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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)
291077000363	121	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	55.4	40.6	188	67
292709001678	122	Salem Senior High	Public	9-12	1400 Tiger Pride Dr	Salem	65560	Dent County	Salem R-80	No	No	No	No	(573) 729-6642	616	39	15.7	46.3%	572 (92.9%)	1 (0.2%)	18 (2.9%)	1 (0.2%)	6 (1.0%)	1 (0.2%)	17 (2.8%)	$8,533			$2,118			$6,415	55.1	39.9	198	76
290702000176	123	Cameron High	Public	9-12	1220 S Park Avenue	Cameron	64429	Clinton County	Cameron R-I	No	No	No	No	(816) 882-1036	500	36	13.7	38.2%	447 (89.4%)	3 (0.6%)	12 (2.4%)	4 (0.8%)	4 (0.8%)	0 (0.0%)	30 (6.0%)	$11,333			$2,058			$9,275	54.6	57.7	93	30
293231002266	124	Wright City High	Public	9-12	520 Westwoods Rd	Wright City	63390	Warren County	Wright City R-II Of Warren County	No	No	No	No	(636) 745-7500	536	33	16.2	40.9%	417 (77.8%)	21 (3.9%)	71 (13.2%)	2 (0.4%)	1 (0.2%)	2 (0.4%)	22 (4.1%)	$11,527			$1,436			$10,091	54.5	59.1	85	39
292886001796	125	Glendale High	Public	9-12	2727 S Ingram Mill	Springfield	65804	Greene County	Springfield R-Xii	No	No	No	No	(417) 523-8900	1,307	84	15.6	33.3%	1,036 (79.3%)	66 (5.0%)	94 (7.2%)	36 (2.8%)	5 (0.4%)	4 (0.3%)	66 (5.0%)	$11,894			$1,920			$9,974	54.4	33.3	227	102
292766001702	126	Schuyler County High	Public	7-12	21701 Highway 63	Queen City	63561	Schuyler County	Schuyler County R-I	No	No	No	No	(660) 956-4125	242	24	10.1	40.1%	231 (95.5%)	1 (0.4%)	3 (1.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	7 (2.9%)	$13,012			$1,356			$11,656	54.2			(n/a)
292316001331	127	Orchard Farm High School	Public	9-12	2555 Hwy B	Saint Charles	63301	St. Charles County	Orchard Farm R-V	No	No	No	No	(636) 695-8650	632	36	17.4	22.3%	483 (76.4%)	51 (8.1%)	59 (9.3%)	11 (1.7%)	4 (0.6%)	0 (0.0%)	24 (3.8%)	$13,326			$510			$12,816	54.2	53	117	10
292937002033	128	Ste. Genevieve Senior High	Public	9-12	715 Washington St	Ste Genevieve	63670	Ste. Genevieve County	Ste. Genevieve County R-II	No	No	No	No	(573) 883-4500	517	45	11.4	33.8%	487 (94.2%)	0 (0.0%)	7 (1.4%)	3 (0.6%)	3 (0.6%)	0 (0.0%)	17 (3.3%)	$15,685			$2,103			$13,582	53.9	61.2	81	47
291230000506	129	Fox Senior High	Public	9-12	751 Jeffco Blvd	Arnold	63010	Jefferson County	Fox C-6	No	No	No	No	(636) 296-5210	1,742	101	17.2	27.8%	1,453 (83.4%)	47 (2.7%)	82 (4.7%)	30 (1.7%)	14 (0.8%)	16 (0.9%)	100 (5.7%)	$8,914			$609			$8,305	53.5	48.6	145	16
290576000122	130	Branson High	Public	9-12	935 Buchanan Rd	Branson	65616	Taney County	Branson R-IV	No	No	No	No	(417) 334-6511	1,423	87	16.3	46.0%	1,053 (74.0%)	37 (2.6%)	223 (15.7%)	29 (2.0%)	11 (0.8%)	2 (0.1%)	68 (4.8%)	$10,268			$1,473			$8,795	53.4	56.7	98	32

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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.
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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.