Pacific’s public schools score below 51% of Missouri districts
The public schools Pacific’s kids attend, from kindergarten through graduation, trail 51% of Missouri’s districts on state tests and graduation. Among towns with similar incomes, they sit near the middle.
Pacific’s schools, in brief
The high school is the weak link
One district takes students from Zitzman Elem. all the way to Pacific High. The elementary school earns the best grade on the path (B+); the high school earns the lowest (C−). See the path ↓
Average results for less money
Pacific spends 10% less per student than the state average, yet lands near the middle on results. Test scores ↓
Math is above the state; reading is just below
Reading proficiency is 42%, 3 points below the state. Math is 36%, 1 point above the state. Both are close enough to average that small changes could flip them. 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 Pacific 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 Pacific.
The district
Each district’s own page has its spending, test scores, enrollment and every school.
Below the state in reading
Every school in Pacific
7 schools. Grades are based on state tests and graduation. Any other ratings are made by neighbors.
Parents talk
What Pacific families are saying about school.
Your answer becomes a post in Town Square.
Colleges near Pacific
There’s no college in Pacific, but 28 are within 30 miles. The closest is East Central College in Union, 12.8 miles away.
Straight-line distance from the center of Pacific. Degree-granting colleges with students on campus · College Scorecard · IPEDS. 18 more within 30 miles.
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.