Experts rank Missouri Schools as the Least Safe in America
A recent ranking puts Missouri at the end of the list when it comes to safety in schools, are your kids safe when they go to school in the Show-Me State? Here are the details...
WalletHub recently released a list called States with the Best & Worst School Sytems 2024, overall Missouri's school system ranked 38th on the list. When I went to look at why Missouri was ranked so low, I was shocked to see the WalletHub experts determined Missouri has the lowest School Safety ranking with Mississippi.
How did WalletHub determine their Safety score? The Safety ranking is comprised of things like "Share of Threatened/Injured High School Students", "Share of High School Students with Access to Illegal Drugs", "Share of High School Students Participating in Violence", "Bullying Incidence Rate", and more. To see the full list of the best and worst school systems in the US this year, click here!
Did they get it right?
Obviously, the experts at WalletHub use an incredible amount of data when they are considering these lists, it just still doesn't feel right to me to say Missouri is at the bottom of the safest schools in the US. I have lived in the Tri-States now for 5 and a half years and I haven't seen 1 major issue of violence at Missouri schools in our area. In fact, according to this report from US News, Missouri which ranks 20 spots behind Illinois in School Safety, had 45 fewer people killed or wounded in school shootings compared to Illinois over the last 5 years. So, did they get it right? I don't know...
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