MISSOURI, USA — Several St. Louis-area high schools took the top spots of a new ranking of Missouri public schools, according to U.S. News and World Report.
Around 18,000 high schools were ranked both nationally and within each state in U.S. News 2023-24 Best High Schools Rankings.
Schools were ranked based on six factors including college readiness, state assessment proficiency, state assessment performance, underserved student performance, college curriculum breadth and graduation rate, U.S. News said.
Seven St. Louis-area schools ranked in the top 10 of Missouri's best public high schools.
Here is how US News ranked the best high schools in Missouri:
- Metro Academic and Classical High School - St. Louis
- Collegiate School of Medicine and Bioscience - St. Louis
- Ladue Horton Watkins High School - St. Louis
- Clayton High School - Clayton
- Kirkwood Sr. High School - Kirkwood
- Ewing Marion Kauffman High School - Kansas City
- Lincoln College Prep. - Kansas City
- Park Hill High School - Kansas City
- Lafayette Sr. High School - Wildwood
- Parkway West High School - Ballwin
Metro Academic and Classical High School also ranked in the top 100 schools in the National Rankings at No. 99.
Click here to view the full list of schools for Missouri.
U.S. News further ranked the best high schools specifically in the St. Louis area, including schools in Missouri and Illinois.
Here's how schools ranked in the St. Louis area:
- Metro Academic and Classical High School - St. Louis
- Collegiate School of Medicine and Bioscience - St. Louis
- Ladue Horton Watkins High School - St. Louis
- Clayton High School - Clayton
- Kirkwood Sr. High School - Kirkwood
- Lafayette Sr. High School - Wildwood
- Parkway West High School - Ballwin
- Marquette Sr. High School - Chesterfield
- Central High School - Chesterfield
- Ft. Zumwalt South High School - St. Peters
Click here to view the full list of schools ranked in the St. Louis area.