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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)
290348000030	281	Atlanta High	Public	7-12	600 S Atterberry	Atlanta	63530	Macon County	Atlanta C-3	No	No	No	No	(660) 239-4211	94	12	7.9	48.9%	91 (96.8%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (3.2%)	$13,349			$682			$12,667	25.2	25.1	262	19
290417000042	282	Ballard High	Public	7-12	10247 NE State Route 18	Butler	64730	Bates County	Ballard R-II	No	No	No	No	(816) 297-2656	56	9	6.3	55.4%	49 (87.5%)	2 (3.6%)	3 (5.4%)	2 (3.6%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	$16,862			$978			$15,883	24.7			(n/a)
291440000672	283	Lafayette County High	Public	9-12	807a W 31st	Higginsville	64037	Lafayette County	Lafayette County C-1	No	No	No	No	(660) 584-3661	290	24	11.9	39.3%	251 (86.6%)	12 (4.1%)	11 (3.8%)	2 (0.7%)	3 (1.0%)	1 (0.3%)	10 (3.4%)	$14,198			$429			$13,769	24.7	40.4	194	89
292041001086	284	Marshall Senior High	Public	9-12	805 S Miami	Marshall	65340	Saline County	Marshall	No	No	No	No	(660) 886-2244	797	57	14	44.8%	429 (53.8%)	27 (3.4%)	228 (28.6%)	5 (0.6%)	0 (0.0%)	46 (5.8%)	62 (7.8%)	$13,229			$3,791			$9,438	24.7	31.1	238	46
292706001644	285	Benton High	Public	9-12	5655 S Fourth	Saint Joseph	64504	Buchanan County	St. Joseph	No	No	No	No	(816) 671-4030	702	49	14.2	36.9%	521 (74.2%)	18 (2.6%)	104 (14.8%)	1 (0.1%)	2 (0.3%)	7 (1.0%)	49 (7.0%)	$12,597			$514			$12,083	24.6	12.9	317	32
293107002152	286	Warsaw High School	Public	9-12	20363 Lane Of Champions	Warsaw	65355	Benton County	Warsaw R-Ix	No	No	No	No	(660) 438-7351	396	26	14.9	100.0%	364 (91.9%)	3 (0.8%)	13 (3.3%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	14 (3.5%)	$11,051			$1,039			$10,012	24.6	18.1	284	2
290489000059	287	Thomas W. Kelly High	Public	9-12	4035 State Hwy 77	Benton	63736	Scott County	Scott County R-IV	No	No	No	No	(573) 545-3541	315	24	13.2	46.0%	301 (95.6%)	3 (1.0%)	5 (1.6%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	5 (1.6%)	$9,350			$478			$8,872	24.3	38.3	207	80
292643001551	288	Richland High	Public	7-12	714 E Jefferson	Richland	65556	Pulaski County	Richland R-IV	No	No	No	No	(573) 765-3711	213	21	10.2	58.7%	203 (95.3%)	2 (0.9%)	3 (1.4%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.5%)	1 (0.5%)	3 (1.4%)	$12,762			$2,005			$10,757	24.1			(n/a)
291083000369	289	Dixon High	Public	9-12	300 E. High School Dr	Dixon	65459	Pulaski County	Dixon R-I	No	No	No	No	(573) 759-7163	276	23	12.1	32.6%	249 (90.2%)	7 (2.5%)	13 (4.7%)	1 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	6 (2.2%)	$10,265			$2,710			$7,555	24	30	246	43
290846000248	290	Chaffee Junior-Senior High	Public	7-12	517 W Yoakum Ave	Chaffee	63740	Scott County	Chaffee R-II	No	No	No	No	(573) 887-3226	290	25	11.5	52.8%	275 (94.8%)	9 (3.1%)	5 (1.7%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.3%)	$9,858			$2,821			$7,036	23.6	16.3	298	8

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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.