School district · Missouri
St. Joseph
St. Joseph in Missouri: 25 public schools with 10,430 students and 13.0 students per teacher in the 2024–25 school year. It spent $13,716 per student in FY2024.
- Schools
- 25
- Students
- 10,430
- Students per teacher
- 13.0
- MO 12.6 · US 15.1
- Spending per student
- $13,716
- MO $14.3K · US $17.6K
Staff
Full-time equivalents reported by the district. Ratios are students per staff member: lower means more staff for each student, not better results.
- Teachers (FTE)
- 804
- Counselors (FTE)
- 34.8
- Students per counselor
- 300
- MO 289 · US 357
- Psychologists (FTE)
- 4.0
- Librarians (FTE): 4.8
State test results
Share of students scoring proficient or above on Missouri's tests, grades 3–8, 2024–25 school year.
Reading and writing
Missouri: 42%35%proficient
+2.0 points from 2023–24 school year
A lower share proficient than 54% of school districts in Missouri
Median 37% · 434 school districts compared
4,505 students tested, grades 3–8 · MAP; proficient means Levels 3-4
Math
Missouri: 41%35%proficient
+4.3 points from 2023–24 school year
A lower share proficient than 55% of school districts in Missouri
Median 38% · 460 school districts compared
4,478 students tested, grades 3–8 · MAP; proficient means Levels 3-4
Each state sets its own test and its own bar for “proficient”, so results compare only within a state. Results also follow family income closely: a school's share reflects its students' circumstances as much as its teaching.
Data sourced from the Education Data Center (www.eddatacenter.org), a partner project of the National Center for Civic Innovation, Inc. State Assessment Data Repository version 3.1. More information about these assessments over time, including participation and test changes, is available from the Education Data Center.
Money
Current spending pays for staff, services and supplies; buildings and debt are counted apart. It follows local costs and needs (special education, long bus routes), so it is a comparison, not a grade.
- Federal
- 13% · $21.6M
- State
- 42% · $68.1M
- Local
- 45% · $73.7M
Per student (FY2024)
- Instruction
- $7,204
- Support services
- $5,887
- Buildings and equipment (capital outlay)
- $20.1M
- Long-term debt
- $20.4M
Schools
Open public schools of the district in the 2024–25 school year.
| School | Grades | Students | Students / teacher | Reading | Math |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 211 | 10.8 | — | — | |
| Pre-K | 232 | 12.3 | — | — | |
Carden Park ElemFree meals for all | K–6 | 638 | 12.1 | 30% | 28% |
Coleman Elem.Free meals for all | K–6 | 388 | 12.2 | 28% | 32% |
Edison Elem.Free meals for all | Pre-K–6 | 362 | 11.6 | 35% | 32% |
| K–6 | 343 | 14.6 | 57% | 66% | |
| K–6 | 336 | 15.8 | 57% | 58% | |
Hosea Elem.Free meals for all | K–5 | 422 | 13.1 | 28% | 24% |
Hyde Elem.Free meals for all | K–5 | 352 | 13.3 | 27% | 37% |
Lindbergh Elem.Free meals for all | K–5 | 431 | 11.9 | 25% | 24% |
| Pre-K–6 | 502 | 14.4 | 57% | 61% | |
Parkway Elem.Free meals for all | K–6 | 438 | 13.6 | 29% | 23% |
Pershing Elem.Free meals for all | K–6 | 285 | 13.9 | 46% | 48% |
Pickett Elem.Free meals for all | Pre-K–6 | 250 | 11.2 | 44% | 34% |
Skaith Elem.Free meals for all | Pre-K–6 | 398 | 14.2 | 34% | 33% |
| 7–8 | 488 | 11.8 | 41% | 39% | |
Robidoux MiddleFree meals for all | 6–8 | 405 | 13.5 | 19% | 25% |
Spring Garden MiddleFree meals for all | 6–8 | 404 | 14.1 | 33% | 36% |
Truman MiddleFree meals for all | 7–8 | 486 | 13.1 | 30% | 20% |
| 9–12 | 682 | 13.4 | — | — | |
| 9–12 | 1,733 | 16.4 | — | — | |
Hillyard Technical Ctr.Career and technical | 9–12 | 0 | — | — | — |
Lafayette HighFree meals for all | 9–12 | 644 | 12.2 | — | — |
| K–12 | 0 | — | — | — | |
| K–12 | 0 | — | — | — |
Reading and Math: share of tested students proficient or above on the state's own tests (grades 3–8, 2024–25 school year). Compare only within a state.
Data sourced from the Education Data Center (www.eddatacenter.org), a partner project of the National Center for Civic Innovation, Inc. State Assessment Data Repository version 3.1. More information about these assessments over time, including participation and test changes, is available from the Education Data Center.
Sources
- Address
- 1415 North 26th Street, St Joseph, MO 64506
- Phone
- (816)671-4000
- Public schools and school districts (National Center for Education Statistics · U.S. Census Bureau), 2024–25 school year. NCES Common Core of Data and EDGE public school geocodes; U.S. Census Bureau, Annual Survey of School System Finances and cartographic boundary files (places).
- Annual Survey of School System Finances (U.S. Census Bureau), FY2024. U.S. Census Bureau, Annual Survey of School System Finances (F-33).
- State Assessment Data Repository (Education Data Center), 2024–25 school year. Data sourced from the Education Data Center (www.eddatacenter.org), a partner project of the National Center for Civic Innovation, Inc. State Assessment Data Repository v3.1.