Joplin’s public schools score below 82% of Missouri districts
The public schools Joplin’s kids attend, from kindergarten through graduation, trail 82% of Missouri’s districts on state tests and graduation. Among towns with similar incomes, they rank near the bottom.
How Joplin 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 Joplin.
Parts of Joplin are served by Webb City R-VII School District and Carl Junction R-I School District.
The district
Each district’s own page has its spending, test scores, enrollment and every school.
Well below the state in reading
Joplin vs. its neighbors
Joplin’s schools rank 4th of 10 among the towns that share its borders. School Grade, by percentile among Missouri districts.
Every school in Joplin
21 schools. Grades are ours, from state tests and graduation. Stars are from neighbors.
Parents talk
What Joplin families are saying about school.
Your answer becomes a post in Town Square.
Colleges in Joplin
2 colleges in Joplin, and 3 more within 30 miles.
- Admission
- 97%
- Net price
- $12,007
- Graduate
- 42%
- Admission
- 94%
- Net price
- $20,580
- Graduate
- 64%
Straight-line distance from the center of Joplin. 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.