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Best Elementary Schools in Zip Code 65608

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Top rankedAva Elementary428^th of 900 Missouri elementary schools

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Summary:

The 65608 zip code area is home to two elementary schools: Ava Elementary and Plainview Elementary. While both schools serve students from prekindergarten through 6th grade, their academic performance and resource allocation differ significantly.

Plainview Elementary stands out as a high-performing school, particularly in mathematics. In the 2024-2025 school year, an impressive 92.2% of 6th-grade students were proficient or better in mathematics, far exceeding the state average of 45.5%. Additionally, in the 2023-2024 school year, 76.8% of 3rd-grade students at Plainview Elementary were proficient or better in mathematics, again well above the state average. In contrast, Ava Elementary's mathematics and English language arts proficiency rates are closer to or below the state averages, suggesting room for improvement in academic performance.

The data also reveals differences in resource allocation and student demographics between the two schools. Plainview Elementary spent $12,407 per student in the 2021-2022 school year, significantly higher than the $9,271 spent per student at Ava Elementary. Additionally, Plainview Elementary had a lower student-teacher ratio of 9.6:1 compared to 16:1 at Ava Elementary. These factors may contribute to the observed differences in academic performance between the two schools.

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2025)				Ranking (2024)				MAP Mathematics (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 (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 Mathematics 3rd Grade	MAP Mathematics 4th Grade	MAP Mathematics 6th Grade	MAP English Language Arts 3rd Grade	MAP English Language Arts 4th Grade	Per Pupil Expenditures Total	Sub-total from Federal Funds	Sub-total from State/Local Funds
Ava Elementary	Public	PK, KG-4	507 North Spring Street	Ava	65608	Douglas County	Ava R-I	No	No	No	Yes	(417) 683-5450	553	39	14.3	56.8%	519 (93.9%)	4 (0.7%)	15 (2.7%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	15 (2.7%)	52.7	428^th of 900 public elementary schools	52.4%		67.1	281^st of 906 public elementary schools	69.0%	147	39.3	46.3		39.1	46.3	$10,135	$1,254	$8,881
Plainview Elementary	Public	PK, KG-8	Rte 3 Box 145	Ava	65608	Douglas County	Plainview R-VIII	No	No	No	Yes	(417) 683-2046	93	11	8.1	74.2%	91 (97.8%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (2.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)								(n/a)			92.2			$14,960	$1,765	$13,194

Cities Near Zip Code 65608

City	Distance	# of Schools	Statewide Rank
Ava	0.21 mi	4	143^rd
Mansfield	11.25 mi	3	28^th
Norwood	11.78 mi	3	60^th
Seymour	14.13 mi	3	198^th
Thornfield	17.36 mi	1

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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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