Schools · Wilson

Wilson, MO schools

Wilson’s public schools score above Missouri’s averages: 48% of students are proficient in reading against 45.3% statewide, and 97% of high schoolers graduate on time against 90.6%. Kids attend Putnam Co. Elem. through grade 5, then Putnam Co. Middle and Putnam Co. High.

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

A-School Grade

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Wilson’s School Grade: A-

The public schools Wilson’s kids attend, from kindergarten through graduation, outperform 79% of Missouri’s districts on state tests and graduation. Among towns with similar incomes, they rank near the top.

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Missouri school districts we grade (538)Better than 79%

Lower resultsHigher results

Missouri towns with similar household incomes (588)Better than 82%

Towns in Putnam County (11)Better than 0%

Good confidence. Built on 328 tested students and a graduating class of 62; 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, plus the four-year graduation rate. 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. Tests count 60% and graduation 40%.
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 Wilson kids go to school

Grades PK–5

BPutnam Co. Elem. 296 students · Unionville Putnam County R-I School District

Grades 6–8

BPutnam Co. Middle 134 students · Unionville Putnam County R-I School District

Grades 9–12

APutnam Co. High 175 students · Unionville Putnam County R-I 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, Putnam County R-I)48%

State average 45.3%

Math (grades PK–12, Putnam County R-I)43%

State average 35.3%

Graduation · class of 2020

97% graduate on time

Graduation rate

97%

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 Wilson

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Putnam County R-I School DistrictGrades PK–12 · 3 schools · 605 students

$14,406 per studentMO $14,569A-

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

Within reach

Colleges near Wilson

There’s no college in Wilson, but 2 colleges are within 30 miles. The closest is A T Still University of Health Sciences in Kirksville, 28 miles away.

A T Still University of Health SciencesUniversity or college · Private nonprofit · Kirksville28 mi2,555 students

Truman State UniversityUniversity or college · Public · Kirksville28.5 mi3,049 students

Straight-line distance from the center of Wilson. 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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