Best Middle Schools in Missouri for Gifted and Talented Students

Check out our new feature available only on SchoolDigger: rankings for different groups of students in Missouri!

Every year, the Missouri Department of Elementary and Secondary Education shares test results for various student groups in each school. We use these results to find out which schools do best for each group and list them from the best to the worst.

Additionally, we also compare the performance of the subgroup to the performance of the school as a whole. This makes it easy to see if, for example, Gifted and Talented students are overperforming or underperforming their peers in each school.

Year after year, SchoolDigger is always the first to publish Missouri test scores and rankings. Other sites use stale test score data that are several years old! Be in the know with the very latest performance metrics.

The list is updated annually upon the release of the MAP test scores by the Missouri Department of Elementary and Secondary Education. The most recent update was on Wednesday, January 10, 2024.

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School															Students/Teachers											Per Pupil Expenditures (2022)							Ranking (Gifted and Talented vs All Students - 2023)
ID	Rank (of 48)	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	Statewide Rank Percentile (Gifted and Talented)	Statewide Rank Percentile (All Students)	Rank Percentile Difference from All Students	SchoolDigger Rating (Gifted and Talented)	SchoolDigger Rating (All Students)
292886001786	1	Central High	Public, Magnet	6-12	423 E Central	Springfield	65802	Greene County	Springfield R-Xii	No	Yes	No	No	(417) 523-9600	1,464	114	12.8	51.0%	976 (66.7%)	140 (9.6%)	141 (9.6%)	99 (6.8%)	8 (0.5%)	5 (0.3%)	95 (6.5%)	$12,410			$1,426			$10,985	97.9%	99.8%	1.87%
292895002698	2	Bryan Middle	Public	6-8	605 Independence Rd	Saint Charles	63304	St. Charles County	Francis Howell R-III	No	No	No	No	(636) 851-5800	813	52	15.6	14.9%	633 (77.9%)	63 (7.7%)	46 (5.7%)	27 (3.3%)	2 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	42 (5.2%)	$11,679			$439			$11,240	95.8%	94.6%	1.28%
292358001555	3	West Middle	Public	6-8	2312 Baxter Rd	Chesterfield	63017	St. Louis County	Parkway C-2	No	No	No	No	(314) 415-7400	1,021	76	13.4	9.8%	632 (61.9%)	111 (10.9%)	37 (3.6%)	171 (16.7%)	2 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	68 (6.7%)	$13,171			$253			$12,918	93.8%	97.6%	3.85%
292685002785	4	Wildwood Middle	Public	6-8	17401 Manchester Rd	Wildwood	63038	St. Louis County	Rockwood R-VI	No	No	No	No	(636) 733-4230	567	48	11.8	9.0%	440 (77.6%)	36 (6.3%)	19 (3.4%)	48 (8.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	24 (4.2%)	$13,230			$305			$12,926	91.7%	95.4%	3.76%
292685002688	5	Rockwood Valley Middle	Public	6-8	1220 Babler Park Dr	Wildwood	63038	St. Louis County	Rockwood R-VI	No	No	No	No	(636) 733-4270	658	47	13.9	9.1%	494 (75.1%)	51 (7.8%)	31 (4.7%)	53 (8.1%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	29 (4.4%)	$11,443			$294			$11,149	89.6%	92.6%	3.01%
292895000220	6	Francis Howell Middle	Public	6-8	825 O'Fallon Rd	Saint Charles	63304	St. Charles County	Francis Howell R-III	No	No	No	No	(636) 851-4800	838	51	16.4	8.6%	697 (83.2%)	43 (5.1%)	22 (2.6%)	40 (4.8%)	5 (0.6%)	1 (0.1%)	30 (3.6%)	$11,250			$660			$10,590	87.5%	97.2%	9.67%
291677000925	7	North Kirkwood Middle	Public	6-8	11287 Manchester Rd	Kirkwood	63122	St. Louis County	Kirkwood R-Vii	No	No	No	No	(314) 213-6170	653	48	13.7	9.2%	530 (81.2%)	40 (6.1%)	35 (5.4%)	6 (0.9%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	41 (6.3%)	$14,217			$51			$14,166	85.4%	98.5%	13.06%
293165002869	8	Frontier Middle	Public	6-8	9233 Hwy Dd	O Fallon	63368	St. Charles County	Wentzville R-IV	No	No	No	No	(636) 625-1026	1,255	82	15.2	10.7%	995 (79.3%)	65 (5.2%)	72 (5.7%)	48 (3.8%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.1%)	74 (5.9%)	$12,025			$371			$11,654	83.3%	87.4%	4.03%
291854003226	9	Discovery Middle School	Public	6-8	800 Midjay Drive	Liberty	64068	Clay County	Liberty 53	No	No	No	No	(816) 736-7300	653	50	13.1	16.8%	473 (72.4%)	34 (5.2%)	62 (9.5%)	30 (4.6%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (0.6%)	50 (7.7%)	$12,634			$754			$11,880	81.3%	81.5%	0.23%
292280001282	10	New Mark Middle	Public	7-8	515 NE 106th St	Kansas City	64155	Clay County	North Kansas City 74	No	No	No	No	(816) 321-5290	1,005	62	16.2	36.3%	652 (64.9%)	124 (12.3%)	102 (10.1%)	24 (2.4%)	5 (0.5%)	2 (0.2%)	96 (9.6%)	$12,371			$502			$11,869	79.2%	87.8%	8.63%

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About our rankings:

Schooldigger calculates school rankings based on MAP Mathematics, MAP English Language Arts, MAP Science test scores released by the Missouri Department of Elementary and Secondary Education.
These rankings were last updated on January 10, 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.