Schools · Des Arc

Des Arc, MO schools

Des Arc’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 South Iron Elem. through grade 6, then South Iron High.

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

C-School Grade

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Des Arc’s School Grade: C-

The public schools Des Arc’s kids attend trail 76% 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 24%

Lower resultsHigher results

Missouri towns with similar household incomes (421)Better than 10%

Good confidence. Built on 163 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 Des Arc kids go to school

Grades PK–6

C-South Iron Elem. 139 students · Annapolis South Iron County R-I School District

Grades 7–12

CSouth Iron High 145 students · Annapolis South Iron County 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

Well below the state in reading

Reading (grades PK–12, South Iron County R-I)37%

State average 45.3%

Math (grades PK–12, South Iron County R-I)27%

State average 35.3%

Graduation · class of 2020

90% graduate on time

Graduation rate

90%

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 Des Arc

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South Iron County R-I School DistrictGrades PK–12 · 2 schools · 284 students

$16,723 per studentMO $14,569C-

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

Within reach

Colleges near Des Arc

There’s no college within 30 miles of Des Arc. The closest is Three Rivers College in Poplar Bluff, MO, 36.8 miles away.

Three Rivers CollegeCommunity college · Public · Poplar Bluff36.8 mi1,261 students Mineral Area CollegeCommunity college · Public · Park Hills39.7 mi1,870 students Southeast Missouri Hospital College of Nursing and Health SciencesUniversity or college · Private nonprofit · Cape Girardeau59.9 mi121 students

Straight-line distance from the center of Des Arc. Degree-granting colleges with students on campus.

We don’t have any schools located in Des Arc yet.