Schools · Ash Grove

Ash Grove, MO schools

Ash Grove’s public schools score above Missouri’s averages: 50% of students are proficient in reading against 45.3% statewide, and 84% of high schoolers graduate on time against 90.6%. Kids attend Ash Grove Elem. through grade 3, then Ash Grove High.

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

C+School Grade

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Ash Grove’s School Grade: C+

The public schools Ash Grove’s kids attend, from kindergarten through graduation, trail 62% of Missouri’s districts on state tests and graduation. Among towns with similar incomes, they rank near the bottom.

BTest scoresDGraduation

Missouri school districts we grade (538)Better than 38%

Lower resultsHigher results

Missouri towns with similar household incomes (634)Better than 32%

Good confidence. Built on 367 tested students and a graduating class of 60; 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, plus the four-year graduation rate. 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. Tests count 60% and graduation 40%.
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.

School path

Where Ash Grove kids go to school

Grades PK–3

B-Ash Grove Elem. 275 students · Ash Grove Ash Grove R-IV School District

Grades 7–12

C+Ash Grove High 333 students · Ash Grove Ash Grove R-IV School District

Based on district boundaries from the U.S. Department of Education. Check with the district before you enroll.

Test scores · 2020–21

Above the state in reading

Reading (grades PK–12, Ash Grove R-IV)50%

State average 45.3%

Math (grades PK–12, Ash Grove R-IV)33%

State average 35.3%

Graduation · class of 2020

84% graduate on time

Graduation rate

84%

MO: 90.6%

Graduating class

students

The share of students who started ninth grade together and earned a regular diploma within four years.

Districts

The district serving Ash Grove

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Ash Grove R-IV School DistrictGrades PK–12 · 3 schools · 786 students

$12,095 per studentMO $14,569C+

Each district’s own page has its spending, test scores, enrollment and every school.

Within reach

Colleges near Ash Grove

There’s no college in Ash Grove, but 11 colleges are within 30 miles. The closest is Mission University in Springfield, 17.1 miles away.

Mission UniversityUniversity or college · Private nonprofit · Springfield17.1 mi268 students Cox CollegeUniversity or college · Private nonprofit · Springfield17.2 mi586 students Drury UniversityUniversity or college · Private nonprofit · Springfield17.5 mi1,445 students Drury University-College of Continuing Professional StudiesUniversity or college · Private nonprofit · Springfield17.5 mi304 students Ozarks Technical Community CollegeUniversity or college · Public · Springfield17.9 mi7,896 students

WellSpring School of Allied Health-SpringfieldCareer school · For-profit · Springfield18.2 mi79 students

Missouri State University-SpringfieldUniversity or college · Public · Springfield18.4 mi19,643 students Evangel UniversityUniversity or college · Private nonprofit · Springfield18.7 mi1,776 students Southwest Baptist UniversityUniversity or college · Private nonprofit · Bolivar21.8 mi1,932 students Bolivar Technical CollegeUniversity or college · Private nonprofit · Bolivar22.8 mi132 students

1 more within 30 miles.

Straight-line distance from the center of Ash Grove. Degree-granting colleges with students on campus. Colleges marked › have their own page; the others are too small or don’t report enough to the Department of Education for one.

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