Best High Schools in Missouri for White 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, White 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 Tuesday, November 26, 2024.

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School														Students/Teachers											Per Pupil Expenditures (2022)							Ranking (White vs All Students - 2024)					ID
Rank (of 321)	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 (White)	Statewide Rank Percentile (All Students)	Rank Percentile Difference from All Students	SchoolDigger Rating (White)	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	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	99.7%	99.7%	0.05%			292928001976
2	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	99.4%	89.2%	10.22%			291640000844
3	Collegiate School Of Med/Bio	Public	9-12	4939 Kemper Ave.	Saint Louis	63139	St. Louis city	St. Louis City	No	No	No	No	(314) 696-2290	335	21	15.9	100.0%	130 (38.8%)	139 (41.5%)	32 (9.6%)	26 (7.8%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	7 (2.1%)	$13,987			$444			$13,543	99.1%	97.1%	1.98%			292928003231
4	St. Elizabeth High	Public	6-12	Hwy 52	St Elizabeth	65075	Miller County	St. Elizabeth R-IV	No	No	No	No	(573) 493-2246	134	10	12.8	15.7%	131 (97.8%)	1 (0.7%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (1.5%)	$10,301			$1,253			$9,049	98.8%	99.2%	0.45%			292913001867
5	North Shelby High	Public	7-12	3071 Hwy 15	Shelbyville	63469	Shelby County	North Shelby	No	No	No	No	(573) 633-2410	134	16	8.4	25.4%	130 (97.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (3.0%)	$16,437			$216			$16,221	98.4%	99.5%	1.03%			292814001731
6	West High	Public	9-12	14653 Clayton Rd	Ballwin	63011	St. Louis County	Parkway C-2	No	No	No	No	(314) 415-7500	1,408	89	15.7	12.7%	881 (62.6%)	175 (12.4%)	51 (3.6%)	218 (15.5%)	3 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	80 (5.7%)	$12,982			$697			$12,285	98.1%	98.7%	0.55%			292358001404
7	West Platte High	Public	9-12	935 Washington St	Weston	64098	Platte County	West Platte County R-II	No	No	No	No	(816) 640-2292	218	20	11.1	16.1%	179 (82.1%)	3 (1.4%)	15 (6.9%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.5%)	20 (9.2%)	$19,670			$596			$19,074	97.8%	98.1%	0.33%			293171002220
8	McKinley Class. Leadership Ac.	Public	6-12	2156 Russell Blvd	Saint Louis	63104	St. Louis city	St. Louis City	No	No	No	No	(314) 773-0027	580	42	13.8	100.0%	246 (42.4%)	219 (37.8%)	64 (11.0%)	19 (3.3%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	31 (5.3%)	$15,462			$644			$14,818	97.5%		(n/a)%			292928002990
9	Clayton High	Public	9-12	#1 Mark Twain Circle	Clayton	63105	St. Louis County	Clayton	No	No	No	No	(314) 854-6600	844	78	10.8	7.6%	511 (60.5%)	124 (14.7%)	38 (4.5%)	103 (12.2%)	1 (0.1%)	0 (0.0%)	67 (7.9%)	$21,543			$658			$20,885	97.2%	96.3%	0.90%			290972000275
10	Ft. Zumwalt West High	Public	9-12	1251 Turtle Creek Dr	O Fallon	63366	St. Charles County	Fort Zumwalt School District	No	No	No	No	(636) 379-0300	1,701	122	13.8	16.8%	1,272 (74.8%)	91 (5.3%)	143 (8.4%)	96 (5.6%)	3 (0.2%)	1 (0.1%)	95 (5.6%)	$12,330			$556			$11,773	96.9%	98.4%	1.53%			290837002624

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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.