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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)
290000401488	241	Central High School	Public	9-12	310 Us Hwy 61	New Madrid	63869	New Madrid County	New Madrid County R-I	No	No	No	Yes	(573) 688-2165	400	32	12.6	100.0%	257 (64.3%)	105 (26.3%)	14 (3.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	24 (6.0%)	$17,175			$1,865			$15,310	34.4	43.8	169	72
292133001169	242	Montgomery County High	Public	9-12	394 N Hwy 19	Montgomery City	63361	Montgomery County	Montgomery County R-II	No	No	No	No	(573) 564-2213	363	26	13.7	42.7%	333 (91.7%)	4 (1.1%)	10 (2.8%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.6%)	0 (0.0%)	14 (3.9%)	$11,959			$4,478			$7,481	34.3	52.9	119	123
292175001200	243	Neelyville High	Public	7-12	289 Broadway St	Neelyville	63954	Butler County	Neelyville R-IV	No	No	No	No	(573) 989-3815	271	25	10.7	50.9%	253 (93.4%)	5 (1.8%)	4 (1.5%)	2 (0.7%)	2 (0.7%)	0 (0.0%)	5 (1.8%)	$10,465			$1,611			$8,854	33.9	37.6	208	35
291032000335	244	Sherwood High	Public	9-12	33300 S Sherwood Dr	Creighton	64739	Henry County	Sherwood Cass R-VIII	No	No	No	No	(660) 499-2239	256	20	13.1	35.2%	240 (93.8%)	0 (0.0%)	7 (2.7%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (1.2%)	0 (0.0%)	6 (2.3%)	$10,752			$564			$10,188	33.7	41.2	184	60
292648001554	245	Richmond High	Public	9-12	451 E South	Richmond	64085	Ray County	Richmond R-XVI	No	No	No	No	(816) 776-2226	454	33	13.6	32.4%	400 (88.1%)	11 (2.4%)	9 (2.0%)	3 (0.7%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	30 (6.6%)	$12,344			$333			$12,011	33.6	25.8	260	15
291377000608	246	Hartville High	Public	9-12	175 N. School Ave	Hartville	65667	Wright County	Hartville R-II	No	No	No	Yes	(417) 741-6223	304	26	11.5	50.7%	296 (97.4%)	0 (0.0%)	5 (1.6%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (1.0%)	$10,136			$1,951			$8,185	33.5			(n/a)
292553001500	247	Prairie Home High	Public	6-12	301 Hwy Drive	Prairie Home	65068	Cooper County	Prairie Home R-V	No	No	No	Yes	(660) 841-5296	71	8	8.9	33.8%	67 (94.4%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (4.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (1.4%)	$12,303			$1,766			$10,537	33.2			(n/a)
293084002131	248	Morgan County High	Public	9-12	913 W Newton	Versailles	65084	Morgan County	Morgan County R-II	No	No	No	No	(573) 378-4697	417	30	13.9	51.1%	374 (89.7%)	6 (1.4%)	11 (2.6%)	3 (0.7%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	22 (5.3%)	$13,590			$2,403			$11,187	33	32.3	233	15
292353001365	249	Paris High	Public	9-12	25686 Bus Hwy 24	Paris	65275	Monroe County	Paris R-II	No	No	No	No	(660) 289-0970	135	14	9.7	38.5%	124 (91.9%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.7%)	2 (1.5%)	2 (1.5%)	1 (0.7%)	5 (3.7%)	$15,134			$1,853			$13,281	32.8	17.3	294	45
290525000073	250	Bloomfield High	Public	9-12	505 Court St	Bloomfield	63825	Stoddard County	Bloomfield R-XIV	No	No	No	Yes	(573) 568-2146	182	16	11.6	44.5%	171 (94.0%)	1 (0.5%)	3 (1.6%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	7 (3.8%)	$10,563			$417			$10,146	32.7	47.1	158	92

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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.
For more information about our ranking process, please see our Ranking FAQ. Details about our methodology are here.

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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.