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The highest-performing public high schools in reading in St. Louis city, Missouri

15 public high schools in St. Louis city, Missouri appear in this ranking of the highest-performing public high schools in reading, ranked by the share of students meeting or exceeding the state reading and writing standard. METRO HIGH leads the list at 98.6%, against a median of 19.5% across the ranked schools.

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Schools ranked

St. Louis city, Missouri

Top % Proficient (Reading)

98.6%

Median % Proficient (Reading)

19.5%

BEST IN READING · ST. LOUIS CITY, MISSOURI

#	School	City	District	Level	Students	% Proficient (Reading)	Rank change
1	METRO HIGH	ST LOUIS, MO	ST. LOUIS CITY	High	317	98.6%	no change
2	COLLEGIATE SCHOOL OF MED/BIO	ST. LOUIS, MO	ST. LOUIS CITY	High	332	83.7%	—
3	MCKINLEY CLASS. LEADERSHIP AC.	ST LOUIS, MO	ST. LOUIS CITY	High	610	82.2%	no change
4	GATEWAY SCIENCE ACADEMY HIGH	ST. LOUIS, MO	GATEWAY SCIENCE ACAD/ST LOUIS	High	461	66.1%	—
5	GRAND CENTER ARTS ACADEMY HIGH	ST. LOUIS, MO	CONFLUENCE ACADEMIES	High	402	49.0%	—
6	Kairos High	ST. LOUIS, MO	KAIROS ACADEMIES	High	287	46.0%	—
7	CENTRAL VISUAL/PERF. ARTS HIGH	ST LOUIS, MO	ST. LOUIS CITY	High	314	22.9%	▲ 3
8	SOLDAN INTERNATIONAL STUDIES	ST LOUIS, MO	ST. LOUIS CITY	High	337	19.5%	▲ 1
9	GATEWAY HIGH	ST LOUIS, MO	ST. LOUIS CITY	High	860	16.5%	▲ 2
10	MILLER CAREER ACADEMY	ST LOUIS, MO	ST. LOUIS CITY	High	430	15.2%	▼ 2
11	ROOSEVELT HIGH	ST LOUIS, MO	ST. LOUIS CITY	High	734	14.8%	—
12	KIPP ST. LOUIS HIGH	St. Louis, MO	KIPP ST LOUIS PUBLIC SCHOOLS	High	354	11.8%	▼ 4
13	SUMNER HIGH	ST LOUIS, MO	ST. LOUIS CITY	High	407	9.2%	—
14	CONFLUENCE PREPARATORY ACADEMY	ST LOUIS, MO	CONFLUENCE ACADEMIES	High	442	7.0%	no change
15	VASHON HIGH	ST LOUIS, MO	ST. LOUIS CITY	High	621	4.2%	no change

Rank change counts the places a school moved since its prior test year, among the schools on this list that were tested both years. A dash means the school has no prior-year result.

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