Missouri school board elections, 2014

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Elections Information

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A total of 20 Missouri school districts among America's largest school districts by enrollment held elections in 2014 for 57 seats. All but one district held elections on April 8, 2014. St. Louis held an election for two at-large seats on November 4, 2014.

Here are several quick facts about Missouri's school board elections in 2014:

• An average of 1.86 candidates ran for each board seat up for election in 2014 in Missouri’s largest school districts by enrollment, which was slightly lower than the national average.
• 15.79 percent of the school board seats on the ballot in 2014 were unopposed. This was a lower percentage than the 32.57 percent of school board seats that were unopposed nationally.

• 64.91 percent of the incumbents whose seats were on the ballot ran for re-election in 2014, which was lower than the national average of 75.56 percent of school board incumbents seeking another term.
• At total of 25 newcomers were elected to school boards in Missouri. They took 43.86 percent of the total seats in 2014, which was higher than the 38.19 percent of school board seats that went to newcomers nationally.
• The largest school district by enrollment with an election in 2014 was Springfield Public Schools with 24,730 K-12 students.
• The smallest school district by enrollment with an election in 2014 was Park Hill School District with 10,307 K-12 students.
• Kansas City Public Schools had the most seats on the ballot in 2014 with five seats up for election.
• Five districts were tied for the fewest seats on the ballot in 2014 with two seats up for election in each district.

The districts listed below served 302,001 K-12 students during the 2010-2011 school year, according to the National Center for Education Statistics. Click on the district names for more information on the district and its school board elections.

2014 Missouri School Board Elections
District	Date	Seats up for election	Total board seats	Student enrollment
Blue Springs School District	4/8/2014	3	7	14,108
Columbia Public Schools	4/8/2014	3	7	17,550
Ferguson-Florissant School District	4/8/2014	3	7	12,236
Francis Howell School District	4/8/2014	3	7	19,981
Fort Zumwalt R-Il School District	4/8/2014	3	7	18,951
Fox C-6 School District	4/8/2014	3	7	11,690
Hazelwood School District	4/8/2014	3	7	18,655
Independence School District	4/8/2014	2	7	14,545
Kansas City Public Schools	4/8/2014	5	9	15,835
Lee's Summit R-7 Schools	4/8/2014	3	7	17,803
Liberty Public Schools	4/8/2014	3	7	10,936
Mehlville School District	4/8/2014	3	7	11,006
North Kansas City Schools	4/8/2014	2	7	18,764
Park Hill School District	4/8/2014	3	7	10,307
Parkway Schools	4/8/2014	3	7	17,458
Rockwood School District	4/8/2014	3	7	22,823
Springfield Public Schools	4/8/2014	2	7	24,730
St. Joseph School District	4/8/2014	2	7	11,709
Wentzville R-IV School District	4/8/2014	3	7	12,914
St. Louis Public Schools	11/4/2014	2	7	24,665

State profile

Demographic data for Missouri
	Missouri	U.S.
Total population:	6,076,204	316,515,021
Land area (sq mi):	68,742	3,531,905
Race and ethnicity**
White:	82.6%	73.6%
Black/African American:	11.5%	12.6%
Asian:	1.8%	5.1%
Native American:	0.4%	0.8%
Pacific Islander:	0.1%	0.2%
Two or more:	2.4%	3%
Hispanic/Latino:	3.9%	17.1%
Education
High school graduation rate:	88.4%	86.7%
College graduation rate:	27.1%	29.8%
Income
Median household income:	$48,173	$53,889
Persons below poverty level:	18.2%	11.3%
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, "American Community Survey" (5-year estimates 2010-2015) Click here for more information on the 2020 census and here for more on its impact on the redistricting process in Missouri. **Note: Percentages for race and ethnicity may add up to more than 100 percent because respondents may report more than one race and the Hispanic/Latino ethnicity may be selected in conjunction with any race. Read more about race and ethnicity in the census here.

Presidential voting pattern

See also: Presidential voting trends in Missouri

Missouri voted Republican in all seven presidential elections between 2000 and 2024.

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Academic performance

See also: Public education in Missouri

Education terms
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NAEP scores

See also: NAEP scores by state

The National Center for Education Statistics provides state-by-state data on student achievement levels in mathematics and reading in the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP). Compared to three neighboring states (Arkansas, Illinois, and Iowa), Missouri had the second smallest share of eighth grade students who scored at or above proficient in math during the 2012-2013 school year.

Percent of students scoring at or above proficient, 2012-2013
	Math - Grade 4	Math - Grade 8	Reading - Grade 4	Reading - Grade 8
Missouri	39%	33%	35%	36%
Arkansas	39%	28%	32%	30%
Illinois	39%	36%	34%	36%
Iowa	48%	36%	38%	37%
U.S. average	41%	34%	34%	34%
Source: United States Department of Education, ED Data Express, "State Tables," accessed May 13, 2014

Graduation, ACT and SAT scores

See also: Graduation rates by groups in state and ACT and SAT scores in the U.S.

The following table shows the graduation rates and average composite ACT and SAT scores for Missouri and surrounding states for 2012 and 2013.

Comparison table for graduation rates and test scores*
State	Graduation rate, 2012		Average ACT composite, 2012		Average SAT composite, 2013
	Percent	Quintile ranking**	Score	Participation rate	Score	Participation rate
Missouri	86%	First	21.6	75%	1,773	4%
Arkansas	84%	Second	20.3	88%	1,697	4%
Illinois	82%	Third	20.9	100%	1,807	5%
Iowa	89%	First	22.1	63%	1,763	3%
U.S. average	80%		21.1		1,498
*Regulatory Adjusted Cohort Rate (except for Idaho, Kentucky, Oklahoma, which did not report “Regulatory Adjusted Cohort Graduation Rate,” but instead used their own method of calculation). **Graduation rates for states in the first quintile ranked in the top 20 percent nationally. Similarly, graduation rates for states in the fifth quintile ranked in the bottom 20 percent nationally. Source: United States Department of Education, ED Data Express

Dropout rate

See also: Public high school dropout rates by state for a full comparison of dropout rates by group in all states

The high school event dropout rate indicates the proportion of students who were enrolled at some time during the school year and were expected to be enrolled in grades 9–12 in the following school year but were not enrolled by October 1 of the following school year. Students who have graduated, transferred to another school, died, moved to another country, or who are out of school due to illness are not considered dropouts. The average public high school event dropout rate for the United States remained constant at 3.3 percent for both school year 2010–11 and school year 2011–12. The event dropout rate for Missouri was higher than the national average at 3.4 percent in the 2010-2011 school year. The dropout rate was lower than the national average at 2.9 percent in the 2011-2012 school year.

See also

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