Schools · Appleton

Appleton, MO schools

Appleton’s public schools score well below Missouri’s averages: 37% of students are proficient in reading against 45.3% statewide, and 90% of high schoolers graduate on time against 90.6%. Kids attend Appleton City Elem. through grade 6, then Appleton City High.

Grades, test scores, graduation, spending and every school, from U.S. Department of Education data.

C-School Grade

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Appleton’s School Grade: C-

The public schools Appleton’s kids attend trail 81% of Missouri’s districts on state tests. Among towns with similar incomes, they rank near the bottom.

C-Test scores

Missouri school districts we grade (538)Better than 19%

Lower resultsHigher results

Missouri towns with similar household incomes (569)Better than 16%

Good confidence. Built on 174 tested students; ordinary year-to-year swings are unlikely to change the grade.

How the School Grade works

Results, not inputs. Math and reading proficiency on Missouri’s state tests, each against the state average. Spending and class size are shown below but don’t count toward the grade. Tests: 2020–21; graduation: class of 2020.
The whole path. A town’s grade follows its kids: every district that serves it, weighted by the number of students tested in each.
Graded within the state. Each state writes its own tests, so districts are lined up against the rest of Missouri only. A+ top 5%A next 10%A- next 10%B B+ to B−, next 30%C C+ to C−, next 30%D D and D−, bottom 15%
Individual schools are graded the same way on their own test results, against every public school in Missouri with 25+ students. Private schools aren’t graded: they don’t take the state tests.
What a grade can’t tell you. Test results track family income closely, so a high grade partly reflects who lives in a town. That’s why we also compare towns with similar incomes. Visit, ask other parents, and read neighbor reviews. It’s our own summary of U.S. Department of Education data, not an official rating.