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St. James, MO
Public School Ratings




St. James Public Schools

Source & Methodology

Analytics built by:  

Raw data sources:
  • Test Scores: Edfacts (U.S. Department of Education), State departments of education.
  • Expenditures: National Center for Education Statistics.
  • Educational Environment: American Community Survey (U.S. Census Bureau).
Date(s) & Update Frequency:
  • Test data: Reflects 2023 – 2024 school year.
  • Expenditures: 2022
  • Educational Environment: 2023 (latest available). Updated annually.
  • All data updated June 2025

Methodology:   Only Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ gives you nationally comparable school ranks based on test scores, so you can directly compare the quality of schools in any location.


St. James R I School District details

St. James R I School District
122 E Scioto St
St James, MO 65559

1,584 Students enrolled in District

3 Schools in District

13 Students Per Classroom (State average is 13)

St. James R I School District School Quality Ratings

District Quality Compared to Missouri

8

(10 is best)

Better than 73.2% of all MO school districts.

District Quality Compared to U.S.

6

(10 is best)

Better than 57.6% of all U.S. school districts.



Public School Test Scores

60 50 40 30 20 10 0
47%
41%
48%
43%
46%
39%
    Proficiency in Reading and Math
    Proficiency in Reading
    Proficiency in Math

Schools in this District

School Grades
Lucy Wortham James Elem. School
314 S Jefferson
St James, MO, 65559
PK-05
St. James High School
101 E Scioto
St James, MO, 65559
09-12
St. James Middle School
1 Tiger Dr
St James, MO, 65559
06-08

School District Enrollment by Group

Ethnic/Racial Groups This District This State
White (non-hispanic) 94.6% 71.8%
Black 2.0% 16.2%
Hispanic 2.0% 8.9%
Asian Or Pacific Islander 0.7% 2.3%
American Indian Or Native Of Alaska 0.8% 0.8%
Economic Groups This District This State
Economically disadvantaged 56.5% 48.9%
Free lunch eligible 45.3% 42.1%
Reduced lunch eligible 11.2% 6.8%

Educational Expenditures

For this District Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $8,646 $13,696,000 56.9%
Support Expenditures
Student $558 $884,000 3.7%
Staff $412 $652,000 2.7%
General Administration $886 $1,404,000 5.8%
School Administration $594 $941,000 3.9%
Operation $1,955 $3,097,000 12.9%
Transportation $484 $767,000 3.2%
Other $150 $237,000 1.0%
Total Support $5,039 $7,982,000 33.1%
Non-instructional Expenditures $1,523 $2,412,000 10.0%
Total Expenditures $15,208 $24,090,000 100.0%
For the State Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $7,013 $6,250,581,000 45.8%
Support Expenditures
Student $891 $794,032,000 5.8%
Staff $509 $453,483,000 3.3%
General Administration $778 $693,526,000 5.1%
School Administration $720 $641,715,000 4.7%
Operation $1,272 $1,133,809,000 8.3%
Transportation $642 $572,323,000 4.2%
Other $294 $261,597,000 1.9%
Total Support $5,106 $4,550,485,000 33.4%
Non-instructional Expenditures $3,189 $2,842,348,000 20.8%
Total Expenditures $15,308 $13,643,414,000 100.0%
For the Nation Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $9,169 $453,314,948,000 49.6%
Support Expenditures
Student $1,031 $50,976,033,477 5.6%
Staff $799 $39,519,417,000 4.3%
General Administration $308 $15,224,255,000 1.7%
School Administration $850 $42,029,112,000 4.6%
Operation $1,430 $70,704,769,000 7.7%
Transportation $613 $30,295,759,523 3.3%
Other $623 $30,798,344,000 3.4%
Total Support $5,654 $279,547,690,000 30.6%
Non-instructional Expenditures $3,675 $181,697,172,000 19.9%
Total Expenditures $18,499 $914,559,810,000 100.0%

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