Best High Schools in Missouri

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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)
292928000434	361	Gateway High	Public, Magnet	9-12	5101 McRee Ave	Saint Louis	63110	St. Louis city	St. Louis City	No	Yes	No	Yes	(314) 776-3300	825	72	11.3	99.6%	92 (11.2%)	548 (66.4%)	133 (16.1%)	44 (5.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	8 (1.0%)	$16,839			$775			$16,063	5.7	5.3	333	28
292928001994	362	Roosevelt High	Public	9-12	3230 Hartford St	Saint Louis	63118	St. Louis city	St. Louis City	No	No	No	Yes	(314) 776-6040	460	35	13	99.3%	34 (7.4%)	365 (79.3%)	49 (10.7%)	10 (2.2%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	$16,632			$999			$15,633	5.6	4.2	337	25
291640003097	363	Southeast High School	Public	9-12	3500 E Meyer Blvd	Kansas City	64131	Jackson County	Kansas City 33	No	No	No	Yes	(816) 418-1075	487	35	13.9	99.4%	20 (4.1%)	411 (84.4%)	38 (7.8%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	9 (1.8%)	8 (1.6%)	$18,844			$3,341			$15,503	5.6	4.5	335	28
292667001586	364	Riverview Gardens Senior High	Public	9-12	1218 Shepley Dr	Saint Louis	63137	St. Louis County	Riverview Gardens	No	No	No	Yes	(314) 869-4700	1,331	66	20.2	99.8%	12 (0.9%)	1,302 (97.8%)	15 (1.1%)	1 (0.1%)	1 (0.1%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	$12,992			$2,647			$10,345	5.5	10	327	37
291201003371	365	The Innovation School At Cv	Public	9-12	1351 South Florissant Road	Saint Louis	63121	St. Louis County	Ferguson-Florissant R-II	No	No	No	Yes	(314) 521-5622	146	15	9.6	97.9%	8 (5.5%)	123 (84.2%)	5 (3.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	10 (6.8%)	$18,019			$2,404			$15,615	5.4			(n/a)
292928000790	366	Soldan International Studies	Public, Magnet	9-12	918 N Union Blvd	Saint Louis	63108	St. Louis city	St. Louis City	No	Yes	No	Yes	(314) 367-9222	487	41	11.9	99.4%	8 (1.6%)	439 (90.1%)	28 (5.7%)	6 (1.2%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	5 (1.0%)	$15,749			$533			$15,216	5.4	2.3	351	15
291201000472	367	McCluer High	Public	9-12	1896 S Florissant Rd	Florissant	63031	St. Louis County	Ferguson-Florissant R-II	No	No	No	Yes	(314) 506-9400	1,181	80	14.6	99.7%	28 (2.4%)	1,052 (89.1%)	54 (4.6%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.2%)	1 (0.1%)	44 (3.7%)	$14,956			$1,222			$13,733	5.3	3.3	346	21
291640000840	368	Central High School	Public	9-12	3221 Indiana	Kansas City	64128	Jackson County	Kansas City 33	No	No	No	Yes	(816) 418-2005	535	37	14.4	99.4%	33 (6.2%)	428 (80.0%)	60 (11.2%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (0.7%)	3 (0.6%)	7 (1.3%)	$17,481			$3,762			$13,719	5.1	4.1	338	30
290057903102	369	Confluence Preparatory Academy	Public, Charter	9-12	310 North 15 Street	Saint Louis	63103	St. Louis city	Confluence Academies	Yes	No	No	Yes	(314) 588-1088	393	30	13.1	100.0%	7 (1.8%)	360 (91.6%)	21 (5.3%)	1 (0.3%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (0.8%)	$17,866			$5,260			$12,606	4.9	4.1	339	30
292928001882	370	Beaumont Cte High School	Public	9-12	3836 Natural Bridge Ave	Saint Louis	63107	St. Louis city	St. Louis City	No	No	No	Yes	(314) 533-2410	236			98.7%	33 (14.0%)	100 (42.4%)	77 (32.6%)	26 (11.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	$39,093			$3,973			$35,120	4.8	3.9	340	30

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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.