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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)
291998001063	91	Mansfield High	Public	9-12	315 W Ohio St	Mansfield	65704	Wright County	Mansfield R-IV	No	No	No	No	(417) 924-3236	174	18	9.8	43.1%	170 (97.7%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (1.1%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (1.1%)	$10,358			$1,327			$9,031	62.2	73.2	40	51
290699000175	92	Camdenton High	Public	9-12	119 Service Rd	Camdenton	65020	Camden County	Camdenton R-III	No	No	No	No	(573) 346-9232	1,288	88	14.5	43.3%	1,118 (86.8%)	16 (1.2%)	93 (7.2%)	10 (0.8%)	6 (0.5%)	3 (0.2%)	42 (3.3%)	$13,013			$796			$12,216	61.5	66.6	59	33
291038000340	93	Crystal City High	Public	7-12	1100 Mississippi	Crystal City	63019	Jefferson County	Crystal City 47	No	No	No	No	(636) 937-4411	227	18	12.9	43.2%	198 (87.2%)	14 (6.2%)	11 (4.8%)	3 (1.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.4%)	$10,035			$1,109			$8,927	61	50.1	136	43
292349001362	94	Palmyra High	Public	9-12	1703 S Main St	Palmyra	63461	Marion County	Palmyra R-I	No	No	No	No	(573) 769-2067	360	28	12.8	33.6%	333 (92.5%)	4 (1.1%)	7 (1.9%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	15 (4.2%)	$9,845			$237			$9,608	60.9	50.5	132	38
290450000044	95	Bayless Senior High	Public	9-12	4532 Weber Rd	Saint Louis	63123	St. Louis County	Bayless	No	No	No	No	(314) 256-8660	570	30	18.8	55.8%	370 (64.9%)	61 (10.7%)	40 (7.0%)	69 (12.1%)	2 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	28 (4.9%)	$11,091			$822			$10,269	60.6	58.2	90	5
291443000675	96	Hillsboro High	Public	9-12	123 Leon Hall Pkwy	Hillsboro	63050	Jefferson County	Hillsboro R-III	No	No	No	No	(636) 789-0010	1,124	68	16.5	27.7%	1,068 (95.0%)	4 (0.4%)	26 (2.3%)	3 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.1%)	22 (2.0%)	$9,781			$512			$9,269	60.5	55.9	101	5
290059003232	97	Frontier Stem High School	Public, Charter	9-12	6455 E Commerce Ave.	Kansas City	64120	Jackson County	Frontier Schools	Yes	No	No	Yes	(816) 241-6202	353	39	9	77.3%	18 (5.1%)	61 (17.3%)	270 (76.5%)	3 (0.8%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.3%)	$13,591			$2,186			$11,406	60.4	41.5	181	84
293057002101	98	Union High	Public	9-12	1217 West Main	Union	63084	Franklin County	Union R-Xi	No	No	No	No	(636) 583-2513	993	64	15.5	39.7%	903 (90.9%)	10 (1.0%)	25 (2.5%)	4 (0.4%)	4 (0.4%)	1 (0.1%)	46 (4.6%)	$10,182			$2,719			$7,463	60.2	62.9	77	21
292892001851	99	St. Charles West High	Public	9-12	3601 Droste Rd	Saint Charles	63301	St. Charles County	St. Charles R-VI	No	No	No	No	(636) 443-4200	633	63	10	2.1%	441 (69.7%)	107 (16.9%)	60 (9.5%)	18 (2.8%)	2 (0.3%)	3 (0.5%)	2 (0.3%)	$17,876			$1,022			$16,854	60	58.2	91	8
290000302458	100	Portageville High	Public	6-12	904 King Ave	Portageville	63873	New Madrid County	Portageville	No	No	No	No	(573) 379-3819	367	31	12	59.4%	279 (76.0%)	56 (15.3%)	3 (0.8%)	2 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	27 (7.4%)	$11,389			$2,620			$8,769	59.9			(n/a)

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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.