Fewer Missouri kindergartners are immunized

Last updated: Dec. 27, 2024

Around 9% of kindergarten students in Missouri public schools were not vaccinated against measles, mumps, and rubella in 2023, and nearly the same percentage were not immunized against polio, state data shows.

Statewide immunization rates, 2019-23

  • Public school
  • Private school

County immunization rates, 2023

Graphic by Josh Renaud / St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Source: Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services.