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Malta Bend R-V School District

Public school districtGrades PK–12Regional · 2 towns

Serves Malta Bend and Mount Leonard.

Malta Bend’s Schools page →

Students
67
Schools
2
Spent per student
$23,521
MO $14,569
Students per teacher
5:1
Free or reduced lunch
100%
The gist

What stands out about Malta Bend R-V School District

  • Its letter, D: results better than 8% of Missouri districts
  • Math proficiency 29 pts below the state
  • Reading proficiency 19 pts below the state
  • Graduation rate 14 pts below the state
  • Spends 61% more per student than the MO average
  • 5 students per teacher
The School Grade

What this district adds to its towns’ grade

D: better than 8% of the 535 Missouri school districts we grade. Each town’s School Grade weighs its districts by the students they test; spending and class size are shown but don’t count.

Test scoresReading and math well below the state, 2021–22
D
The towns it serves, and their School Grades
Malta Bend 190Mount Leonard 65

How TownRatings grades schools →

Where would my kid go?

The school path for Malta Bend. Grade by grade →

PK–6Malta Bend Elementary SchoolThis district
7–12Malta Bend High SchoolThis district

Test scores vs. MO

2021–22 · class of 2023
Math proficiency0–20%
State average 39.2% · 28 students tested · small group: the state reports a range
Reading / language arts20–29%
State average 43.2% · 32 students tested
Graduation rate (4-year)50–100%
State average 89.3% · 12 in the class · small group: the state reports a range

90% of students in the tested grades sat the 2022 tests.

Reported to the U.S. Department of Education (EDFacts via ED Data Express and the Urban Institute); the newest year for each measure.

Where the money goes

fiscal 2024
$23,521 per student · 61% above MO
Spending
Classroom instruction 51%Support & administration 44%Other 5%
Paid for by
Local (mostly property tax) 41%State 41%Federal 18%

Fiscal 2022–24 includes federal pandemic relief (ESSER).

U.S. Census Bureau, Annual Survey of School System Finances.

Enrollment over time
68’20
63’21
70’22
71’23
67’24

About steady since 2020–21.

Students
White 96%Hispanic 4%

Schools in the district

2 public schools. Each public school’s letter compares its own 2020–21 reading and math results with Missouri’s other public schools.

Malta Bend Elementary School
Elementary · Grades PK–6 · Malta Bend
D
34 students6:1
Malta Bend High School
High · Grades 7–12 · Malta Bend
A−
33 students5:1

District facts: U.S. Department of Education (NCES school directory 2024–25 and district boundaries) and the U.S. Census Bureau’s school finance survey. Test scores and graduation: state results reported to the U.S. Department of Education (EDFacts via ED Data Express and the Urban Institute). The letters are our own summary, graded within Missouri.