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Black student results in St. Joseph

Across 7 schools in St. Joseph, 24.6% of Black students meet proficient or advanced. That is 2.5 points above the Missouri average for Black students.

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34.4%
All students
24.6%
Black
26.5%
Hispanic
38.4%
White
30.1%
Asian

Average across the 7 schools in St. Joseph with reportable results, giving each school equal weight regardless of size. A group is omitted from a school when too few students were tested to report safely.

The distance inside one district

Among the 3 schools here with at least 25 Black student results, Edison Elementary reports 38.5% of Black students meeting the standard. Truman Middle School, in the same district, reports 25.1%. That is a 13.4-point spread across schools under one administration, serving one community, funded by one tax base.

Every school in St. Joseph

Ranked by the share of Black students meeting proficient or advanced. Every group is shown alongside, because a school that serves one group well and another poorly is telling you something too.

SchoolAllBlackHispanicWhiteAsian
Edison Elementary 39.2% 38.5% 29.6% 41.5%
Robidoux Middle School 25.1% 30.6% 17.8% 28%
Bode Middle School 46.6% 25.9% 38.1% 53.5% 30.1%
Truman Middle School 27.9% 25.1% 24.4% 27.9%
Lafayette High School 35.4% 20.1% 27.2% 40.9%
Skaith Elementary 34.5% 16.8% 29.2% 38%
Carden Park Elementary 32% 15.5% 19.5% 39.2%

Flags show magnet, charter, alternative and virtual schools. Some campuses — early college and specialized academies among them — also admit by application, and this page cannot yet identify all of them. Check with the district before assuming a school is open to your address.

How to read this. DESE suppresses results for groups with too few students tested. Schools without a reportable Black student result are excluded rather than shown as zero — 700 of Missouri's schools have reportable data. Because every state sets its own proficiency standard, Missouri figures should not be compared against another state's.

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