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Best High Schools in Howell County, MO

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Schools

1,828

Students

Districts

Top rankedWest Plains Senior High132^nd of 367 Missouri high schools

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Biggest riser

West Plains Senior High up 93 spots statewide this year

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2025)				Ranking (2024)				MAP Algebra I (2025)	MAP Biology I (2025)	MAP English II (2025)	MAP Algebra II (2025)	MAP Government (2025)	Per Pupil Expenditures (2025)
Name	Type	Grades	Address	City	Zip	County	District	Is Charter	Is Magnet	Is Virtual	Is Title I	Phone	Enrollment	Full-time Teachers	Student/ Teacher Ratio	Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Average Standard Score (2025)	Statewide Rank (2025)	State Percentile (2025)	SchoolDigger Rating (2025)	Average Standard Score (2024)	Statewide Rank (2024)	State Percentile (2024)	Rank Change from Previous Year	MAP Algebra I End of Course	MAP Biology I End of Course	MAP English II End of Course	MAP Algebra II End of Course	MAP Government End of Course	Per Pupil Expenditures Total	Sub-total from Federal Funds	Sub-total from State/Local Funds
Liberty Senior High	Public	9-12	1101 Old Hwy 60	Mountain View	65548	Howell County	Mountain View-Birch Tree R-III	No	No	No	No	(417) 934-2020	350	28	12.7	66.6%	325 (92.9%)	6 (1.7%)	11 (3.1%)	1 (0.3%)	2 (0.6%)	1 (0.3%)	4 (1.1%)	42.1	198^th of 367 public high schools	46.0%		48.2	156^th of 378 public high schools	58.7%	42	40.8	31.6	44.0			$11,965	$495	$11,470
West Plains Senior High	Public	9-12	602 E Olden	West Plains	65775	Howell County	West Plains R-Vii	No	No	No	No	(417) 256-6150	1,108	67	16.4	50.2%	1,013 (91.4%)	9 (0.8%)	44 (4.0%)	10 (0.9%)	5 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	27 (2.4%)	53.3	132^nd of 367 public high schools	64.0%		37.2	225^th of 378 public high schools	40.5%	93	27.9	31.0	60.0	64.5	44.4	$12,098	$1,158	$10,939
Southern MO Technical Institute	Public	9-12	407 West Thornburgh	West Plains	65775	Howell County	West Plains R-Vii	No	No	No	No	(417) 256-6152	0	18	.0		0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()								(n/a)
Willow Springs High	Public	9-12	215 W Fourth St	Willow Springs	65793	Howell County	Willow Springs R-IV	No	No	No	No	(417) 469-2114	370	35	10.6	54.6%	341 (92.2%)	4 (1.1%)	5 (1.4%)	4 (1.1%)	6 (1.6%)	0 (0.0%)	10 (2.7%)	51	151^st of 367 public high schools	58.9%		55.5	118^th of 378 public high schools	68.8%	33	31.2	32.8	56.8			$15,448	$867	$14,581

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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.

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