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.