Schools · Hughes

Hughes, MO schools

Hughes’s public schools score below Missouri’s averages: 42% of students are proficient in reading against 45.3% statewide, and 75% of high schoolers graduate on time against 90.6%. Kids attend Nodaway-Holt Elem. through grade 6, then Nodaway-Holt MS/HS.

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

B+School Grade

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Hughes’s School Grade: B+

The public schools Hughes’s kids attend outperform 70% of Missouri’s districts on state tests. Among towns with similar incomes, they rank near the top.

B+Test scores

Missouri school districts we grade (538)Better than 70%

Lower resultsHigher results

Missouri towns with similar household incomes (628)Better than 72%

Towns in Nodaway County (15)Better than 27%

Lower confidence. Built on 109 tested students. With numbers this small, one year can move 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 Hughes kids go to school

Grades PK–6

BNodaway-Holt Elem. 116 students · Maitland Nodaway-Holt R-VII School District

Grades 7–12

B-Nodaway-Holt MS/HS 89 students · Graham Nodaway-Holt R-VII School District

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

Test scores · 2020–21

Below the state in reading

Reading (grades PK–12, Nodaway-Holt R-VII)42%

State average 45.3%

Math (grades PK–12, Nodaway-Holt R-VII)47%

State average 35.3%

Graduation · class of 2020

75% graduate on time

Graduation rate

75%

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 Hughes

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Nodaway-Holt R-VII School DistrictGrades PK–12 · 2 schools · 205 students

$16,668 per studentMO $14,569B+

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

Within reach

Colleges near Hughes

There’s no college in Hughes, but 3 colleges are within 30 miles. The closest is Northwest Missouri State University in Maryville, 12.4 miles away.

Northwest Missouri State UniversityUniversity or college · Public · Maryville12.4 mi6,575 students

Conception Seminary CollegeUniversity or college · Private nonprofit · Jefferson17 mi41 students

Highland Community CollegeCommunity college · Public · Highland27.3 mi1,561 students

Straight-line distance from the center of Hughes. 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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