Schools · Prairie Home

Prairie Home, MO schools

Prairie Home’s public schools score well below Missouri’s averages: 37% of students are proficient in reading against 45.3% statewide, and 75% of high schoolers graduate on time against 90.6%. Kids attend Prairie Home Elem. through grade 5, then Prairie Home High.

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

TownTapestry School GradeNew

C⁻

Prairie Home’s School Grade: C-

The public schools Prairie Home’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 (632)Better than 20%

Lower confidence. Built on 93 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 Prairie Home kids go to school

Grades K–5

CPrairie Home Elem. 63 students · Prairie Home Prairie Home R-V School District

Grades 6–12

C-Prairie Home High 90 students · Prairie Home Prairie Home R-V 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 K–12, Prairie Home R-V)37%

State average 45.3%

Math (grades K–12, Prairie Home R-V)27%

State average 35.3%

Graduation · class of 2020

75% graduate on time

Graduation rate

75%

MO: 90.6%

Graduating class

11

students

The share of students who started ninth grade together and earned a regular diploma within four years.

Districts

The district serving Prairie Home

Prairie Home R-V School DistrictGrades K–12 · 2 schools · 153 students

$15,514 per studentMO $14,569C-

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

Within reach

Colleges near Prairie Home

There’s no college in Prairie Home, but 6 colleges are within 30 miles. The closest is University of Missouri-Columbia in Columbia, 16.7 miles away.

University of Missouri-ColumbiaUniversity or college · Public · Columbia16.7 mi27,030 students Columbia CollegeUniversity or college · Private nonprofit · Columbia17.3 mi1,940 students Stephens CollegeUniversity or college · Private nonprofit · Columbia17.4 mi480 students Central Methodist University-College of Liberal Arts and SciencesUniversity or college · Private nonprofit · Fayette23.8 mi1,017 students Central Methodist University-College of Graduate and Extended StudiesUniversity or college · Private nonprofit · Fayette23.8 mi1,664 students Lincoln UniversityUniversity or college · Public · Jefferson City28.6 mi1,656 students

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

Every school

All 2 schools in Prairie Home

Level

All 2 Elementary 1 High 1

Type

All 2 Public 2

Showing 1–2 of 2 schools

Prairie Home Elem.Elementary · Grades K–5 · 63 students

Prairie Home HighHigh · Grades 6–12 · 90 students

School data from the U.S. Department of Education (NCES). Ratings are from neighbors on TownTapestry.