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School															Students/Teachers											Per Pupil Expenditures (2022)							Ranking (2024 vs 2023)
ID	Rank (of 378)	School	Type	Grades	Address	City	Zip	County	District	Is Charter	Is Magnet	Is Virtual	Is Title I	Phone	# Students	Full-time Teachers	Student/ Teacher Ratio	Free/Disc Lunch Recipients	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Per Pupil Expenditures: Total	Personnel from Federal Funds	Non-Personnel from Federal Funds	Total from Federal Funds	Personnel from State and Local Funds	Non-Personnel from State and Local Funds	Total from State and Local Funds	Average Standard Score (2024)	Average Standard Score (2023)	Rank (2023)	Rank Change from 2023	SchoolDigger Rating (2024)
292310001325	211	Odessa High	Public	9-12	713 S Third St	Odessa	64076	Lafayette County	Odessa R-Vii	No	No	No	No	(816) 633-5533	651	48	13.4	32.1%	575 (88.3%)	3 (0.5%)	43 (6.6%)	2 (0.3%)	2 (0.3%)	1 (0.2%)	25 (3.8%)	$11,091			$1,173			$9,918	40.3	50.8	127	84
290817000219	212	Cassville High	Public	9-12	1501 Main St	Cassville	65625	Barry County	Cassville R-IV	No	No	No	No	(417) 847-3137	626	40	15.6	55.0%	526 (84.0%)	0 (0.0%)	38 (6.1%)	9 (1.4%)	0 (0.0%)	5 (0.8%)	48 (7.7%)	$10,475			$2,265			$8,209	40.2	38.9	204	8
290566000115	213	Bowling Green High	Public	9-12	700 West Adams Street	Bowling Green	63334	Pike County	Bowling Green R-I	No	No	No	No	(573) 324-5341	380	30	12.5	32.4%	348 (91.6%)	5 (1.3%)	8 (2.1%)	1 (0.3%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	17 (4.5%)	$11,503			$1,006			$10,497	40	37	209	4
291449000680	214	Holden High	Public	9-12	1901 S Main	Holden	64040	Johnson County	Holden R-III	No	No	No	No	(816) 732-5523	385	28	13.9	42.6%	335 (87.0%)	4 (1.0%)	18 (4.7%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (0.8%)	1 (0.3%)	24 (6.2%)	$11,510			$1,376			$10,134	39.7	29.9	247	33
290986000286	215	Clinton Senior High	Public	9-12	1106 S 2nd Street	Clinton	64735	Henry County	Clinton	No	No	No	No	(660) 885-2247	628	37	16.7	42.5%	557 (88.7%)	12 (1.9%)	22 (3.5%)	5 (0.8%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	31 (4.9%)	$11,703			$1,216			$10,487	39.7	41.2	183	32
290059003181	216	Frontier School Of Excellence-U	Public, Charter	9-12	5605 Troost Ave	Kansas City	64110	Jackson County	Frontier Schools	Yes	No	No	Yes	(816) 822-1331	168	20	8.5	100.0%	6 (3.6%)	77 (45.8%)	83 (49.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (1.2%)	$17,439			$4,186			$13,253	39.7	14.5	307	91
293180002224	217	Midway High	Public	7-12	5801 E State Rte 2	Cleveland	64734	Cass County	Midway R-I	No	No	No	No	(816) 250-2994	204	19	10.6	30.4%	189 (92.6%)	0 (0.0%)	7 (3.4%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (1.5%)	0 (0.0%)	5 (2.5%)	$14,012			$553			$13,459	39.2	36.7	212	5
292910001864	218	St. Clair High	Public	9-12	1015 High School Dr	Saint Clair	63077	Franklin County	St. Clair R-Xiii	No	No	No	No	(636) 629-3500	648	48	13.5	49.8%	597 (92.1%)	8 (1.2%)	8 (1.2%)	1 (0.2%)	3 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	31 (4.8%)	$10,978			$1,267			$9,711	38.8	33.1	228	10
292943002037	219	Steelville High	Public	9-12	17154 Highway 19	Steelville	65565	Crawford County	Steelville R-III	No	No	No	No	(573) 775-2144	296	25	12	54.1%	279 (94.3%)	3 (1.0%)	3 (1.0%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	10 (3.4%)	$10,729			$1,074			$9,655	38.6	47.1	155	64
291548000722	220	Truman High	Public	9-12	3301 S Noland Rd	Independence	64055	Jackson County	Independence 30	No	No	No	Yes	(816) 521-5350	1,700	88	19.3	57.8%	923 (54.3%)	269 (15.8%)	401 (23.6%)	18 (1.1%)	6 (0.4%)	14 (0.8%)	69 (4.1%)	$11,558			$2,148			$9,411	38.4	51.8	124	96

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Schooldigger calculates school rankings based on MAP Mathematics, MAP Science, MAP English Language Arts, MAP Algebra I, MAP Biology I, MAP English II, MAP Algebra II, MAP English I, MAP Geometry, MAP Government, MAP American History, MAP Physics test scores released by the Missouri Department of Elementary and Secondary Education.
These rankings were last updated on November 26, 2024, and are based on the most recent test scores available. We update rankings as we receive new test scores from the Missouri Department of Elementary and Secondary Education, usually on a yearly basis.
Our sources of data include the National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education and the Missouri Department of Elementary and Secondary Education.
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SchoolDigger data sources: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education, the U.S. Census Bureau and the Missouri Department of Elementary and Secondary Education.