NCES CCD 2024-25 9 schools MO

Best-Resourced Schools in Hannibal, MO

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9 public K-12 schools in Hannibal from NCES Common Core of Data: enrollment, grade span, demographics, and Civil Rights Data Collection statistics for every active campus.

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9
Schools
3,391
Students
46.8/100
Avg Resource Index
12.3:1
Avg Student-Teacher Ratio

National city placement

Middle-of-corpus city profile

According to NCES CCD 2024-25, Hannibal has more public-school enrollment than 34% of the 4,487 US cities in this directory. Hannibal sits in the broad middle of the national city distribution rather than at a single obvious extreme. Its scale, average Resource Investment Index, and staffing position need to be read together: a middle placement on one measure does not cancel a stronger or weaker result on another. The percentile panel makes those dimensions explicit, and the school table shows where the city aggregate breaks into materially different campus profiles.

A full K–12 ladder sits inside the city boundary

Hannibal's list includes 4 elementary, 1 middle, and 1 high-school campus, plus 3 combined-grade records. The city average spans every major grade stage, so the ranked table is more informative when read within level than as one interchangeable queue.

A small portfolio contains radically different campus scales

Hannibal lists only 9 schools, yet reported enrollment runs from 25 to 1,048 students, a 42-fold range. In a portfolio this compact, the smallest record may be a specialized or nonstandard setting rather than a miniature version of the largest campus. That distinction affects how ratios and program fields should be read. Compare similarly configured grade levels first; combining the extremes into one city average conceals more than it explains.

City enrollment
Top 66%
School count
Top 46%
Resource Index average
77th percentile
Teacher staffing
86th percentile

Hannibal Sr. High accounts for 30.9% of all Hannibal public-school enrollment

That dominant concentration means Hannibal-wide averages can mask substantial variation outside the largest entity. Grade level: High. The share measures enrollment concentration only; it does not establish how districts allocate programs, capital, or staff. Enrollment-weighted aggregates give this entity more weight than any smaller peer, while an unweighted entity average treats every record equally.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data

Hannibal school enrollment varies 42× across entities

Hannibal school enrollment ranges from 25 students (lowest) to 1,048 students (highest), a spread of 1,023 students. That ratio is among the widest observed and reflects extreme heterogeneity inside a single city, with small specialty programs listed alongside large comprehensive campuses. Per-school staffing and program breadth can differ sharply at opposite ends of that enrollment range, so the city average should not be treated as a typical campus.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data

Hannibal student-teacher ratio is 12.3:1 — low (typically associated with smaller schools or per-school staffing investment that often correlates with stronger per-student supports)

student-teacher ratio is the simplest comparative metric but it does not capture the full picture: the ratio counts FTE classroom teachers against total enrollment, push-in specialists, English-language aides, special-education co-teachers, and counselors are not included in most reporting Lower values often correlate with smaller scale and population characteristics rather than higher resource budgets per se.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data, Public School Universe

# School Score
1. Oakwood Elem. 61
2. A. D. Stowell Elem. 56
3. Mark Twain Elem. 52
4. Hannibal Middle 51
5. Eugene Field Elem. 51
6. Veterans Elem. 50
7. Early Childhood Center 35
8. Hannibal Sr. High 33
9. Mississippi Valley School 32

Most racially and ethnically mixed schools in Hannibal

Ranked by the Simpson student-body diversity index (0-100) from NCES race and ethnicity data, where higher means a more evenly mixed student body. It measures mix, not quality.

  1. 1 Eugene Field Elem. 54.0/100
  2. 2 Early Childhood Center 43.5/100
  3. 3 Veterans Elem. 41.6/100
  4. 4 Mark Twain Elem. 31.8/100
  5. 5 Hannibal Middle 31.7/100

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Which Hannibal school has the highest Resource Investment Index? ▼

Oakwood Elem. has the highest Resource Investment Index among the Hannibal schools in this federal-data comparison at 61/100. The index summarizes reported staffing, counseling, gifted-program, and attendance inputs; it is not an academic rating.

How many schools are in Hannibal, MO? ▼

Hannibal has 9 public schools with a total enrollment of 3,391 students. Average student-teacher ratio: 12.3:1.

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Data from NCES Common Core of Data (CCD) 2024-25 and Civil Rights Data Collection (CRDC) 2021-22. The Resource Investment Index uses reported student-teacher ratio, counselor access, gifted programs, and attendance; it is not an academic rating. Cities must include at least five schools to be listed. This public-data comparison is for informational purposes: verify current enrollment, attendance boundaries, and programs with the school district before acting. See the guide to understanding NCES data.