Best High Schools in Missouri (2025-26)

Ranked high schools

515

Listed, not ranked

Every ranked high school in Missouri, ordered by SchoolGrade. A grade rewards actual test performance against the projection for each school's student context, so a B in a high-poverty school can outrank an A- elsewhere on impact. Click a column heading to sort, or filter by school, city or district.

Missouri rankings: High Schools · Middle Schools · Elementary Schools

Missouri high schools ranked, 501 to 515 of 515

Rank	Grade	School	City	District	Actual	Projected	Impact	Students
#501	F	Northeast High	Kansas City	Kansas City 33	8%	32%	Underperforms Expectations	657
#502	F	Central High School	Kansas City	Kansas City 33	7%	15%	Doesn't Meet Expectations	535
#503	F	East High School	Kansas City	Kansas City 33	7%	23%	Underperforms Expectations	1,112
#504	F	External Sites (K-12)	Town And Country	Specl. Sch. Dst. St. Louis Co.	7%	47%	Underperforms Expectations	1,999
#505	F	Mccluer High	Florissant	Ferguson-Florissant R-Ii	7%	16%	Doesn't Meet Expectations	1,181
#506	F	Normandy High	St Louis	Normandy Schools Collaborative	7%	11%	Doesn't Meet Expectations	732
#507	F	Soldan International Studies (Magnet)	St Louis	St. Louis City	7%	18%	Doesn't Meet Expectations	487
#508	F	Beaumont Cte High School	St Louis	St. Louis City	5%	17%	Underperforms Expectations	236
#509	F	Carnahan Sch Of The Future	St Louis	St. Louis City	5%	11%	Doesn't Meet Expectations	149
#510	F	Community Access Job Training	St Louis	St. Louis City	5%	19%	Underperforms Expectations	84
#511	F	Southeast High School	Kansas City	Kansas City 33	5%	9%	Doesn't Meet Expectations	487
#512	F	Hogan Preparatory Academy (Charter)	Kansas City	Hogan Preparatory Academy	4%	17%	Underperforms Expectations	450
#513	F	Roosevelt High	St Louis	St. Louis City	4%	19%	Underperforms Expectations	460
#514	F	Sumner High (Magnet)	St Louis	St. Louis City	3%	13%	Doesn't Meet Expectations	264
#515	F	Vashon High	St Louis	St. Louis City	3%	12%	Doesn't Meet Expectations	568

About this ranking

Scope: every public high school in Missouri.
Order: SchoolGrade, then actual proficiency, then name; schools with the same grade and score share a rank.
Ranked: regular public schools that NCES lists as open, not fully online, with at least 30 students. Others are listed with the reason.
Tags: Magnet and Charter from the NCES school directory; K-12 marks schools serving every grade that are ranked with the high schools.
Grades are the 2025-26 SchoolGrade model. How SchoolGrade works