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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)
290708000182	141	Canton High	Public	7-12	200 S Fourth St	Canton	63435	Lewis County	Canton R-V	No	No	No	No	(573) 288-5216	220	21	10.5	40.0%	201 (91.4%)	4 (1.8%)	1 (0.5%)	3 (1.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	11 (5.0%)	$14,195			$1,200			$12,994	50.9	52.9	118	23
291542000703	142	Iberia High	Public	7-12	201 Pemberton Dr	Iberia	65486	Miller County	Iberia R-V	No	No	No	No	(573) 793-2228	308	23	13.3	38.0%	295 (95.8%)	0 (0.0%)	6 (1.9%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	7 (2.3%)	$9,881			$1,623			$8,258	50.9	30.3	242	100
291619000749	143	Jefferson City High	Public	9-12	609 Union	Jefferson City	65101	Cole County	Jefferson City	No	No	No	No	(573) 659-3050	1,373	101	13.6	50.7%	835 (60.8%)	279 (20.3%)	88 (6.4%)	16 (1.2%)	5 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	150 (10.9%)	$15,428			$1,755			$13,673	50.8	66.8	58	85
293045002090	144	Troy Buchanan High	Public	9-12	1190 Old Cap-Au-Gris	Troy	63379	Lincoln County	Troy R-III	No	No	No	No	(636) 462-5148	2,174	143	15.1	27.6%	1,911 (87.9%)	41 (1.9%)	115 (5.3%)	14 (0.6%)	3 (0.1%)	1 (0.0%)	89 (4.1%)	$11,099			$1,378			$9,721	50.6	49.1	141	3
290462000055	145	Belton High	Public	9-12	801 W. North Avenue	Belton	64012	Cass County	Belton 124	No	No	No	No	(816) 489-7500	1,272	88	14.4	51.4%	753 (59.2%)	145 (11.4%)	238 (18.7%)	9 (0.7%)	9 (0.7%)	13 (1.0%)	105 (8.3%)	$13,586			$1,835			$11,751	50.5	48.3	147	2
292067001115	146	Mehlville High School	Public	9-12	3200 Lemay Ferry Rd	Saint Louis	63125	St. Louis County	Mehlville R-Ix	No	No	No	No	(314) 467-6000	1,414	103	13.7	39.9%	1,009 (71.4%)	166 (11.7%)	73 (5.2%)	73 (5.2%)	5 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	88 (6.2%)	$11,319			$244			$11,076	50.5	42.7	177	31
292545001475	147	Poplar Bluff High	Public	9-12	3209 Oak Grove Road	Poplar Bluff	63901	Butler County	Poplar Bluff R-I	No	No	No	No	(573) 785-6471	1,459	91	16	56.9%	1,126 (77.2%)	166 (11.4%)	50 (3.4%)	11 (0.8%)	6 (0.4%)	2 (0.1%)	98 (6.7%)	$10,582			$1,751			$8,830	50.4	40.9	186	39
290320000025	148	Archie High School	Public	6-12	302 W State Rte A	Archie	64725	Cass County	Archie R-V	No	No	No	No	(816) 293-5312	283	25	11.5	33.6%	260 (91.9%)	2 (0.7%)	11 (3.9%)	1 (0.4%)	1 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	8 (2.8%)	$10,430			$1,419			$9,012	50.4	52.4	122	26
291683000932	149	Knob Noster High	Public	9-12	504 S Washington	Knob Noster	65336	Johnson County	Knob Noster R-VIII	No	No	No	No	(660) 563-2283	433	37	11.7	33.7%	354 (81.8%)	19 (4.4%)	31 (7.2%)	3 (0.7%)	1 (0.2%)	11 (2.5%)	14 (3.2%)	$13,989			$2,507			$11,482	50.3	38.3	206	57
292550001497	150	Potosi High	Public	9-12	1 Trojan Dr	Potosi	63664	Washington County	Potosi R-III	No	No	No	No	(573) 438-2156	679	43	15.7	100.0%	641 (94.4%)	3 (0.4%)	12 (1.8%)	2 (0.3%)	2 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	19 (2.8%)	$10,783			$1,607			$9,176	49.6	48.1	149	1

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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.