Best High Schools in Missouri for Gifted and Talented 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, Gifted and Talented students are overperforming or underperforming their peers in each school.

Year after year, SchoolDigger is always the first to publish Missouri test scores and rankings. Other sites use stale test score data that are several years old! Be in the know with the very latest performance metrics.

The list is updated annually upon the release of the MAP test scores by the Missouri Department of Elementary and Secondary Education. The most recent update was on Thursday, November 6, 2025.

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School														Students/Teachers											Per Pupil Expenditures (2025)							Ranking (Gifted and Talented vs All Students - 2025)					ID
Rank (of 46)	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 (Gifted and Talented)	Statewide Rank Percentile (All Students)	Rank Percentile Difference from All Students	SchoolDigger Rating (Gifted and Talented)	SchoolDigger Rating (All Students)	ID
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	317	24	13.2	100.0%	166 (52.4%)	78 (24.6%)	27 (8.5%)	31 (9.8%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	15 (4.7%)	$21,643			$370			$21,273	97.8%	99.5%	1.63%			292928001976
2	Marquette Senior High	Public	9-12	2351 Clarkson Rd	Chesterfield	63017	St. Louis County	Rockwood R-VI	No	No	No	No	(636) 891-6000	2,095	131	15.9	15.0%	1,322 (63.1%)	178 (8.5%)	131 (6.3%)	388 (18.5%)	2 (0.1%)	0 (0.0%)	74 (3.5%)	$12,409			$161			$12,248	95.7%	94.8%	0.83%			292685000657
3	West High	Public	9-12	14653 Clayton Rd	Ballwin	63011	St. Louis County	Parkway C-2	No	No	No	No	(314) 415-7500	1,417	91	15.4	10.7%	874 (61.7%)	158 (11.2%)	53 (3.7%)	234 (16.5%)	2 (0.1%)	0 (0.0%)	96 (6.8%)	$14,783			$178			$14,605	93.5%	98.6%	5.16%			292358001404
4	Lee's Summit North High	Public	9-12	901 NE Douglas St	Lees Summit	64086	Jackson County	Lee's Summit R-Vii	No	No	No	No	(816) 986-3000	1,940	116	16.7	25.7%	1,127 (58.1%)	385 (19.8%)	204 (10.5%)	39 (2.0%)	3 (0.2%)	8 (0.4%)	174 (9.0%)	$14,983			$325			$14,658	91.3%	84.5%	6.84%			291830001481
5	Lindbergh Senior High	Public	9-12	5000 S. Lindbergh	Saint Louis	63126	St. Louis County	Lindbergh Schools	No	No	No	No	(314) 729-2410	2,304	131	17.6	14.8%	1,866 (81.0%)	60 (2.6%)	157 (6.8%)	118 (5.1%)	2 (0.1%)	1 (0.0%)	100 (4.3%)	$11,816			$54			$11,762	89.1%	96.2%	7.05%			291869001026
6	Blue Springs South High	Public	9-12	1200 SE Adams Dairy Pkwy	Blue Springs	64014	Jackson County	Blue Springs R-IV	No	No	No	No	(816) 874-3500	2,299	126	18.2	24.9%	1,499 (65.2%)	333 (14.5%)	214 (9.3%)	63 (2.7%)	11 (0.5%)	5 (0.2%)	174 (7.6%)	$13,232			$534			$12,698	87.0%	76.0%	10.93%			290531000170
7	Staley High	Public	9-12	2800 NE Shoal Creek Pkwy	Kansas City	64156	Clay County	North Kansas City 74	No	No	No	No	(816) 321-5330	2,091	105	19.9	19.3%	1,312 (62.7%)	271 (13.0%)	228 (10.9%)	57 (2.7%)	6 (0.3%)	9 (0.4%)	208 (9.9%)	$14,528			$551			$13,977	84.8%	85.0%	0.23%			292280003083
8	Liberty High	Public	9-12	200 Bluejay Dr	Liberty	64068	Clay County	Liberty 53	No	No	No	No	(816) 736-5340	1,842	120	15.3	21.7%	1,369 (74.3%)	104 (5.6%)	181 (9.8%)	54 (2.9%)	4 (0.2%)	8 (0.4%)	122 (6.6%)	$15,305			$98			$15,206	82.6%	80.9%	1.68%			291854001011
9	Clayton High	Public	9-12	#1 Mark Twain Circle	Clayton	63105	St. Louis County	Clayton	No	No	No	No	(314) 854-6600	788	80	9.8	8.0%	462 (58.6%)	118 (15.0%)	34 (4.3%)	100 (12.7%)	1 (0.1%)	0 (0.0%)	73 (9.3%)	$26,879			$251			$26,628	80.4%	98.4%	17.93%			290972000275
10	Liberty North High School	Public	9-12	1000 N.E. 104th Street	Liberty	64068	Clay County	Liberty 53	No	No	No	No	(816) 736-5500	2,262	130	17.4	20.4%	1,720 (76.0%)	154 (6.8%)	175 (7.7%)	59 (2.6%)	2 (0.1%)	4 (0.2%)	148 (6.5%)	$13,857			$145			$13,713	78.3%	73.6%	4.69%			291854003148

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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 6, 2025, 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.