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Six St. Louis-Area Districts Improved. Eight Still Exceed 39% Chronic Absence
> Correction (September 19, 2026): An earlier version of this article said Missouri's statewide chronic absenteeism rate was 17.1% in 2024-25 and that even the lowest rate among the eight districts wa...
A 26-Point Graduation Gap Separates Normandy and Clayton
> Correction (October 8, 2026): The Special School District’s reported outcome is a separate cohort, and these records do not establish comparable student populations across districts. This version re...
University City's Quiet Turnaround: 76 Percent to 94 Percent in Three Years
> Correction (October 8, 2026): The statewide improvement comparison now follows stable district IDs across name changes, increasing the eligible comparison from 139 districts to 140. University City’...
Nearly Four in Ten Missouri Districts Hit All-Time High Graduation Rates
Missouri's graduation surge is not a story confined to a few high-profile districts. In 2025, 179 of the state's 455 districts posted their highest four-year graduation rate on record, a share of 39.3...
Normandy’s Published Enrollment Fell 57.4% Across the Observed Window
> Correction (October 8, 2026): The district figures below have been independently reconciled to authenticated state enrollment files. The earlier series correction remains part of the article’s histo...
Missouri Hits an All-Time High: 92.7 Percent of Students Graduate on Time
Missouri graduated 92.7 percent of its four-year cohort in 2025, the highest rate in the state's history and roughly six percentage points above the most recently reported national four-year graduatio...
Missouri District Enrollment Histories Show Losses and Growth
> Correction (October 8, 2026): We have withdrawn this article’s claim that statewide enrollment reached a historical minimum. The district enrollment files contain unavailable counts, and summing the...