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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)
290978000282	251	Clever High	Public	9-12	6800 W Hwy 14	Clever	65631	Christian County	Clever R-V	No	No	No	No	(417) 743-4830	394	28	13.9	23.9%	365 (92.6%)	3 (0.8%)	11 (2.8%)	2 (0.5%)	4 (1.0%)	0 (0.0%)	9 (2.3%)	$9,097			$196			$8,901	32.4	47.1	156	95
292697001639	252	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	31.9	27	255	3
293114001901	253	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	31.9	27.1	254	1
290315000022	254	Arcadia Valley High	Public	9-12	520 Park Dr	Ironton	63650	Iron County	Arcadia Valley R-II	No	No	No	No	(573) 546-9700	343	23	14.7	50.1%	322 (93.9%)	2 (0.6%)	7 (2.0%)	1 (0.3%)	4 (1.2%)	0 (0.0%)	7 (2.0%)	$13,394			$2,024			$11,370	31.9	35.8	217	37
291155000411	255	Eugene High	Public	7-12	14803 Hwy 17	Eugene	65032	Cole County	Cole County R-V	No	No	No	No	(573) 498-4001	287	22	13.2	25.1%	273 (95.1%)	2 (0.7%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	10 (3.5%)	$9,552			$2,064			$7,488	31.7			(n/a)
292571001510	256	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%)								31.4	27.4	252	4
292453002387	257	Perryville Senior High	Public	9-12	326 College St	Perryville	63775	Perry County	Perry County 32	No	No	No	No	(573) 547-7500	755	44	17.1	39.2%	694 (91.9%)	6 (0.8%)	30 (4.0%)	6 (0.8%)	1 (0.1%)	0 (0.0%)	18 (2.4%)	$10,472			$700			$9,773	31.3	30.1	245	12
293052002095	258	Twin Rivers High	Public	9-12	9261 Highway 51	Broseley	63932	Butler County	Twin Rivers R-X	No	No	No	No	(573) 328-4730	249	20	12.3	90.0%	233 (93.6%)	4 (1.6%)	10 (4.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.8%)	$10,897			$1,210			$9,687	31.3			(n/a)
292847001759	259	South Iron High	Public	7-12	210 School St	Annapolis	63620	Iron County	South Iron County R-I	No	No	No	Yes	(573) 598-4241	164	15	10.8	72.0%	142 (86.6%)	8 (4.9%)	5 (3.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	9 (5.5%)	$12,086			$1,122			$10,964	31	17.6	289	30
292214001229	260	Newburg High	Public	7-12	701 Wolf Pride Dr	Newburg	65550	Phelps County	Newburg R-II	No	No	No	No	(573) 762-9653	208	16	12.6	54.8%	187 (89.9%)	4 (1.9%)	6 (2.9%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	11 (5.3%)	$10,711			$1,330			$9,381	31	17.7	288	28

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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 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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Educational resources:

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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.