Spruce
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Outdoors in Spruce
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About Spruce
Unincorporated community in Missouri, U.S.Spruce is an unincorporated community in northeast Bates County, in the U.S. state of Missouri. The community is on Missouri Route H approximately ten miles east of Butler. The headwaters of South Deepwater Creek flow past the south side of the community. Spruce was laid out in 1881, and named after a nearby post office of the same name. The Spruce post office closed in 1957.
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Health in Spruce
Compared with Missouri
of 32 measures CDC estimates. The other 16 are too close to call.
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Schools in Spruce
All Spruce schools →School Grade D
The public schools Spruce’s kids attend trail 87% of Missouri’s districts on state tests. Among towns with similar incomes, they rank near the bottom.
School data from the U.S. Department of Education (NCES, EDFacts). The School Grade is our own summary of state test results, graded within MO. Ratings are from neighbors.
Where Spruce is
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