	(573) 646-3912	193	18	10.6	48.7%	184 (95.3%)	1 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	8 (4.1%)	31.2	315^th of 438 public middle schools	28.1%		32.3	312^th of 451 public middle schools	30.8%	3	28.0	34.5	23.6	24.0	30.0	33.2	$10,879	$595	$10,284

Cities Near Zip Code 65014

City	Distance	# of Schools	Statewide Rank
Bland	0.13 mi	1	318^th
Belle	5.06 mi	2	288^th
Owensville	9.56 mi	3	307^th
Linn	14.63 mi	2	191^st
Gerald	17.28 mi	1	281^st

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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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