Schools · Prairie

Prairie, MO schools

Prairie’s public schools score above Missouri’s averages: 47% of students are proficient in reading against 45.3% statewide, and 90% of high schoolers graduate on time against 90.6%. Kids attend RICH HILL ELEM. through grade 5, then RICH HILL HIGH.

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

ASchool Grade

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Prairie’s School Grade: A

The public schools Prairie’s kids attend outperform 88% of Missouri’s districts on state tests. Among towns with similar incomes, they rank near the top.

ATest scores

Missouri school districts we grade (538)Better than 88%

Lower resultsHigher results

Missouri towns with similar household incomes (597)Better than 91%

Towns in Bates County (23)Better than 91%

Good confidence. Built on 178 tested students; ordinary year-to-year swings are unlikely to change 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 kids go to school

Grades PK–5

BRICH HILL ELEM. 192 students · Rich Hill Rich Hill R-IV School District

Grades 6–12

A-RICH HILL HIGH 190 students · Rich Hill Rich Hill R-IV School District

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

Test scores · 2020–21

Above the state in reading

Reading (grades PK–12, Rich Hill R-IV)47%

State average 45.3%

Math (grades PK–12, Rich Hill R-IV)52%

State average 35.3%

Graduation · class of 2020

90% graduate on time

Graduation rate

90%

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 Prairie

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Rich Hill R-IV School DistrictGrades PK–12 · 2 schools · 382 students

$12,787 per studentMO $14,569A

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

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