Best High Schools in Missouri for Low Socio Economic Status Students

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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, Low Socio Economic Status 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 (Low Socio Economic Status vs All Students - 2023)
ID	Rank (of 268)	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 (Low Socio Economic Status)	Statewide Rank Percentile (All Students)	Rank Percentile Difference from All Students	SchoolDigger Rating (Low Socio Economic Status)	SchoolDigger Rating (All Students)
292928001976	1	Metro High	Public, Magnet	9-12	4015 McPherson Ave	Saint Louis	63108	St. Louis city	St. Louis City	No	Yes	No	No	(314) 534-3894	343	23	14.9	99.1%	163 (47.5%)	116 (33.8%)	23 (6.7%)	30 (8.7%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	11 (3.2%)	$14,312			$523			$13,789	99.6%	99.7%	0.09%
292928003231	2	Collegiate School Of Med/Bio	Public	9-12	4939 Kemper Ave.	Saint Louis	63139	St. Louis city	St. Louis City	No	No	No	No	(314) 696-2290	334	21	15.9	99.1%	140 (41.9%)	132 (39.5%)	26 (7.8%)	31 (9.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	5 (1.5%)	$13,987			$444			$13,543	99.3%	97.7%	1.53%
291134000402	3	Eldon High	Public	9-12	101 S Pine St	Eldon	65026	Miller County	Eldon R-I	No	No	No	No	(573) 392-8010	584	31	18.9	40.2%	559 (95.7%)	5 (0.9%)	13 (2.2%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.3%)	4 (0.7%)	$11,182			$2,685			$8,497	98.9%	93.2%	5.70%
290837002978	4	Ft. Zumwalt East High	Public	9-12	600 1st Executive Ave	St Peters	63376	St. Charles County	Fort Zumwalt School District	No	No	No	No	(636) 477-2400	1,226	90	13.6	24.6%	906 (73.9%)	103 (8.4%)	93 (7.6%)	27 (2.2%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (0.2%)	94 (7.7%)	$13,015			$598			$12,416	98.5%	94.0%	4.47%
292253000424	5	Nixa High	Public	9-12	514 South Nicholas Road	Nixa	65714	Christian County	Nixa Public Schools	No	No	No	No	(417) 724-3500	1,957	114	17.1	23.7%	1,671 (85.4%)	17 (0.9%)	106 (5.4%)	30 (1.5%)	4 (0.2%)	1 (0.1%)	128 (6.5%)	$9,880			$848			$9,032	98.1%	98.3%	0.16%
290837002490	6	Ft. Zumwalt South High	Public	9-12	8050 Mexico Rd	St Peters	63376	St. Charles County	Fort Zumwalt School District	No	No	No	No	(636) 978-1212	1,334	95	14	14.8%	1,008 (75.6%)	107 (8.0%)	74 (5.5%)	76 (5.7%)	1 (0.1%)	1 (0.1%)	67 (5.0%)	$12,385			$688			$11,697	97.8%	98.9%	1.10%
291201002691	7	Steam Academy At Msb High School	Public	9-12	201 Brotherton Ln	Ferguson	63135	St. Louis County	Ferguson-Florissant R-II	No	No	No	Yes	(314) 506-9800	437	29	14.8	99.3%	70 (16.0%)	316 (72.3%)	24 (5.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	26 (5.9%)	$13,945			$1,508			$12,437	97.4%	85.2%	12.16%
293201002243	8	Willard High	Public	9-12	515 E Jackson St	Willard	65781	Greene County	Willard R-II	No	No	No	No	(417) 742-3524	1,381	85	16.3	28.8%	1,179 (85.4%)	43 (3.1%)	83 (6.0%)	15 (1.1%)	14 (1.0%)	4 (0.3%)	43 (3.1%)	$10,248			$563			$9,684	97.0%	91.8%	5.25%
290837002624	9	Ft. Zumwalt West High	Public	9-12	1251 Turtle Creek Dr	O Fallon	63366	St. Charles County	Fort Zumwalt School District	No	No	No	No	(636) 379-0300	1,778	122	14.6	16.8%	1,341 (75.4%)	121 (6.8%)	132 (7.4%)	88 (4.9%)	4 (0.2%)	2 (0.1%)	90 (5.1%)	$12,330			$556			$11,773	96.6%	98.6%	1.94%
290450000044	10	Bayless Senior High	Public	9-12	4532 Weber Rd	Saint Louis	63123	St. Louis County	Bayless	No	No	No	No	(314) 256-8660	566	29	19.4	48.1%	363 (64.1%)	67 (11.8%)	35 (6.2%)	73 (12.9%)	2 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	26 (4.6%)	$11,091			$822			$10,269	96.3%	74.4%	21.84%

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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 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.