Best High Schools in Missouri

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The list is updated annually upon the release of the MAP test scores by the Missouri Department of Elementary and Secondary Education. The most recent update was on Wednesday, January 10, 2024.

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School															Students/Teachers											Per Pupil Expenditures (2022)							Ranking (2023 vs 2022)
ID	Rank (of 352)	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 (2023)	Average Standard Score (2022)	Rank (2022)	Rank Change from 2022	SchoolDigger Rating (2023)
290059003232	181	Frontier Stem High School	Public, Charter	9-12	6455 E Commerce Ave.	Kansas City	64120	Jackson County	Frontier Schools	Yes	No	No	Yes	(816) 241-6202	362	34	10.6	72.9%	20 (5.5%)	73 (20.2%)	264 (72.9%)	4 (1.1%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.3%)	$13,591			$2,186			$11,406	41.5	25.1	267	86
292181001209	182	Neosho High	Public	9-12	511 Neosho Blvd	Neosho	64850	Newton County	Neosho School District	No	No	No	No	(417) 451-8670	1,491	82	18.2	47.5%	973 (65.3%)	11 (0.7%)	281 (18.8%)	14 (0.9%)	34 (2.3%)	98 (6.6%)	80 (5.4%)	$9,743			$868			$8,875	41.4	38	204	22
290986000286	183	Clinton Senior High	Public	9-12	1106 S 2nd Street	Clinton	64735	Henry County	Clinton	No	No	No	No	(660) 885-2247	604	37	16.3	34.3%	522 (86.4%)	17 (2.8%)	29 (4.8%)	6 (1.0%)	1 (0.2%)	1 (0.2%)	28 (4.6%)	$11,703			$1,216			$10,487	41.2	48.4	159	24
291032000335	184	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	41.2	61.1	88	96
293183002226	185	Fatima High	Public	7-12	143 E Main	Westphalia	65085	Osage County	Osage County R-III	No	No	No	No	(573) 455-2550	493	32	15.3	15.4%	489 (99.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (0.8%)	$9,214			$608			$8,606	41	39.6	197	12
292545001475	186	Poplar Bluff High	Public	9-12	3209 Oak Grove Road	Poplar Bluff	63901	Butler County	Poplar Bluff R-I	No	No	No	No	(573) 785-6471	1,504	90	16.7	56.1%	1,183 (78.7%)	172 (11.4%)	50 (3.3%)	5 (0.3%)	8 (0.5%)	1 (0.1%)	85 (5.7%)	$10,582			$1,751			$8,830	40.9	42.5	184	2
291923001040	187	Lone Jack High	Public	6-12	313 S Bynum Rd	Lone Jack	64070	Jackson County	Lone Jack C-6	No	No	No	No	(816) 697-3539	398	29	13.5	18.1%	352 (88.4%)	3 (0.8%)	24 (6.0%)	4 (1.0%)	9 (2.3%)	0 (0.0%)	6 (1.5%)	$11,244			$783			$10,461	40.9			(n/a)
291077000363	188	Dexter High	Public	9-12	1101 W Grant St	Dexter	63841	Stoddard County	Dexter R-Xi	No	No	No	No	(573) 614-1030	587	42	14.1	44.3%	552 (94.0%)	10 (1.7%)	12 (2.0%)	4 (0.7%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	9 (1.5%)	$9,552			$2,553			$6,999	40.6	38.3	203	15
292533001461	189	Pleasant Hill High	Public	9-12	1 Rooster Way	Pleasant Hill	64080	Cass County	Pleasant Hill R-III	No	No	No	No	(816) 540-3111	712	44	16.1	11.8%	636 (89.3%)	3 (0.4%)	34 (4.8%)	3 (0.4%)	2 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	34 (4.8%)	$10,308			$726			$9,582	40.6	62.3	81	108
292757001693	190	Savannah High	Public	9-12	701 State Rte E	Savannah	64485	Andrew County	Savannah R-III	No	No	No	No	(816) 324-3128	712	45	15.8	21.6%	658 (92.4%)	9 (1.3%)	26 (3.7%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	17 (2.4%)	$10,035			$445			$9,591	40.6	55.9	111	79

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About our rankings:

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 January 10, 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.