Best public high schools in Missouri

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A class of high schoolers as viewed from the rear.
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- Location: Rockwood R-VI School District, MO
- Enrollment: 1,719 (16:1 student to teacher ratio)
- Niche grade: Grade A-
#30. Eureka Senior High School
A student filling out a scantron form for a multiple choice test.
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- Location: Springfield R-XII School District, MO
- Enrollment: 1,490 (4:1 student to teacher ratio)
- Niche grade: Grade A-
#29. Central High School
A student talking to a teacher in the hallway.
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- Location: Blue Springs R-IV School District, MO
- Enrollment: 2,449 (22:1 student to teacher ratio)
- Niche grade: Grade A
#28. Blue Springs High School
A student standing next to their backpack as seen from the knee down.
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- Location: Park Hill School District, MO
- Enrollment: 1,859 (17:1 student to teacher ratio)
- Niche grade: Grade A
#27. Park Hill High School
Students walking down a hallway with their backs facing the camera.
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- Location: Kansas City School District, MO
- Enrollment: 996 (23:1 student to teacher ratio)
- Niche grade: Grade A
#26. Lincoln College Preparatory Academy
A high school student doing a chemical experiment.
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- Location: Francis Howell School District, MO
- Enrollment: 1,878 (20:1 student to teacher ratio)
- Niche grade: Grade A
#25. Francis Howell High School
A high school student sitting at a desk writing on a piece of paper.
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- Location: Lee's Summit R-VII School District, MO
- Enrollment: 1,921 (13:1 student to teacher ratio)
- Niche grade: Grade A
#24. Lee's Summit Senior High School
A student raising their hand in class.
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- Location: Parkway School District, MO
- Enrollment: 1,085 (14:1 student to teacher ratio)
- Niche grade: Grade A
#23. Parkway North High School
An empty school hallway lined with red lockers.
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- Location: Blue Springs R-IV School District, MO
- Enrollment: 2,248 (19:1 student to teacher ratio)
- Niche grade: Grade A
#22. Blue Springs South High School
A student solving a math equation on a whiteboard.
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- Location: Lindbergh Schools, MO
- Enrollment: 2,240 (17:1 student to teacher ratio)
- Niche grade: Grade A
#21. Lindbergh High School
A row of empty desks with notebooks and pencils on them.
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- Location: Park Hill School District, MO
- Enrollment: 1,835 (17:1 student to teacher ratio)
- Niche grade: Grade A
#20. Park Hill South High School
A hallway lined with green lockers.
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- Location: Brentwood School District, MO
- Enrollment: 210 (10:1 student to teacher ratio)
- Niche grade: Grade A
#19. Brentwood High School
A side view of a person using a laptop in the school library.
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- Location: Lee's Summit R-VII School District, MO
- Enrollment: 1,979 (16:1 student to teacher ratio)
- Niche grade: Grade A
#18. Lee's Summit North High School
An empty classroom as viewed from the back.
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- Location: Fort Zumwalt R-II School District, MO
- Enrollment: 1,831 (15:1 student to teacher ratio)
- Niche grade: Grade A
#17. Fort Zumwalt West High School
A pencil case full of pens, pencils, and highlighters spilling on a table.
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- Location: North Kansas City School District, MO
- Enrollment: 1,783 (19:1 student to teacher ratio)
- Niche grade: Grade A
#16. Staley High School
A group of students walking down the hall with their backs facing the camera.
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- Location: Rockwood R-VI School District, MO
- Enrollment: 1,279 (16:1 student to teacher ratio)
- Niche grade: Grade A
#15. Rockwood Summit Senior High School
An overhead view of high school pupils in group study sitting around circular tables.
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- Location: Maplewood-Richmond Heights School District, MO
- Enrollment: 401 (13:1 student to teacher ratio)
- Niche grade: Grade A
#14. Maplewood-Richmond Heights High School
Students using microscopes in science class.
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- Location: Lee's Summit R-VII School District, MO
- Enrollment: 2,044 (17:1 student to teacher ratio)
- Niche grade: Grade A
#13. Lee's Summit West High School
High school students studying and reading together in their school library.
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- Location: Pattonville R-3 School District, MO
- Enrollment: 1,802 (15:1 student to teacher ratio)
- Niche grade: Grade A
#12. Pattonville High School
Students raising their hands for class participation.
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- Location: Saint Louis Public Schools, MO
- Enrollment: 315 (16:1 student to teacher ratio)
- Niche grade: Grade A
#11. Collegiate School of Medicine and Bioscience Magnet High School
A stack of textbooks with pens on top of them next to an open notebook.
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- Location: Webster Groves School District, MO
- Enrollment: 1,395 (15:1 student to teacher ratio)
- Niche grade: Grade A
#10. Webster Groves High School
Two students sharing a book.
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- Location: Saint Louis Public Schools, MO
- Enrollment: 373 (16:1 student to teacher ratio)
- Niche grade: Grade A
#9. Metro High School
A high school student doing classwork on their laptop.
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- Location: Columbia School District, MO
- Enrollment: 1,980 (18:1 student to teacher ratio)
- Niche grade: Grade A
#8. Rock Bridge High School
A teacher writing an equation on a blackboard using chalk.
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- Location: Rockwood R-VI School District, MO
- Enrollment: 2,277 (16:1 student to teacher ratio)
- Niche grade: Grade A+
#7. Marquette Senior High School
Students' backpacks sitting on a hallway floor.
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- Location: Parkway School District, MO
- Enrollment: 1,216 (14:1 student to teacher ratio)
- Niche grade: Grade A+
#6. Parkway Central High School
Bookshelves at a high school's library.
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- Location: Kirkwood School District, MO
- Enrollment: 1,808 (16:1 student to teacher ratio)
- Niche grade: Grade A+
#5. Kirkwood Senior High School
A stack of spiral noteboooks in front of a wooden background.
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- Location: Parkway School District, MO
- Enrollment: 1,393 (16:1 student to teacher ratio)
- Niche grade: Grade A+
#4. Parkway West High School
Two rows of red lockers.
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- Location: Rockwood R-VI School District, MO
- Enrollment: 1,734 (15:1 student to teacher ratio)
- Niche grade: Grade A+
#3. Lafayette High School
Empty desks in a high school classroom.
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- Location: School District of Clayton, MO
- Enrollment: 881 (10:1 student to teacher ratio)
- Niche grade: Grade A+
#2. Clayton High School
A closeup of a student taking notes in class.
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- Location: Ladue School District, MO
- Enrollment: 1,324 (14:1 student to teacher ratio)
- Niche grade: Grade A+

This story features data reporting and writing by Emma Rubin and is part of a series utilizing data automation across 50 states.

#1. Ladue Horton Watkins High School
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