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Transparency scorecard

Missouri

Grade D

51/100 points · Ranked #31 of 51 jurisdictions. Agency: Missouri Department of Elementary and Secondary Education, Office of Childhood.

Score breakdown

Record depth
About 35 months of inspection history on file.
8/25
Downloadable data
Data is reachable via a public search form or portal API, not a bulk dump.
10/20
Severity levels
State does not publish a usable severity/risk tier for citations.
0/15
Complaints published
Complaint rows exist (949), but dispositions are limited or unmapped.
8/15
% with any inspection
95.1% of providers have at least one inspection on file (2,560 of 2,692).
15/15
Access friction
No CAPTCHA, IP block, or auth wall on the primary public records path.
10/10

Licensing portal with correction status.

What this grade means

See the dimension evidence above and the national rubric for how points were assigned.

Browse Missouri providers on KinderFax. Official portal: Show Me Child Care Provider Search. Download the national CSV: transparency-scorecard.csv.