Schools · Central

Central, MO schools

Central’s public schools score well below Missouri’s averages: 37% of students are proficient in reading against 45.3% statewide, and 92% of high schoolers graduate on time against 90.6%. Kids attend EAST ELEM. or LIBERAL ELEM. through grade 5, then LAMAR ELEM. or LIBERAL ELEM., LAMAR MIDDLE or LIBERAL MIDDLE and LAMAR HIGH or LIBERAL HIGH.

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

B-School Grade

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Central’s School Grade: B-

The public schools Central’s kids attend, from kindergarten through graduation, outperform 50% of Missouri’s districts on state tests and graduation. Among towns with similar incomes, they sit near the middle.

B-Test scoresC+Graduation

Missouri school districts we grade (538)Better than 50%

Lower resultsHigher results

Missouri towns with similar household incomes (571)Better than 49%

Towns in Barton County (15)Better than 60%

High confidence. Built on 821 tested students and a graduating class of 111; 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 Central kids go to school

Grades PK–5

EAST ELEM. or BLIBERAL ELEM. Depends on your address Lamar R-I School District

Grades 5

B-LAMAR ELEM. or BLIBERAL ELEM. Depends on your address Lamar R-I School District

Grades 6–8

B-LAMAR MIDDLE or CLIBERAL MIDDLE Depends on your address Lamar R-I School District

Grades 9–12

CLAMAR HIGH or A-LIBERAL HIGH Depends on your address Lamar R-I 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 (Liberal R-II)47%

State average 45.3%

Reading (grades PK–12, Lamar R-I)37%

State average 45.3%

Math (Liberal R-II)32%

State average 35.3%

Math (grades PK–12, Lamar R-I)37%

State average 35.3%

Graduation · class of 2020

92% graduate on time

Graduation rate

92%

MO: 90.6%

Graduating class

111

students

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

Districts

Two districts serve Central

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Liberal R-II School DistrictGrades PK–12 · 3 schools · 271 students

$16,123 per studentMO $14,569B-🏫

Lamar R-I School DistrictGrades PK–12 · 6 schools · 1,158 students

$13,256 per studentMO $14,569B-

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

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