Missouri school data rankings

Compare regular public school districts by one measure at a time, then inspect the underlying profile. Of 518 regular districts, 517 report 2024–25 enrollment and 517 match the FY 2023 finance file. Charter, service, specialized, and other agencies remain in the directory but are excluded from these unlike comparisons.

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Showing 1–25 of 517 regular districts reporting enrollment. NCES CCD 2024–25.

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Districts ordered by the selected measure; positions describe data, not school quality
Position	District	City	Schools	Enrollment
1	SPRINGFIELD R-XII	SPRINGFIELD	56	24,285
2	NORTH KANSAS CITY 74	KANSAS CITY	32	21,252
3	ROCKWOOD R-VI	EUREKA	31	19,597
4	COLUMBIA 93	COLUMBIA	36	18,640
5	WENTZVILLE R-IV	WENTZVILLE	21	17,973
6	ST. LOUIS CITY	ST LOUIS	68	17,933
7	LEE'S SUMMIT R-VII	LEE'S SUMMIT	30	17,870
8	FRANCIS HOWELL R-III	O'FALLON	23	17,047
9	PARKWAY C-2	CHESTERFIELD	29	16,759
10	FORT ZUMWALT SCHOOL DISTRICT	O'FALLON	27	16,698
11	HAZELWOOD	FLORISSANT	32	16,321
12	KANSAS CITY 33	KANSAS CITY	33	15,079
13	BLUE SPRINGS R-IV	BLUE SPRINGS	21	14,657
14	INDEPENDENCE 30	INDEPENDENCE	31	14,272
15	PARK HILL	KANSAS CITY	20	11,937
16	LIBERTY 53	LIBERTY	20	11,826
17	ST. JOSEPH	ST JOSEPH	25	10,430
18	FOX C-6	ARNOLD	18	10,258
19	MEHLVILLE R-IX	ST LOUIS	18	10,018
20	FERGUSON-FLORISSANT R-II	Hazelwood	22	8,809
21	JEFFERSON CITY	JEFFERSON CITY	18	8,491
22	JOPLIN SCHOOLS	JOPLIN	16	7,873
23	RAYTOWN C-2	RAYTOWN	20	7,676
24	LINDBERGH SCHOOLS	St. Louis	10	7,602
25	TROY R-III	TROY	12	7,026

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Largest school districts in Missouri

Ordered by 2024–25 reported membership. This is a scale comparison, not a quality ranking.

Rank	Name	Location	Students
1	SPRINGFIELD R-XII 56 schools	SPRINGFIELD	24,285
2	NORTH KANSAS CITY 74 32 schools	KANSAS CITY	21,252
3	ROCKWOOD R-VI 31 schools	EUREKA	19,597
4	COLUMBIA 93 36 schools	COLUMBIA	18,640
5	WENTZVILLE R-IV 21 schools	WENTZVILLE	17,973
6	ST. LOUIS CITY 68 schools	ST LOUIS	17,933
7	LEE'S SUMMIT R-VII 30 schools	LEE'S SUMMIT	17,870
8	FRANCIS HOWELL R-III 23 schools	O'FALLON	17,047
9	PARKWAY C-2 29 schools	CHESTERFIELD	16,759
10	FORT ZUMWALT SCHOOL DISTRICT 27 schools	O'FALLON	16,698
11	HAZELWOOD 32 schools	FLORISSANT	16,321
12	KANSAS CITY 33 33 schools	KANSAS CITY	15,079
13	BLUE SPRINGS R-IV 21 schools	BLUE SPRINGS	14,657
14	INDEPENDENCE 30 31 schools	INDEPENDENCE	14,272
15	PARK HILL 20 schools	KANSAS CITY	11,937
16	LIBERTY 53 20 schools	LIBERTY	11,826
17	ST. JOSEPH 25 schools	ST JOSEPH	10,430
18	FOX C-6 18 schools	ARNOLD	10,258
19	MEHLVILLE R-IX 18 schools	ST LOUIS	10,018
20	FERGUSON-FLORISSANT R-II 22 schools	Hazelwood	8,809
21	JEFFERSON CITY 18 schools	JEFFERSON CITY	8,491
22	JOPLIN SCHOOLS 16 schools	JOPLIN	7,873
23	RAYTOWN C-2 20 schools	RAYTOWN	7,676
24	LINDBERGH SCHOOLS 10 schools	St. Louis	7,602
25	TROY R-III 12 schools	TROY	7,026

Source: NCES CCD LEA Membership, 2024–25.

Highest spending per pupil in Missouri

Ordered by FY 2023 current expenditure per pupil among districts with at least 200 students. District responsibilities and local costs differ.

Rank	Name	Location	Per pupil
1	SPECL. SCH. DST. ST. LOUIS CO. 3,576 students	TOWN & COUNTRY	$118,376
2	CLAYTON 2,367 students	CLAYTON	$23,526
3	ST. LOUIS CITY 17,933 students	ST LOUIS	$22,979
4	BRENTWOOD 847 students	BRENTWOOD	$22,646
5	LAKELAND R-III 475 students	DEEPWATER	$19,971
6	NORTH PEMISCOT CO. R-I 248 students	WARDELL	$19,626
7	UNIVERSITY CITY 2,853 students	UNIVERSITY CITY	$19,144
8	KANSAS CITY 33 15,079 students	KANSAS CITY	$18,743
9	ST. CHARLES R-VI 4,732 students	ST CHARLES	$18,445
10	KIRBYVILLE R-VI 215 students	KIRBYVILLE	$18,123
11	HURLEY R-I 215 students	HURLEY	$18,075
12	CLIMAX SPRINGS R-IV 203 students	CLIMAX SPRINGS	$17,968
13	GIDEON 37 217 students	GIDEON	$17,144
14	CENTER 58 2,339 students	KANSAS CITY	$16,423
15	MAPLEWOOD-RICHMOND HEIGHTS 1,523 students	MAPLEWOOD	$16,179
16	NORMANDY SCHOOLS COLLABORATIVE 2,440 students	SAINT LOUIS	$16,176
17	KNOX CO. R-I 498 students	EDINA	$16,000
18	PATTONVILLE R-III 6,201 students	ST ANN	$15,871
19	TARKIO R-I 318 students	TARKIO	$15,866
20	BRAYMER C-4 281 students	BRAYMER	$15,837
21	VALLEY PARK 734 students	VALLEY PARK	$15,748
22	HERMITAGE R-IV 289 students	Hermitage	$15,621
23	BLUE EYE R-V 502 students	BLUE EYE	$15,619
24	SCOTT CO. CENTRAL 302 students	SIKESTON	$15,540
25	MOUND CITY R-II 268 students	MOUND CITY	$15,525

Source: NCES School District Finance Survey (F-33), FY 2023. Resource measure only.

Missouri high schools with broad reported program access

Counts AP student enrollment, gifted programming, and computer-science classes reported in CRDC. This does not measure course quality, participation rates, or current availability.

Rank	Name	Location	Positive fields
1	LIBERTY NORTH HIGH SCHOOL 09–12 · 37 AP courses	LIBERTY 53	3 of 3
2	LIBERTY HIGH 09–12 · 37 AP courses	LIBERTY 53	3 of 3
3	Washington High School 09–12 · 37 AP courses	WASHINGTON	3 of 3
4	LINDBERGH SR. HIGH 09–12 · 33 AP courses	LINDBERGH SCHOOLS	3 of 3
5	CENTRAL HIGH 09–12 · 26 AP courses	PARKWAY C-2	3 of 3
6	SOUTH HIGH 09–12 · 25 AP courses	PARKWAY C-2	3 of 3
7	WEST HIGH 09–12 · 25 AP courses	PARKWAY C-2	3 of 3
8	NORTH HIGH 09–12 · 23 AP courses	PARKWAY C-2	3 of 3
9	CENTRAL HIGH 06–12 · 22 AP courses	SPRINGFIELD R-XII	3 of 3
10	FRANCIS HOWELL NORTH HIGH 09–12 · 21 AP courses	FRANCIS HOWELL R-III	3 of 3
11	KIRKWOOD SR. HIGH 09–12 · 21 AP courses	KIRKWOOD R-VII	3 of 3
12	STALEY HIGH 09–12 · 20 AP courses	NORTH KANSAS CITY 74	3 of 3
13	FRANCIS HOWELL HIGH 09–12 · 20 AP courses	FRANCIS HOWELL R-III	3 of 3
14	SECKMAN SR. HIGH 09–12 · 20 AP courses	FOX C-6	3 of 3
15	OAK PARK HIGH 09–12 · 19 AP courses	NORTH KANSAS CITY 74	3 of 3
16	CAMDENTON HIGH 09–12 · 19 AP courses	CAMDENTON R-III	3 of 3
17	WEBSTER GROVES HIGH 09–12 · 19 AP courses	WEBSTER GROVES	3 of 3
18	FRANCIS HOWELL CENTRAL HIGH 09–12 · 18 AP courses	FRANCIS HOWELL R-III	3 of 3
19	PACIFIC HIGH 09–12 · 18 AP courses	MERAMEC VALLEY R-III	3 of 3
20	UNIVERSITY CITY SR. HIGH 09–12 · 18 AP courses	UNIVERSITY CITY	3 of 3
21	OAKVILLE SR. HIGH 09–12 · 17 AP courses	MEHLVILLE R-IX	3 of 3
22	MEHLVILLE HIGH SCHOOL 09–12 · 17 AP courses	MEHLVILLE R-IX	3 of 3
23	BLUE SPRINGS HIGH 09–12 · 16 AP courses	BLUE SPRINGS R-IV	3 of 3
24	BLUE SPRINGS SOUTH HIGH 09–12 · 16 AP courses	BLUE SPRINGS R-IV	3 of 3
25	WAYNESVILLE SR. HIGH 09–12 · 16 AP courses	WAYNESVILLE R-VI	3 of 3

Source: CRDC 2021–22. At least two program fields must be known for inclusion.