Best High Schools in Missouri for African American 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, African American students are overperforming or underperforming their peers in each school.

JUST IN! Missouri MAP test scores and updated rankings for the 2023-24 school year were recently posted to SchoolDigger!

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School															Students/Teachers											Per Pupil Expenditures (2022)							Ranking (African American vs All Students - 2024)
ID	Rank (of 105)	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 (African American)	Statewide Rank Percentile (All Students)	Rank Percentile Difference from All Students	SchoolDigger Rating (African American)	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	333	24	13.8	100.0%	171 (51.4%)	101 (30.3%)	20 (6.0%)	32 (9.6%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	9 (2.7%)	$14,312			$523			$13,789	99.0%	99.7%	0.69%
292355001371	2	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	98.1%	96.0%	2.06%
292355002413	3	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	97.1%	96.8%	0.32%
290837002490	4	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	1,245	90	13.7	13.7%	945 (75.9%)	114 (9.2%)	64 (5.1%)	59 (4.7%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.1%)	62 (5.0%)	$12,385			$688			$11,697	96.2%	97.6%	1.43%
290837002978	5	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	1,202	91	13.2	21.5%	880 (73.2%)	107 (8.9%)	107 (8.9%)	24 (2.0%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.2%)	82 (6.8%)	$13,015			$598			$12,416	95.2%	93.1%	2.12%
291640000844	6	Lincoln College Prep.	Public, Magnet	9-12	2111 Woodland	Kansas City	64108	Jackson County	Kansas City 33	No	Yes	No	No	(816) 418-3000	958	56	17.2	100.0%	217 (22.7%)	410 (42.8%)	242 (25.3%)	52 (5.4%)	4 (0.4%)	13 (1.4%)	20 (2.1%)	$17,082			$3,384			$13,698	94.3%	89.2%	5.13%
293165002208	7	Emil E. Holt Senior High	Public	9-12	600 Campus Dr	Wentzville	63385	St. Charles County	Wentzville R-IV	No	No	No	No	(636) 327-3876	1,137	77	14.6	18.4%	832 (73.2%)	145 (12.8%)	70 (6.2%)	19 (1.7%)	2 (0.2%)	4 (0.4%)	65 (5.7%)	$12,145			$250			$11,895	93.3%	84.4%	8.94%
292370001421	8	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	1,898	128	14.8	39.1%	706 (37.2%)	659 (34.7%)	278 (14.6%)	67 (3.5%)	2 (0.1%)	3 (0.2%)	183 (9.6%)	$17,993						$17,993	92.4%	85.2%	7.20%
292886001804	9	Kickapoo High	Public	9-12	3710 S Jefferson	Springfield	65807	Greene County	Springfield R-Xii	No	No	No	No	(417) 523-8500	1,918	100	19.1	29.7%	1,471 (76.7%)	84 (4.4%)	138 (7.2%)	99 (5.2%)	10 (0.5%)	7 (0.4%)	109 (5.7%)	$11,285			$1,457			$9,828	91.4%	78.8%	12.59%
290531000085	10	Blue Springs High	Public	9-12	2000 NW Ashton Dr	Blue Springs	64015	Jackson County	Blue Springs R-IV	No	No	No	No	(816) 874-3400	2,396	149	16	31.3%	1,533 (64.0%)	324 (13.5%)	253 (10.6%)	46 (1.9%)	11 (0.5%)	15 (0.6%)	214 (8.9%)	$12,145			$1,089			$11,056	90.5%	80.4%	10.05%

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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 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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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.