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Best ZIP codes for schools in Missouri
Ranked by the School Quality Index: district math and reading proficiency and graduation rates, weighted by how much of each district falls in the ZIP.
How we rank school quality
The School Quality Index summarizes district math and reading proficiency and four-year graduation outcomes. Results based on very small student samples are excluded, and missing measures do not count as zero.
A ZIP's score reflects the districts serving the area, with greater influence from districts covering more of the ZIP. It measures outcomes, not school ratings, spending, or individual schools.
Each state sets its own tests and proficiency cut scores, so the index compares ZIPs well within a state but not across states. That is why we rank ZIPs only within each state.
Only ZIPs with at least 1,000 residents are ranked, so a handful of households cannot top the list. 621 Missouri ZIPs qualify.
Missouri ZIP codes ranked by school quality
1ZIP 65075Saint Elizabeth
Missouri
- School quality index
- 72.3
- ZIP population
- ~1k
- Avg. temperature
- 57°F
- Avg. commute
- 37 min
2ZIP 63124Ladue
Missouri
- School quality index
- 72.2
- ZIP population
- ~11k
- Avg. temperature
- 57°F
- Avg. commute
- 15 min
3ZIP 65714Nixa
Missouri
- School quality index
- 69.7
- ZIP population
- ~37k
- Avg. temperature
- 58°F
- Avg. commute
- 23 min
4ZIP 63122Kirkwood
Missouri
- School quality index
- 67.2
- ZIP population
- ~42k
- Avg. temperature
- 57°F
- Avg. commute
- 20 min
5ZIP 63131Saint Louis
Missouri
- School quality index
- 67.1
- ZIP population
- ~18k
- Avg. temperature
- 57°F
- Avg. commute
- 19 min
6ZIP 63105Clayton
Missouri
- School quality index
- 66.4
- ZIP population
- ~19k
- Avg. temperature
- 58°F
- Avg. commute
- 17 min
| Rank | ZIP | City | County | School quality index |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #7 | 63304 | Saint Charles | St. Charles County | 65.6 |
| #8 | 63144 | Brentwood | St. Louis County | 65.5 |
| #9 | 63038 | Wildwood | St. Louis County | 65.0 |
| #10 | 63040 | Wildwood | St. Louis County | 65.0 |
| #11 | 64015 | Blue Springs | Jackson County | 65.0 |
| #12 | 63141 | Creve Coeur | St. Louis County | 64.9 |
| #13 | 64014 | Blue Springs | Jackson County | 64.9 |
| #14 | 63005 | Chesterfield | St. Louis County | 64.8 |
| #15 | 63341 | Defiance | St. Charles County | 64.7 |
| #16 | 65732 | Hermitage | Hickory County | 64.7 |
| #17 | 63119 | Webster Groves | St. Louis County | 64.6 |
| #18 | 65721 | Ozark | Christian County | 64.5 |
| #19 | 63366 | O'Fallon | St. Charles County | 64.1 |
| #20 | 65767 | Urbana | Dallas County | 64.1 |
| #21 | 63011 | Ballwin | St. Louis County | 64.0 |
| #22 | 63021 | Ballwin | St. Louis County | 63.8 |
| #23 | 63303 | Saint Charles | St. Charles County | 63.8 |
| #24 | 63376 | St. Peters | St. Charles County | 63.6 |
| #25 | 64835 | Carterville | Jasper County | 63.6 |
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- Missouri median ZIP
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- Missouri median ZIP
- 90.6
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- Missouri median ZIP
- 87.2%
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Ranked by avg. temperature
- Missouri median ZIP
- 56.9°F
- Middle 80% of ZIPs
- 54.3°F to 58.7°F