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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)
291338000569	301	Greenville High	Public	9-12	178 Walnut St	Greenville	63944	Wayne County	Greenville R-II	No	No	No	No	(573) 224-5000	217	17	13	53.5%	199 (91.7%)	2 (0.9%)	12 (5.5%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (1.4%)	$10,700			$1,441			$9,258	21.3			(n/a)
290513000068	302	Bismarck R-V High	Public	6-12	165 Campus Drive	Bismarck	63624	St. Francois County	Bismarck R-V	No	No	No	Yes	(573) 734-6111	270	21	12.8	100.0%	253 (93.7%)	1 (0.4%)	12 (4.4%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (1.1%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.4%)	$10,697			$1,462			$9,235	21.3			(n/a)
292886003406	303	MOCAP Attendance Center	Public, Alternative	K-12	601 N National Ave #102	Springfield	65802	Greene County	Springfield R-Xii	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(417) 523-0417	885	93	9.5	8.4%	644 (72.8%)	96 (10.8%)	56 (6.3%)	12 (1.4%)	7 (0.8%)	0 (0.0%)	70 (7.9%)								21.2	11.8	322	19
291923001040	304	Lone Jack High	Public	6-12	313 S Bynum Rd	Lone Jack	64070	Jackson County	Lone Jack C-6	No	No	No	No	(816) 697-3539	399	30	13.2	19.3%	353 (88.5%)	1 (0.3%)	26 (6.5%)	4 (1.0%)	8 (2.0%)	0 (0.0%)	7 (1.8%)	$11,244			$783			$10,461	21.2	40.9	187	117
293222002260	305	Winona High	Public	9-12	8256 State Hwy 19	Winona	65588	Shannon County	Winona R-III	No	No	No	No	(573) 325-8101	127	12	10.6	63.8%	126 (99.2%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.8%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	$11,114			$6,793			$4,321	20.5	16.6	296	9
290100003239	306	Muriel Battle High School	Public	9-12	7575 St. Charles Road	Columbia	65202	Boone County	Columbia 93	No	No	No	No	(573) 214-3300	1,508	107	14	54.9%	618 (41.0%)	480 (31.8%)	179 (11.9%)	45 (3.0%)	4 (0.3%)	7 (0.5%)	175 (11.6%)	$14,115			$480			$13,635	20.4	23.4	273	33
292094001144	307	Milan C-2 High School	Public	7-12	373 S Market St	Milan	63556	Sullivan County	Milan C-2	No	No	No	No	(660) 265-1412	269	26	10.2	68.4%	131 (48.7%)	16 (5.9%)	112 (41.6%)	3 (1.1%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (1.1%)	4 (1.5%)	$12,096			$268			$11,827	20.4			(n/a)
292886001800	308	Hillcrest High	Public	9-12	3319 N Grant	Springfield	65803	Greene County	Springfield R-Xii	No	No	No	No	(417) 523-8000	1,079	65	16.4	68.1%	739 (68.5%)	122 (11.3%)	91 (8.4%)	9 (0.8%)	11 (1.0%)	8 (0.7%)	99 (9.2%)	$13,545			$1,890			$11,655	20.4	16	299	9
293072002119	309	Valley High	Public	7-12	1 Viking Dr	Caledonia	63631	Washington County	Valley R-VI	No	No	No	No	(573) 779-3515	171	18	9.5	40.9%	167 (97.7%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (1.2%)	2 (1.2%)	$13,094			$708			$12,387	20.2	17.3	293	16
292327001340	310	Osceola Junior-Senior High	Public	7-12	76 SE Hwy Ww	Osceola	64776	St. Clair County	Osceola	No	No	No	No	(417) 646-8144	247	22	11.4	57.1%	231 (93.5%)	6 (2.4%)	7 (2.8%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.8%)	1 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	$10,687			$2,298			$8,388	19.6			(n/a)

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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.