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Pride in Our School
- The Missouri Academy is one of only eight residential, publicly funded, early-entrance-to-college schools in the US, and only one of three schools that offers both an Associate of Science degree and a high school diploma, simultaneously, to its graduates;
- The Missouri Academy student residence hall is set up so that one adult live-in Residential Counselor (or RC), with at least a baccalaureate degree, oversees 24-28 Missouri Academy students. This configuration lends itself to a residential environment that optimally supports student development (particularly adolescents) and academic excellence;
- 86% of Missouri Academy graduates are able to transfer 60 or more credits to their new colleges and universities;
- In an annual survey of Missouri Academy graduates, greater than 92% rank Northwest Missouri State University professors to be as good as those at other colleges and universities - with regard to undergraduate teaching;
- About 50% of Missouri Academy students come from rural Missouri, while 25% come from the urban areas and 25% from the suburbs;
- More than 25% of first-year students (juniors) at the Missouri Academy participate in summer research at institutions such as Northwest Missouri State University, Missouri S&T, University of Missouri-Columbia and University of Missouri-St. Louis;
- Integrity and Quality (IQ) have a significant impact on Missouri Academy students and their living/learning environment as evidenced by:
- Student involvement in community service
- Very few disciplinary/behavioral issues
- Academic excellence
- Positive and productive interactions between Missouri Academy students and the traditional Northwest Missouri State University students on campus as well as the Maryville community
- Albeit in a small way, the Missouri Academy serves to reverse the larger societal problem/trend of the declining number of US youth choosing to specialize in STEM programs. It also serves as a model of how the final two years of the traditional secondary school environment might be reformed to be more academically meaningful to the student.
