These Are The Top 25 Best High Schools In Missouri

Getting to graduation day in high school can be tough for students, but receiving a high school diploma makes it worthwhile.

U.S. News compiled a list of the best high schools in each state. After reviewing nearly 24,000 schools in all 50 states and the District of Columbia, approximately 17,860 schools were included in the list of top high schools in the U.S.

The U.S. News report looked at data consisting of college readiness, college curriculum breadth, math and reading proficiency and performance, underserved student performance, and the graduation rate to find the top schools in each state.

According to U.S. News, Missouri has 603 high schools in 461 districts with over 250,000 high school students enrolled.

These are the Top 25 high schools in Missouri:

1. Metro Academic and Classical High School, in St. Louis
2. Lincoln College Preparatory Academy, in Kansas City
3. Ladue Horton Watkins High, in St. Louis
4. Clayton High, in Clayton
5. Kirkwood Sr. High, in Kirkwood
6. McKinley Classical Leadership Academy, in St. Louis
7. Parkway West High School, in Ballwin
8. Lafayette Sr. High, in Wildwood
9. Marquette Sr. High, in Chesterfield
10. Lindbergh Sr. High, in St. Louis
11. Ft. Zumwalt West High, in O'fallon
12. Francis Howell High, in St Charles
13. Park Hill High, in Kansas City
14. Collegiate School Of Medicine and Bioscience, in St. Louis
15. Central High, in Chesterfield
16. Staley High, in Kansas City
17. Ft. Zumwalt South High, in St Peters
18. Rockwood Summit Sr. High, in Fenton
19. Maplewood-Richmond Hgts. High, in Maplewood
20. Eureka Sr. High, in Eureka
21. Francis Howell Central High, in St Charles
22. Park Hill South High, in Riverside
23. Francis Howell North High, in St Charles
24. Blue Springs South High, in Blue Springs
25. University Academy-Upper, in Kansas City

Check out the complete list here.

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