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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)
292928003231	11	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	335	21	15.9	100.0%	130 (38.8%)	139 (41.5%)	32 (9.6%)	26 (7.8%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	7 (2.1%)	$13,987			$444			$13,543	88.4	89.1	8	3
292355002413	12	Park Hill South High	Public	9-12	4500 NW River Park Dr	Riverside	64150	Platte County	Park Hill	No	No	No	No	(816) 359-4120	1,869	108	17.3	24.5%	1,260 (67.4%)	208 (11.1%)	211 (11.3%)	53 (2.8%)	9 (0.5%)	10 (0.5%)	118 (6.3%)	$14,048			$469			$13,578	88.1	88.8	9	3
293165003227	13	Liberty High School	Public	9-12	2275 Sommers Road	Lake Saint Louis	63367	St. Charles County	Wentzville R-IV	No	No	No	No	(636) 561-0075	1,669	92	18.1	13.1%	1,319 (79.0%)	104 (6.2%)	108 (6.5%)	54 (3.2%)	1 (0.1%)	0 (0.0%)	83 (5.0%)	$11,282			$378			$10,903	87.3	87.2	11	2
290972000275	14	Clayton High	Public	9-12	#1 Mark Twain Circle	Clayton	63105	St. Louis County	Clayton	No	No	No	No	(314) 854-6600	844	78	10.8	7.6%	511 (60.5%)	124 (14.7%)	38 (4.5%)	103 (12.2%)	1 (0.1%)	0 (0.0%)	67 (7.9%)	$21,543			$658			$20,885	87.3	87.6	10	4
292355001371	15	Park Hill High	Public	9-12	7701 NW Barry Rd	Kansas City	64153	Platte County	Park Hill	No	No	No	No	(816) 359-4110	1,936	110	17.6	25.8%	1,167 (60.3%)	301 (15.5%)	227 (11.7%)	92 (4.8%)	8 (0.4%)	24 (1.2%)	117 (6.0%)	$14,727			$420			$14,307	85.9	86	12	3
291869001026	16	Lindbergh Senior High	Public	9-12	5000 S. Lindbergh	Saint Louis	63126	St. Louis County	Lindbergh Schools	No	No	No	No	(314) 729-2410	2,266	131	17.3	10.1%	1,832 (80.8%)	60 (2.6%)	138 (6.1%)	121 (5.3%)	3 (0.1%)	3 (0.1%)	109 (4.8%)	$10,678			$156			$10,522	85.9	81.8	22	6
291645000894	17	Kearney High	Public	10-12	715 E 19th St	Kearney	64060	Clay County	Kearney R-I	No	No	No	No	(816) 628-4585	804	58	13.9	12.8%	739 (91.9%)	5 (0.6%)	29 (3.6%)	5 (0.6%)	2 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	24 (3.0%)	$11,500			$178			$11,322	85.3	91.3	3	14
292685001624	18	Lafayette Senior High	Public	9-12	17050 Clayton Rd	Wildwood	63011	St. Louis County	Rockwood R-VI	No	No	No	No	(636) 733-4100	1,660	106	15.6	10.7%	1,184 (71.3%)	148 (8.9%)	84 (5.1%)	185 (11.1%)	2 (0.1%)	3 (0.2%)	54 (3.3%)	$11,581			$268			$11,313	82.9	83.1	16	2
291830002795	19	Lee's Summit West High	Public	9-12	2600 SW Ward Rd	Lees Summit	64082	Jackson County	Lee's Summit R-Vii	No	No	No	No	(816) 986-4000	1,976	121	16.3	10.2%	1,394 (70.5%)	242 (12.2%)	153 (7.7%)	53 (2.7%)	1 (0.1%)	0 (0.0%)	133 (6.7%)	$12,654			$1,140			$11,515	82	81.9	20	1
293165002844	20	Timberland High	Public	9-12	559 E Hwy N	Wentzville	63385	St. Charles County	Wentzville R-IV	No	No	No	No	(636) 327-3988	1,614	98	16.4	14.9%	1,253 (77.6%)	123 (7.6%)	115 (7.1%)	31 (1.9%)	5 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	87 (5.4%)	$11,987			$241			$11,746	81.7	82.9	18	2

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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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Virtual Schools: The Future of Online Education

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.