Education (K-12) · 2024–25 school year
Missouri Public Schools
Public K-12 education statistics for Missouri — 885,243 students in 2,488 schools in 2024–25, with enrollment history back to 1986 and county-level detail from 2002.
| Statistic | Value | School year |
|---|---|---|
| Student enrollment | 885,243 | 2024–25 |
| Public schools | 2,488 | 2024–25 |
| Teachers (full-time equivalent) | 70,158 | 2024–25 |
| Pupil-teacher ratio | 12.6 | 2024–25 |
| Free/reduced-price lunch students | 49.2% | 2024–25 |
| School poverty rate (MEPS) | 16.2% | 2022–23 |
| Charter school enrollment | 2.9% | 2024–25 |
| High school graduation rate | 92.8% | 2024–25 |
| Math proficiency (of tested) | 39.2% | 2021–22 |
| Reading proficiency (of tested) | 43.2% | 2021–22 |
| Chronically absent students | 21.2% | 2021–22 |
| White students | 66.9% | 2024–25 |
| Black students | 15.4% | 2024–25 |
| Hispanic students | 9.0% | 2024–25 |
| Asian students | 2.2% | 2024–25 |
Not every statistic is collected every year — each row shows its most recent available school year (amber when older than 2024–25). Blank/absent means not collected or below reliability floors, never zero. Some universal-meals states no longer report free/reduced-price lunch — school poverty (MEPS) is the better lens there. A 0% charter share in a state without a charter-school law is a true zero.
Missouri state report card
Outcomes reported directly by Missouri’s education agency — often more current than the federal series above. Because each state uses its own tests, definitions, and reporting windows, these figures are not comparable state-to-state; each row notes how Missouri measures it.
| Measure | Latest | Trend | School year |
|---|---|---|---|
5-year graduation rate How Missouri measures this5-year Adjusted Cohort Graduation Rate, Class of 2024 (cohort scheduled to graduate in 2024, graduating within 5 years, i.e. by 2025); reported in the file's YEAR=2025 rows — verified by adjusted-cohort match with the prior year's 4-yr cohort | 93.3% | 2023–24 | |
Math proficiency (state test) How Missouri measures thisMissouri Assessment Program (MAP) Mathematics, Proficient+Advanced share of reportable tested students; statewide content-area total as published (grade-level assessments grades 3-8 plus high-school end-of-course assessments combined; GRADE_LEVEL blank = all grades). Published rounded PCT columns sum to 42.6 | 42.6% | 2024–25 | |
Reading / ELA proficiency (state test) How Missouri measures thisMissouri Assessment Program (MAP) Eng. Language Arts, Proficient+Advanced share of reportable tested students; statewide content-area total as published (grade-level assessments grades 3-8 plus high-school end-of-course assessments combined; GRADE_LEVEL blank = all grades). Published rounded PCT columns sum to 43.9 | 44.0% | 2024–25 | |
Chronic absenteeism (recent) How Missouri measures thisConverted as 100 minus Missouri's 'proportional attendance' rate (78.51%), which is the percent of students attending >=90% of their enrolled time (the 90/90 regular-attender measure); i.e. this value = % of students attending <90% of enrolled time (missed >10%). Underlying counts are proportionally weighted (fractional) student counts, rounded to integers here; statewide value computed as sum of district 90ABV / sum of district TOTAL over 558 unsuppressed districts (of 564) | 21.5% | 2024–25 |
Source: MissouriDepartment of Education (public reporting), 2026 collection. Not comparable across states — proficiency reflects different assessments and cut scores; graduation, dropout, and college-going use each state’s own cohort definitions and windows. Absent rows mean the state doesn’t publish that measure in a comparable file.
Missouri schools by county
Students enrolled, 2024–25.
Missouri schools — FAQ
How many students attend public school in Missouri?+
885,243 students were enrolled in Missouri's 2,488 public K-12 schools in the 2024–25 school year, taught by 70,158 full-time-equivalent teachers (NCES Common Core of Data).
What share of Missouri students get free or reduced-price lunch?+
49.2% of Missouri public school students were eligible for free or reduced-price lunch in 2024–25 — a common proxy for student economic need.
What is Missouri's high school graduation rate?+
92.8% of Missouri's adjusted cohort graduated in the 2024–25 school year — reported by Missouri's education agency (its 4-year ACGR, more current than the federal series, which lags to 2021–22). Graduation rates run from 2010–11 onward.
Where does this data come from?+
Core statistics (enrollment, schools, teachers, poverty, demographics) come from the National Center for Education Statistics — the Common Core of Data, EDFacts, and the Civil Rights Data Collection. The most recent graduation rates and the state report-card outcomes (proficiency, college-going, dropout, chronic absenteeism) come directly from state education agencies, which publish sooner than the federal series. Full source and license details are on the methodology page. pumsdata is independent and not affiliated with NCES or any state agency.
Other states
Data: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics (CCD, EDFacts, CRDC) and ED Data Express, plus current-year graduation and report-card outcomes from state education agencies. Full source and license details on the methodology page.