Best High 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 47)	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)
290699000175	1	Camdenton High	Public	9-12	119 Service Rd	Camdenton	65020	Camden County	Camdenton R-III	No	No	No	No	(573) 346-9232	1,322	83	15.8	38.8%	1,138 (86.1%)	19 (1.4%)	84 (6.4%)	9 (0.7%)	8 (0.6%)	1 (0.1%)	63 (4.8%)	$13,013			$796			$12,216	97.9%	83.2%	14.63%
292895001860	2	Francis Howell High	Public	9-12	7001 Hwy 94 South	Saint Charles	63304	St. Charles County	Francis Howell R-III	No	No	No	No	(636) 851-4700	1,835	92	19.9	8.3%	1,505 (82.0%)	108 (5.9%)	84 (4.6%)	68 (3.7%)	2 (0.1%)	0 (0.0%)	68 (3.7%)	$10,717			$564			$10,152	95.7%	98.0%	2.27%
292685001624	3	Lafayette Senior High	Public	9-12	17050 Clayton Rd	Wildwood	63011	St. Louis County	Rockwood R-VI	No	No	No	No	(636) 733-4100	1,682	107	15.6	10.3%	1,205 (71.6%)	154 (9.2%)	93 (5.5%)	173 (10.3%)	4 (0.2%)	3 (0.2%)	50 (3.0%)	$11,581			$268			$11,313	93.6%	95.5%	1.84%
291677000926	4	Kirkwood Senior High	Public	9-12	801 W Essex Ave	Kirkwood	63122	St. Louis County	Kirkwood R-Vii	No	No	No	No	(314) 213-6110	1,775	119	14.9	11.1%	1,357 (76.5%)	204 (11.5%)	81 (4.6%)	27 (1.5%)	2 (0.1%)	0 (0.0%)	104 (5.9%)	$14,453			$99			$14,354	91.5%	90.9%	0.58%
292370001421	5	Pattonville Senior High	Public	9-12	2497 Creve Coeur Mill Rd	Maryland Heights	63043	St. Louis County	Pattonville R-III	No	No	No	No	(314) 213-8051	1,893	126	14.9	38.8%	717 (37.9%)	658 (34.8%)	268 (14.2%)	69 (3.6%)	3 (0.2%)	3 (0.2%)	175 (9.2%)	$17,993						$17,993	89.4%	87.5%	1.86%
292895002072	6	Francis Howell Central High	Public	9-12	5199 Hwy N	Saint Charles	63304	St. Charles County	Francis Howell R-III	No	No	No	No	(636) 851-4600	1,805	93	19.4	17.7%	1,443 (79.9%)	150 (8.3%)	97 (5.4%)	35 (1.9%)	1 (0.1%)	0 (0.0%)	79 (4.4%)	$11,535			$600			$10,934	87.2%	96.3%	9.07%
291230000506	7	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	85.1%	58.8%	26.30%
291869001026	8	Lindbergh Senior High	Public	9-12	5000 S. Lindbergh	Saint Louis	63126	St. Louis County	Lindbergh Schools	No	No	No	No	(314) 729-2410	2,235	131	17	12.0%	1,814 (81.2%)	58 (2.6%)	145 (6.5%)	110 (4.9%)	3 (0.1%)	3 (0.1%)	102 (4.6%)	$10,678			$156			$10,522	83.0%	93.8%	10.77%
291854001011	9	Liberty High	Public	9-12	200 Bluejay Dr	Liberty	64068	Clay County	Liberty 53	No	No	No	No	(816) 736-5340	1,997	122	16.3	21.9%	1,521 (76.2%)	111 (5.6%)	178 (8.9%)	70 (3.5%)	5 (0.3%)	3 (0.2%)	109 (5.5%)	$12,188			$377			$11,811	80.9%	90.6%	9.77%
292067001118	10	Oakville Senior High	Public	9-12	5557 Milburn Rd	Saint Louis	63129	St. Louis County	Mehlville R-Ix	No	No	No	No	(314) 467-7000	1,780	112	15.8	22.1%	1,475 (82.9%)	100 (5.6%)	59 (3.3%)	63 (3.5%)	7 (0.4%)	3 (0.2%)	73 (4.1%)	$10,172			$260			$9,912	78.7%	82.1%	3.38%

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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.