Schools · Belle

Belle, MO schools

Belle’s public schools score well below Missouri’s averages: 39% of students are proficient in reading against 45.3% statewide, and 95% of high schoolers graduate on time against 90.6%. Kids attend Belle Elem. through grade 4, then Maries Co. Middle and Belle High.

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

CSchool Grade

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Belle’s School Grade: C

The public schools Belle’s kids attend trail 72% of Missouri’s districts on state tests. Among towns with similar incomes, they rank near the bottom.

CTest scores

Missouri school districts we grade (538)Better than 28%

Lower resultsHigher results

Missouri towns with similar household incomes (637)Better than 22%

Good confidence. Built on 388 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.

School path

Where Belle kids go to school

Grades PK–4

B+Belle Elem. 259 students · Belle Maries County R-II School District

Grades 5–8

C-Maries Co. Middle 193 students · Bland Maries County R-II School District

Grades 9–12

C-Belle High 228 students · Belle Maries County R-II School District

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

Test scores · 2020–21

Well below the state in reading

Reading (grades PK–12, Maries County R-II)39%

State average 45.3%

Math (grades PK–12, Maries County R-II)29%

State average 35.3%

Graduation · class of 2020

95% graduate on time

Graduation rate

95%

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 Belle

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Maries County R-II School DistrictGrades PK–12 · 3 schools · 680 students

$11,465 per studentMO $14,569C

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

Within reach

Colleges near Belle

There’s no college in Belle, but 2 colleges are within 30 miles. The closest is State Technical College of Missouri in Linn, 13.6 miles away.

State Technical College of MissouriCommunity college · Public · Linn13.6 mi2,226 students

Missouri University of Science and TechnologyUniversity or college · Public · Rolla23 mi7,117 students

Straight-line distance from the center of Belle. 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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