Missouri schools ranked by test score
| Rank | School | Level | English Language Arts | vs state |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | SCOTT CO. CENTRAL HIGH SIKESTON · SCOTT CO. CENTRAL | High | 96.5% | +47.0pp |
| 2 | MAYSVILLE JR.-SR. HIGH MAYSVILLE · MAYSVILLE R-I | High | 95.4% | +45.9pp |
| 3 | KEARNEY JR. HIGH KEARNEY · KEARNEY R-I | High | 90.0% | +40.5pp |
| 4 | NIANGUA HIGH NIANGUA · NIANGUA R-V | High | 89.3% | +39.8pp |
| 5 | CHARLESTON HIGH CHARLESTON · CHARLESTON R-I | High | 86.9% | +37.4pp |
| 6 | BILLINGS SR. HIGH BILLINGS · BILLINGS R-IV | High | 83.4% | +33.9pp |
| 7 | CONCORDIA HIGH CONCORDIA · CONCORDIA R-II | High | 80.6% | +31.1pp |
| 8 | CROSSROADS PREPARATORY ACADEMY Kansas City · CROSSROADS CHARTER SCHOOLS | High | 79.0% | +29.5pp |
| 9 | JAMESTOWN C-I HIGH JAMESTOWN · JAMESTOWN C-1 | High | 78.0% | +28.5pp |
| 10 | CRYSTAL CITY HIGH CRYSTAL CITY · CRYSTAL CITY 47 | High | 77.0% | +27.5pp |
| 11 | BRUNSWICK HIGH BRUNSWICK · BRUNSWICK R-II | High | 75.5% | +26.0pp |
| 12 | DEKALB JR.-SR. HIGH DEKALB · BUCHANAN CO. R-IV | High | 74.2% | +24.7pp |
| 13 | ZALMA HIGH ZALMA · ZALMA R-V | High | 74.2% | +24.7pp |
| 14 | COLE CAMP HIGH COLE CAMP · COLE CAMP R-I | High | 71.3% | +21.8pp |
| 15 | STANBERRY HIGH STANBERRY · STANBERRY R-II | High | 70.4% | +20.9pp |
| 16 | BISMARCK R-V HIGH BISMARCK · BISMARCK R-V | High | 68.6% | +19.1pp |
| 17 | LONE JACK HIGH LONE JACK · LONE JACK C-6 | High | 68.3% | +18.8pp |
| 18 | SUMMERSVILLE HIGH SUMMERSVILLE · SUMMERSVILLE R-II | High | 68.2% | +18.7pp |
| 19 | ASH GROVE HIGH ASH GROVE · ASH GROVE R-IV | High | 67.8% | +18.3pp |
| 20 | LINCOLN HIGH LINCOLN · LINCOLN R-II | High | 67.8% | +18.3pp |
| 21 | PRINCETON R-V JR.-SR. HIGH PRINCETON · PRINCETON R-V | High | 67.5% | +18.0pp |
| 22 | DELTA HIGH DELTA · DELTA R-V | High | 66.9% | +17.4pp |
| 23 | NORTH SHELBY HIGH SHELBYVILLE · NORTH SHELBY | High | 65.3% | +15.8pp |
| 24 | ORRICK HIGH ORRICK · ORRICK R-XI | High | 65.1% | +15.6pp |
| 25 | SILEX HIGH SILEX · SILEX R-I | High | 64.8% | +15.3pp |
| 26 | LINN HIGH LINN · OSAGE CO. R-II | High | 64.5% | +15.0pp |
| 27 | ROCK PORT HIGH ROCK PORT · ROCK PORT R-II | High | 64.4% | +14.9pp |
| 28 | SOUTH HOLT HIGH OREGON · SOUTH HOLT CO. R-I | High | 61.5% | +12.0pp |
| 29 | ADVANCE HIGH ADVANCE · ADVANCE R-IV | High | 60.8% | +11.3pp |
| 30 | Alton High Alton · ALTON R-IV | High | 60.8% | +11.3pp |
| 31 | TARKIO JH AND HIGH SCHOOL TARKIO · TARKIO R-I | High | 60.5% | +11.0pp |
| 32 | LEOPOLD HIGH LEOPOLD · LEOPOLD R-III | High | 59.7% | +10.2pp |
| 33 | GREEN CITY HIGH GREEN CITY · GREEN CITY R-I | High | 59.1% | +9.6pp |
| 34 | NORWOOD HIGH NORWOOD · NORWOOD R-I | High | 58.9% | +9.4pp |
| 35 | PURDY HIGH PURDY · PURDY R-II | High | 58.6% | +9.1pp |
| 36 | HALFWAY SECONDARY HALFWAY · HALFWAY R-III | High | 57.5% | +8.0pp |
| 37 | LA PLATA HIGH LA PLATA · LA PLATA R-II | High | 55.6% | +6.1pp |
| 38 | CREST RIDGE HIGH CENTERVIEW · JOHNSON CO. R-VII | High | 55.5% | +6.0pp |
| 39 | WEAUBLEAU HIGH WEAUBLEAU · WEAUBLEAU R-III | High | 54.0% | +4.5pp |
| 40 | WHEATLAND HIGH WHEATLAND · WHEATLAND R-II | High | 53.0% | +3.5pp |
| 41 | SARCOXIE HIGH SARCOXIE · SARCOXIE R-II | High | 52.9% | +3.4pp |
| 42 | NEWBURG HIGH NEWBURG · NEWBURG R-II | High | 52.7% | +3.2pp |
| 43 | KING CITY HIGH KING CITY · KING CITY R-I | High | 52.1% | +2.6pp |
| 44 | NORTHEAST HIGH CAIRO · NORTHEAST RANDOLPH CO. R-IV | High | 52.1% | +2.6pp |
| 45 | ORAN HIGH SCHOOL ORAN · ORAN R-III | High | 52.1% | +2.6pp |
| 46 | GREENFIELD HIGH GREENFIELD · GREENFIELD R-IV | High | 51.3% | +1.8pp |
| 47 | HAYTI HIGH HAYTI · HAYTI R-II | High | 50.8% | +1.3pp |
| 48 | Milan C-2 High School MILAN · MILAN C-2 | High | 50.7% | +1.2pp |
| 49 | PRAIRIE HOME HIGH PRAIRIE HOME · PRAIRIE HOME R-V | High | 49.1% | -0.4pp |
| 50 | EMINENCE HIGH EMINENCE · EMINENCE R-I | High | 48.5% | -1.0pp |
About this ranking
Schools are ranked by the percentage of students who scored at or above the MO DVT (Growth) Growth Percentile vs Peers threshold on the latest available MO DVT (Growth) English Language Arts test (school year 2024-25). A higher percentage is better.
Only public schools with a reasonable cohort size are included (at least 50 total students enrolled, since the source file does not include per-subject student counts), so very small programs and special-purpose centers are filtered out.
The state average shown above is enrollment-weighted: we multiply each school's score by how many of its students tested, sum those across every public school in Missouri, and divide by the total students tested. This way a big school counts more than a tiny one in the typical-student average.