NCES CCD 2024-25 11 schools MO

Best-Resourced Schools in Hillsboro, MO

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

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11
Schools
7,640
Students
47.9/100
Avg Resource Index
12.1:1
Avg Student-Teacher Ratio

National city placement

One campus shapes the city average

According to NCES CCD 2024-25, Hillsboro has more public-school enrollment than 72% of the 4,487 US cities in this directory. Missouri Virtual Academy enrolls 51.0% of Hillsboro's public-school students. That is enough concentration for one institution to pull the citywide enrollment, staffing, and Resource Index averages toward its own profile. The smaller campuses below should therefore be compared directly rather than inferred from the headline mean; their grade configurations and program footprints can be materially different even inside the same district.

A full K–12 ladder sits inside the city boundary

Hillsboro's list includes 4 elementary, 1 middle, and 2 high-school campuses, plus 4 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.

Campus spread matters more than the city mean

The 23-point gap between Grandview Elem. and Hillsboro High shows the range hidden by Hillsboro's average Resource Investment Index. The city figure is useful for national placement, but families ultimately choose among campuses with different grade spans, enrollment, district affiliations, and reported support fields. Start with schools serving the relevant grade level, then compare the index components rather than assuming the city average describes any one classroom.

City enrollment
Top 28%
School count
Top 35%
Resource Index average
81st percentile
Teacher staffing
88th percentile

Missouri Virtual Academy accounts for 51.0% of all Hillsboro public-school enrollment

That is an overwhelming concentration, leaving the rest of Hillsboro a distant remainder — means Hillsboro-wide averages can mask substantial variation outside the largest entity. Grade level: Combined. The share measures enrollment concentration only; it does not establish how districts allocate programs, capital, or staff. Because it contains a majority of the affected population, enrollment-weighted aggregates will sit closer to this entity's reported fields than to those of smaller peers; an unweighted entity count answers a different question.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data

Hillsboro school enrollment varies 779× across entities

Hillsboro school enrollment ranges from 5 students (lowest) to 3,895 students (highest), a spread of 3,890 students. That ratio is an extreme outlier spread — among the widest gaps observed anywhere in this dataset. 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

Hillsboro student-teacher ratio is 12.1:1 — 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. Grandview Elem. 62
2. Juvenile Detention Ctr. 60
3. Grandview Middle 54
4. Hillsboro Elem. 52
5. Hillsboro Primary 49
6. New Day - Day Treatment 43
7. Grandview High 41
8. Hillsboro Jr. High 40
9. Hillsboro High 39
10. Hillsboro Middle Elem. 39
11. Missouri Virtual Academy -

Most racially and ethnically mixed schools in Hillsboro

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 Missouri Virtual Academy 53.6/100
  2. 2 Juvenile Detention Ctr. 32.0/100
  3. 3 Hillsboro Middle Elem. 14.7/100
  4. 4 Grandview Elem. 14.0/100
  5. 5 Hillsboro Jr. High 13.5/100

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Which Hillsboro school has the highest Resource Investment Index? ▼

Grandview Elem. has the highest Resource Investment Index among the Hillsboro schools in this federal-data comparison at 62/100. The index summarizes reported staffing, counseling, gifted-program, and attendance inputs; it is not an academic rating.

How many schools are in Hillsboro, MO? ▼

Hillsboro has 11 public schools with a total enrollment of 7,640 students. Average student-teacher ratio: 12.1:1.

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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.