NCES CCD 2024-25 17 schools MO

Best-Resourced Schools in Joplin, MO

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

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17
Schools
7,891
Students
48.5/100
Avg Resource Index
12.6:1
Avg Student-Teacher Ratio

National city placement

Broad resource and staffing advantage

According to NCES CCD 2024-25, Joplin has more public-school enrollment than 73% of the 4,487 US cities in this directory. Joplin lands in the upper national tier on both the average Resource Investment Index and teacher staffing intensity. Those measures come from different inputs: the index combines reported counselors, gifted access, attendance, and staffing, while the staffing percentile compares the city's student-teacher ratio directly. Agreement across both measures is stronger evidence of broad reported capacity than either score alone, though neither is a test-score rating or a guarantee about an individual classroom.

The school portfolio is elementary-weighted

10 of Joplin's 17 listed schools are elementary campuses. That composition means citywide enrollment and staffing averages are influenced more by early-grade operating patterns than by the city's 3 middle and 1 high-school records. Families comparing later grades should rely on those individual rows rather than the all-school mean.

Campus spread matters more than the city mean

The 27-point gap between Eastmorland Elem. and Joplin High shows the range hidden by Joplin'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 27%
School count
Top 19%
Resource Index average
83rd percentile
Teacher staffing
83rd percentile

Joplin High accounts for 29.0% of all Joplin public-school enrollment

That dominant concentration means Joplin-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

Joplin school enrollment varies 327× across entities

Joplin school enrollment ranges from 7 students (lowest) to 2,288 students (highest), a spread of 2,281 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

Joplin student-teacher ratio is 12.6:1 — 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. Eastmorland Elem. 63
2. Jefferson Elem. 63
3. Royal Heights Elem. 61
4. Kelsey Norman Elem. 57
5. Gateway School 54
6. Stapleton Elem. 52
7. Mckinley Elem. 52
8. Irving Elementary 49
9. Soaring Heights Elem. 49
10. Joplin Early Childhood Ctr. 48
11. Cecil Floyd Elem. 45
12. East Middle 41
13. South Middle 39
14. Dover Hill Elementary 39
15. College View School 39
16. North Middle 38
17. Joplin High 36

Most racially and ethnically mixed schools in Joplin

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 College View School 69.3/100
  2. 2 Eastmorland Elem. 59.4/100
  3. 3 Mckinley Elem. 59.0/100
  4. 4 Kelsey Norman Elem. 58.1/100
  5. 5 East Middle 57.1/100

What do families ask about schools in Joplin?

Which Joplin school has the highest Resource Investment Index? ▼

Eastmorland Elem. has the highest Resource Investment Index among the Joplin schools in this federal-data comparison at 63/100. The index summarizes reported staffing, counseling, gifted-program, and attendance inputs; it is not an academic rating.

How many schools are in Joplin, MO? ▼

Joplin has 17 public schools with a total enrollment of 7,891 students. Average student-teacher ratio: 12.6:1.

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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.