Cliff Village’s public schools score below 82% of Missouri districts
The public schools Cliff Village’s kids attend, from kindergarten through graduation, trail 82% of Missouri’s districts on state tests and graduation.
What Cliff Village’s schools are like
Fewer students graduate on time
80% of students graduate on time, 11 points below the state’s 91%.
Which school depends on your street
With ten elementary and three middle schools, the school a child attends depends on your address. Elementary grades range from D to B+, so it’s worth checking the specific school, not just the town. After that, everyone goes to Joplin High. See the path ↓
Less money per student than most
Cliff Village spends 23% less per student than the state average. Test scores ↓
This summary is written from the data on this page. Test scores are from 2020–21, a pandemic year, so treat small gaps with caution.
How Cliff Village compares
How the School Grade works
- Results, not inputs. Math and reading proficiency on Missouri’s state tests against the state average, plus the four-year graduation rate. Spending and class size are shown but don’t count. Tests: 2020–21; graduation: class of 2020.
- The whole path. A town’s grade follows its kids through every district that serves it, weighted by students tested. Tests count 60%, graduation 40%.
- Graded within the state. Each state writes its own tests, so districts are compared with the rest of Missouri only. A+ is the top 5%, A the next 10%, A− the next 10%, the B range the next 30%, the C range the next 30%, D the rest.
- What a grade can’t tell you. Test results track family income, so 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.
Where will my kid go?
Pick a grade. These are the public schools that serve Cliff Village.
The district
Each district’s own page has its spending, test scores, enrollment and every school.
Well below the state in reading
Every school in Cliff Village
0 schools. Grades are based on state tests and graduation. Any other ratings are made by neighbors.
Parents talk
What Cliff Village families are saying about school.
Your answer becomes a post in Town Square.
Colleges near Cliff Village
There’s no college in Cliff Village, but 5 are within 30 miles. The closest is Ozark Christian College in Joplin, 5.4 miles away.
Straight-line distance from the center of Cliff Village. Degree-granting colleges with students on campus · College Scorecard · IPEDS.
School data: U.S. Department of Education (NCES, EDFacts, F-33 school finance). The School Grade is our own summary of state test results and graduation rates, graded within Missouri. Stars are from neighbors.