Schools · Kelso

Kelso, MO schools

Kelso’s public schools score well above Missouri’s averages: 62% of students are proficient in reading against 45.3% statewide. Kids attend Kelso Elem..

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

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Kelso’s School Grade: A+

The public schools Kelso’s kids attend outperform 96% of Missouri’s districts on state tests. Among towns with similar incomes, they rank near the top.

A+Test scores

Missouri school districts we grade (538)Better than 96%

Lower resultsHigher results

Missouri towns with similar household incomes (624)Better than 98%

Lower confidence. Built on 78 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.

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Where Kelso kids go to school

Grades PK–8

AKelso Elem. 199 students · Benton Kelso C-7 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 above the state in reading

Reading (grades PK–8, Kelso C-7)62%

State average 45.3%

Math (grades PK–8, Kelso C-7)57%

State average 35.3%

Districts

The district serving Kelso

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Kelso C-7 School DistrictGrades PK–8 · 1 school · 199 students

$9,643 per studentMO $14,569A+

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

Within reach

Colleges near Kelso

There’s no college in Kelso, but 3 colleges are within 30 miles. The closest is Southeast Missouri Hospital College of Nursing and Health Sciences in Cape Girardeau, 7.6 miles away.

Southeast Missouri Hospital College of Nursing and Health SciencesUniversity or college · Private nonprofit · Cape Girardeau7.6 mi121 students Southeast Missouri State UniversityUniversity or college · Public · Cape Girardeau8.3 mi7,933 students

Shawnee Community CollegeCommunity college · Public · Ullin28.9 mi940 students

Straight-line distance from the center of Kelso. 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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