In this report, we bring together multiple publicly-available datasets and examine trends in public and non-public school enrollment over the past 16 years.

In this brief, our partners at Saint Louis Research Practice Collaborative analyze student mobility in Saint Louis schools.

This brief highlight trends from the the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) Long-Term Trend (LTT) results, which exclusively sampled a nationally-representative group of 9-year-old students and was intended to measure achievement changes during the pandemic in mathematics and reading. To contextualize, we examine the trends in MAP test scores for Missouri's 4th graders (typically 9-year-old students).

In this brief, we analyze how total public school enrollment and average building enrollment in St. Louis compare across Missouri and nationally. We find that St. Louis has smaller per building enrollments than virtually any other city in Missouri or nationally.

In this brief, we share an overview of the landscape of school choice in Missouri, with a focus on charter schools. We hope this information will inform legislative debate and ground those discussions in data. We discuss charter school spread, funding, and Missouri voters’ opinions about school choice.

In this policy brief, we describe the National Center for Education Statistics’ Condition of Education Report. The 2020 edition focuses on Internet access, postsecondary degree completion, as well as examines trends and patterns across all levels of education in the United States. We focus on changes over time and add some additional data from outside sources to create relevance for Missouri’s education landscape.

In this policy brief, we take a look at the results of the 2019 edition of the NAEP. Unlike previous years, Missouri saw its scores drop, specifically in 4th grade reading. We examine how different groups of students in Missouri performed, as well as how Missouri compared to neighboring states and the nation as whole.

In this policy brief, we take a dive into the ACT results for Missouri’s class of 2019 and how the decreased participation rate impacted scores in Missouri.

In this policy brief, we take a look Missouri’s NAEP performance over the years and how it has remained mostly unchanged over the last 14 years. We compare Missouri’s results to National trends and look at how different students have performed.