Missouri Public Schools

Missouri is the #12 largest school system in the United States, serving 916,356 students across 2,410 public schools. There are 50 Blue Ribbon Schools, 30 magnet schools, 53 charter schools, and 65 special education schools. The student ethnicity breakdown in the state is show below:

Student by Ethnicity

(MO) School Average
% American Indian		 n/a
% Asian		 2%
% Hispanic		 5%
% Black		 18%
% White		 73%
Unknown		 2%

Missouri Public Schools by County

County
# High
# Middle
# Elementary
1. Adair County 4 1 4
2. Andrew County 2 2 5
3. Atchison County 3 - 3
4. Audrain County 5 3 7
5. Barry County 8 6 10
6. Barton County 4 2 4
7. Bates County 8 4 11
8. Benton County 3 2 5
9. Bollinger County 4 1 4
10. Boone County 15 16 37
11. Buchanan County 10 9 23
12. Butler County 7 5 13
13. Caldwell County 4 2 8
14. Callaway County 7 5 14
15. Camden County 7 5 10
16. Cape Girardeau County 9 7 19
17. Carroll County 7 2 8
18. Carter County 2 2 3
19. Cass County 11 13 24
20. Cedar County 2 2 2
21. Chariton County 4 - 4
22. Christian County 7 9 15
23. Clark County 1 1 4
24. Clay County 20 18 51
25. Clinton County 5 3 4
26. Cole County 8 6 15
27. Cooper County 6 2 7
28. Crawford County 3 3 3
29. Dade County 5 3 6
30. Dallas County 3 2 3
31. Daviess County 5 - 5
32. Dekalb County 4 - 4
33. Dent County 2 2 7
34. Douglas County 1 1 2
35. Dunklin County 10 4 11
36. Franklin County 10 10 29
37. Gasconade County 2 3 2
38. Gentry County 3 1 3
39. Greene County 21 23 60
40. Grundy County 2 1 4
41. Harrison County 6 1 7
42. Henry County 7 2 9
43. Hickory County 3 1 3
44. Holt County 3 1 4
45. Howard County 3 2 4
46. Howell County 5 4 10
47. Iron County 4 1 4
48. Jackson County 60 54 161
49. Jasper County 11 13 36
50. Jefferson County 16 19 37
51. Johnson County 10 7 13
52. Knox County 1 - 1
53. Laclede County 5 4 6
54. Lafayette County 10 5 9
55. Lawrence County 7 6 9
56. Lewis County 2 - 2
57. Lincoln County 6 5 12
58. Linn County 7 4 7
59. Livingston County 4 3 6
60. Macon County 7 2 7
61. Madison County 2 1 3
62. Maries County 2 - 2
63. Marion County 5 3 8
64. Mcdonald County 1 1 9
65. Mercer County 2 - 2
66. Miller County 6 3 5
67. Mississippi County 2 2 3
68. Moniteau County 3 1 6
69. Monroe County 3 2 5
70. Montgomery County 3 2 4
71. Morgan County 2 2 3
72. New Madrid County 6 3 9
73. Newton County 6 5 11
74. Nodaway County 9 3 8
75. Oregon County 4 - 4
76. Osage County 3 - 3
77. Ozark County 4 2 7
78. Pemiscot County 9 5 9
79. Perry County 2 1 2
80. Pettis County 7 3 12
81. Phelps County 7 4 8
82. Pike County 5 3 6
83. Platte County 8 9 18
84. Polk County 7 4 9
85. Pulaski County 6 4 10
86. Putnam County 1 1 1
87. Ralls County 1 1 2
88. Randolph County 6 3 8
89. Ray County 5 3 6
90. Reynolds County 4 1 5
91. Ripley County 4 2 5
92. Saint Charles County 18 18 51
93. Saint Clair County 2 1 5
94. Saint Francois County 8 8 13
95. Saint Louis County 50 61 181
96. Saint Louis City County 33 29 73
97. Sainte Genevieve County 1 1 2
98. Saline County 6 3 13
99. Schuyler County 1 1 1
100. Scotland County 1 - 2
101. Scott County 9 6 13
102. Shannon County 3 1 4
103. Shelby County 3 2 4
104. Stoddard County 10 5 10
105. Stone County 8 7 9
106. Sullivan County 3 1 4
107. Taney County 5 7 11
108. Texas County 7 5 10
109. Vernon County 7 3 8
110. Warren County 2 3 4
111. Washington County 4 4 7
112. Wayne County 2 2 3
113. Webster County 5 6 7
114. Worth County 1 - 1
115. Wright County 7 4 9

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