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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)
292346001356	261	Pacific High	Public, Magnet	9-12	425 Indian Warpath Dr	Pacific	63069	Franklin County	Meramec Valley R-III	No	Yes	No	No	(636) 271-1414	968	57	17	36.0%	858 (88.6%)	9 (0.9%)	54 (5.6%)	11 (1.1%)	1 (0.1%)	0 (0.0%)	35 (3.6%)	$11,980			$1,486			$10,494	30.8	39.2	203	58
290285000002	262	Adrian Senior High	Public	6-12	601 N Houston	Adrian	64720	Bates County	Adrian R-III	No	No	No	No	(816) 297-4460	406	29	13.9	23.4%	388 (95.6%)	5 (1.2%)	13 (3.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	$9,204			$336			$8,868	30.1	35.3	220	42
292853001764	263	South Pemiscot High	Public	7-12	611 Beasley Rd	Steele	63877	Pemiscot County	South Pemiscot County R-V	No	No	No	No	(573) 695-3342	232	20	11.5	100.0%	142 (61.2%)	60 (25.9%)	12 (5.2%)	1 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	17 (7.3%)	$10,839						$10,839	29.9	29.7	249	14
291229000496	264	Fort Osage High	Public	9-12	25102 E. US 24 Highway	Independence	64016	Jackson County	Fort Osage R-I	No	No	No	No	(816) 650-7030	1,575	87	18.2	39.0%	1,112 (70.6%)	137 (8.7%)	191 (12.1%)	12 (0.8%)	7 (0.4%)	39 (2.5%)	77 (4.9%)	$11,928			$3,456			$8,473	29.4	39.5	200	64
292274001254	265	North Callaway High	Public	9-12	2700 Thunderbird Dr	Kingdom City	65262	Callaway County	North Callaway County R-I	No	No	No	No	(573) 386-2211	343	28	12	40.8%	316 (92.1%)	6 (1.7%)	8 (2.3%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	12 (3.5%)	$11,298			$2,542			$8,756	29.4	36.1	215	50
290825000225	266	Center Senior High	Public	9-12	8715 Holmes Rd	Kansas City	64131	Jackson County	Center 58	No	No	No	Yes	(816) 349-3330	695	57	12	64.2%	112 (16.1%)	448 (64.5%)	80 (11.5%)	4 (0.6%)	2 (0.3%)	2 (0.3%)	47 (6.8%)	$18,019			$2,815			$15,204	29.2	14.9	305	39
290507000066	267	Billings Senior High	Public	7-12	118 W Mt Vernon	Billings	65610	Christian County	Billings R-IV	No	No	No	No	(417) 744-2551	149	16	9.1	38.3%	134 (89.9%)	3 (2.0%)	9 (6.0%)	2 (1.3%)	1 (0.7%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	$13,321			$1,915			$11,407	29			(n/a)
291041000341	268	Cuba High	Public	9-12	1 Wildcat Pride Dr	Cuba	65453	Crawford County	Crawford County R-II	No	No	No	No	(573) 885-2534	441	30	14.5	33.8%	403 (91.4%)	1 (0.2%)	30 (6.8%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	7 (1.6%)	$9,293			$476			$8,816	28.9	26.2	258	10
291548003096	269	Van Horn High	Public	9-12	1109 S Arlington Ave	Independence	64053	Jackson County	Independence 30	No	No	No	Yes	(816) 521-5360	1,113	61	18.1	79.2%	470 (42.2%)	180 (16.2%)	409 (36.7%)	7 (0.6%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (0.3%)	44 (4.0%)	$11,960			$2,404			$9,556	28.6	13.3	313	44
292280001293	270	Winnetonka High	Public	9-12	5815 NE 48th St	Kansas City	64119	Clay County	North Kansas City 74	No	No	No	No	(816) 321-5340	1,254	88	14.2	64.0%	590 (47.0%)	250 (19.9%)	238 (19.0%)	26 (2.1%)	5 (0.4%)	7 (0.6%)	138 (11.0%)	$14,862			$718			$14,145	28.5	34	224	46

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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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