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)
291614000745	251	Jasper County High School	Public	7-12	201 W Mercer	Jasper	64755	Jasper County	Jasper County R-V	No	No	No	No	(417) 394-2511	236	20	11.8	55.1%	211 (89.4%)	1 (0.4%)	10 (4.2%)	5 (2.1%)	1 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	8 (3.4%)	$10,973			$748			$10,225	27.6			(n/a)
292571001510	252	Mark Twain Senior High	Public	9-12	21622 Hwy 19	Center	63436	Ralls County	Ralls County R-II	No	No	No	No	(573) 267-3397	257	19	13.6	31.1%	246 (95.7%)	8 (3.1%)	2 (0.8%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)								27.4			(n/a)
292081001137	253	Mexico High	Public	9-12	639 N Wade	Mexico	65265	Audrain County	Mexico 59	No	No	No	No	(573) 581-4296	746	45	16.6	52.9%	571 (76.5%)	37 (5.0%)	72 (9.7%)	5 (0.7%)	2 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	59 (7.9%)	$12,101			$1,630			$10,471	27.3	27.4	259	6
293114001901	254	Kingston High	Public	9-12	10047 Diamond Rd	Cadet	63630	Washington County	Kingston K-14	No	No	No	Yes	(573) 438-4982	254	18	14.5	98.8%	243 (95.7%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (1.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	8 (3.1%)	$9,872			$2,269			$7,603	27.1	34	223	31
292697001639	255	Russellville High	Public	7-12	13600 Rte C	Russellville	65074	Cole County	Cole County R-I	No	No	No	No	(573) 782-3973	306	23	13.1	26.5%	292 (95.4%)	5 (1.6%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.3%)	3 (1.0%)	0 (0.0%)	5 (1.6%)	$10,633			$2,518			$8,115	27	19	298	43
293087002134	256	Vienna High	Public	9-12	300 Fourth Street	Vienna	65582	Maries County	Maries County R-I	No	No	No	No	(573) 422-3363	167	14	11.8	31.1%	159 (95.2%)	2 (1.2%)	2 (1.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (2.4%)	$10,468			$1,310			$9,158	26.9	48.9	155	101
291020000328	257	Couch High	Public	7-12	22206 Mo 142	Myrtle	65778	Oregon County	Couch R-I	No	No	No	Yes	(417) 938-4212	93	11	8.4	77.4%	86 (92.5%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (1.1%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (2.2%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (4.3%)	$20,493			$4,493			$16,000	26.8			(n/a)
291041000341	258	Cuba High	Public	9-12	1 Wildcat Pride Dr	Cuba	65453	Crawford County	Crawford County R-II	No	No	No	No	(573) 885-2534	452	31	14.7	41.4%	418 (92.5%)	1 (0.2%)	28 (6.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	5 (1.1%)	$9,293			$476			$8,816	26.2	30.2	246	12
293078002124	259	Van-Far Junior/Senior High	Public	7-12	2200 Hwy 54 West	Vandalia	63382	Audrain County	Van-Far R-I	No	No	No	No	(573) 594-6442	262	23	11.1	50.4%	225 (85.9%)	10 (3.8%)	8 (3.1%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	19 (7.3%)	$10,555			$2,643			$7,912	25.8			(n/a)
292648001554	260	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	25.8	30.5	244	16

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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.