Frontier Schools

The Frontier Schools district in Missouri consists of 5 schools, including 1 elementary school, 2 middle schools, and 2 high schools. The district serves a high-need population, with a majority of students qualifying for free or reduced-price lunch. While the district as a whole underperforms the state of Missouri in academic assessments, there are some standout schools that are worth highlighting.

The top-performing school in the district is Frontier STEM High School, which ranks 97th out of 378 Missouri high schools and earns a 4-star rating from SchoolDigger. This school boasts a strong 93.5% four-year graduation rate, a low 1.4% dropout rate, and outperforms the district and state in Algebra I and Biology I end-of-course exams. Another standout is Frontier School of Innovation-M, a middle school that ranks 208th out of 451 Missouri middle schools and has particularly strong 8th-grade performance in Mathematics and English Language Arts.

While the district faces significant challenges, such as high chronic absenteeism rates and a need for targeted interventions to improve student outcomes, the data also highlights pockets of success. By closely examining the factors contributing to the performance of the standout schools and applying those lessons to the lower-performing schools, the Frontier Schools district may be able to drive meaningful improvements in student achievement across the board.