All five of the top school districts in Missouri are in St. Louis County, according to a ranking from Niche, a Pittsburgh-based company that publishes rankings of schools based on demographic information, test scores, and parent and student reviews.
Clayton School District took the top spot—as it did in 2015. Here’s the top ten:
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- Clayton School District
- Ladue School District
- Kirkwood R-VII School District
- Rockwood R-VI School District
- Parkway C-II School District
- Blue Springs R-IV School District
- Webster Groves School District
- Lindbergh School District
- Park Hill School District
- Pattonville School District
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Niche rankings are based on state test scores, college readiness, graduation rates, SAT/ACT scores, teacher quality, student and parent reviews, as well as data from the U.S. Census, U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, and other sources. Each factor is weighted in the final score: academics are given 50 percent weight, while parent/student surveys on the overall experience gets 10 percent.
Niche also reviewed private high schools and found that Thomas Jefferson ranked No. 78 among the top 100 private high schools nationally. Read more in our Private School Handbook 2016.
