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The highest-poverty public high schools in Missouri

Across Missouri, 455 public high schools are ranked here, ranked by share of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOL leads the list at 100%, against a median of 44.5% across the ranked schools.

The table below is sortable and filterable, and the full list downloads as a CSV. Figures come from federal NCES enrollment data and, where applicable, state assessment results for 2024-25.

Schools ranked
455
Missouri
Top % FRL
100%
Median % FRL
44.5%
HIGHEST POVERTY · MISSOURI
#SchoolCityDistrictLevelStudents% FRL
1CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOLNEW MADRID, MONEW MADRID CO. R-IHigh361100%
2HOGAN PREPARATORY ACADEMYKANSAS CITY, MOHOGAN PREPARATORY ACADEMYHigh318100%
3UNIVERSITY ACADEMY-UPPERKANSAS CITY, MOUNIVERSITY ACADEMYHigh237100%
4KIPP KC LEGACY HIGH SCHOOLKansas City, MOKIPP: ENDEAVOR ACADEMYHigh382100%
5LIFT FOR LIFE ACADEMY HIGH SCHST LOUIS, MOLIFT FOR LIFE ACADEMYHigh383100%
6CONFLUENCE PREPARATORY ACADEMYST LOUIS, MOCONFLUENCE ACADEMIESHigh442100%
7GRAND CENTER ARTS ACADEMY HIGHST. LOUIS, MOCONFLUENCE ACADEMIESHigh402100%
8FRONTIER SCHL OF EXCELLENCE-UKANSAS CITY, MOFRONTIER SCHOOLSHigh160100%
9KIPP ST. LOUIS HIGHSt. Louis, MOKIPP ST LOUIS PUBLIC SCHOOLSHigh354100%
10DeLaSalle Charter High SchoolKansas City, MODELASALLE CHARTER SCHOOLHigh196100%
11EWING MARION KAUFFMAN HIGHKansas City, MOEWING MARION KAUFFMAN SCHOOLHigh402100%
12FREDERICK DOUGLASS HIGHCOLUMBIA, MOCOLUMBIA 93High185100%
13BISMARCK R-V HIGHBISMARCK, MOBISMARCK R-VHigh239100%
14CABOOL HIGHCABOOL, MOCABOOL R-IVHigh209100%
15CAMPBELL HIGHCAMPBELL, MOCAMPBELL R-IIHigh235100%
16CENTRAL HIGHCAPE GIRARDEAU, MOCAPE GIRARDEAU 63High1,278100%
17CARUTHERSVILLE HIGHCARUTHERSVILLE, MOCARUTHERSVILLE 18High243100%
18CHARLESTON HIGHCHARLESTON, MOCHARLESTON R-IHigh310100%
19CLARKTON HIGHCLARKTON, MOCLARKTON C-4High135100%
20DONIPHAN HIGHDONIPHAN, MODONIPHAN R-IHigh487100%
21EAST PRAIRIE HIGHEAST PRAIRIE, MOEAST PRAIRIE R-IIHigh301100%
22EMINENCE HIGHEMINENCE, MOEMINENCE R-IHigh120100%
23FAIR PLAY HIGHFAIR PLAY, MOFAIR PLAY R-IIHigh119100%
24MCCLUER NORTH HIGHFLORISSANT, MOFERGUSON-FLORISSANT R-IIHigh1,059100%
25MCCLUER HIGHFLORISSANT, MOFERGUSON-FLORISSANT R-IIHigh1,075100%
26STEAM ACADEMY AT MSB HIGH SCHOFERGUSON, MOFERGUSON-FLORISSANT R-IIHigh434100%
27THE INNOVATION SCHOOL AT CVST LOUIS, MOFERGUSON-FLORISSANT R-IIHigh143100%
28GALENA HIGHGALENA, MOGALENA R-IIHigh196100%
29GIDEON HIGHGIDEON, MOGIDEON 37High102100%
30HANCOCK SR. HIGHST LOUIS, MOHANCOCK PLACEHigh369100%
31HAYTI HIGHHAYTI, MOHAYTI R-IIHigh225100%
32HAZELWOOD CENTRAL HIGHFLORISSANT, MOHAZELWOODHigh1,718100%
33RUSKIN HIGH SCHOOLKANSAS CITY, MOHICKMAN MILLS C-1High1,299100%
34HOLCOMB HIGHHOLCOMB, MOHOLCOMB R-IIIHigh194100%
35HOUSTON HIGHHOUSTON, MOHOUSTON R-IHigh359100%
36HUMANSVILLE HIGHHUMANSVILLE, MOHUMANSVILLE R-IVHigh105100%
37JENNINGS HIGHJENNINGS, MOJENNINGSHigh666100%
38CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOLKANSAS CITY, MOKANSAS CITY 33High519100%
39LINCOLN COLLEGE PREP.KANSAS CITY, MOKANSAS CITY 33High997100%
40NORTHEAST HIGHKANSAS CITY, MOKANSAS CITY 33High732100%
41PASEO ACAD. OF PERFORMING ARTSKANSAS CITY, MOKANSAS CITY 33High669100%
42EAST HIGH SCHOOLKANSAS CITY, MOKANSAS CITY 33High1,155100%
43SOUTHEAST HIGH SCHOOLKANSAS CITY, MOKANSAS CITY 33High498100%
44KENNETT HIGHKENNETT, MOKENNETT 39High493100%
45LICKING HIGHLICKING, MOLICKING R-VIIIHigh397100%
46MALDEN HIGHMALDEN, MOMALDEN R-IHigh383100%
47SCOTT CO. CENTRAL HIGHSIKESTON, MOSCOTT CO. CENTRALHigh108100%
48NORMANDY HIGHST LOUIS, MONORMANDY SCHOOLS COLLABORATIVEHigh688100%
49NORTH PEMISCOT SR. HIGHWARDELL, MONORTH PEMISCOT CO. R-IHigh134100%
50POTOSI HIGHPOTOSI, MOPOTOSI R-IIIHigh673100%
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