Missouri · NCES CCD 2024-25
Largest Schools in Missouri The 50 largest public schools in Missouri, ranked by total student enrollment from NCES CCD 2024-25.
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3,895 Largest school
1,903 Avg across top 50
50 Schools listed The ranking in one line
Missouri Virtual Academy in HILLSBORO is Missouri's largest public school with 3,895 students enrolled.
3,895 students at Missouri Virtual Academy
1,903 average across the top 50 # School Student:Teacher Level District Enrollment 1 Missouri Virtual Academy HILLSBORO - Other GRANDVIEW R-II 3,895 2 Blue Springs High BLUE SPRINGS 21.7:1 High BLUE SPRINGS R-IV 2,429 3 Moca-S SPRINGFIELD - Other STURGEON R-V 2,345 4 Lindbergh Sr. High ST. LOUIS 17.7:1 High LINDBERGH SCHOOLS 2,304 5 Blue Springs South High BLUE SPRINGS 18.8:1 High BLUE SPRINGS R-IV 2,299 6 Joplin High JOPLIN 19.1:1 High JOPLIN SCHOOLS 2,288 7 Liberty North High School LIBERTY 17.7:1 High LIBERTY 53 2,262 8 Troy Buchanan High TROY 15.9:1 High TROY R-III 2,148 9 Marquette Sr. High CHESTERFIELD 15.4:1 High ROCKWOOD R-VI 2,095 10 Staley High KANSAS CITY 22:1 High NORTH KANSAS CITY 74 2,091 11 Nixa High NIXA 17.9:1 High Nixa Public Schools 2,041 12 Ritenour Sr. High ST LOUIS 20.8:1 High RITENOUR 2,041 13 David H. Hickman High COLUMBIA 16.9:1 High COLUMBIA 93 2,007 14 Lee's Summit West High LEE'S SUMMIT 16.7:1 High LEE'S SUMMIT R-VII 1,999 15 Rock Bridge Sr. High COLUMBIA 18.5:1 High COLUMBIA 93 1,997 16 Hazelwood West High HAZELWOOD 18.5:1 High HAZELWOOD 1,994 17 Lee's Summit Sr. High LEE'S SUMMIT 14:1 High LEE'S SUMMIT R-VII 1,989 18 Park Hill High KANSAS CITY 18.5:1 High PARK HILL 1,947 19 Pattonville Sr. High MARYLAND HEIGHTS 15.4:1 High PATTONVILLE R-III 1,945 20 Lee's Summit North High LEE'S SUMMIT 16.4:1 High LEE'S SUMMIT R-VII 1,940 21 Kickapoo High SPRINGFIELD 20:1 High SPRINGFIELD R-XII 1,923 22 Park Hill South High RIVERSIDE 17.8:1 High PARK HILL 1,890 23 Oakville Sr. High ST LOUIS 16.5:1 High MEHLVILLE R-IX 1,847 24 Francis Howell High ST CHARLES 20:1 High FRANCIS HOWELL R-III 1,843 25 Liberty High LIBERTY 15.2:1 High LIBERTY 53 1,842 26 Jackson Sr. High JACKSON 17.8:1 High JACKSON R-II 1,830 27 Ozark High OZARK 15.8:1 High OZARK R-VI 1,789 28 Northwest High CEDAR HILL 16.4:1 High NORTHWEST R-I 1,788 29 Oak Park High KANSAS CITY 18.1:1 High NORTH KANSAS CITY 74 1,755 30 Francis Howell Central High ST CHARLES 18.8:1 High FRANCIS HOWELL R-III 1,750 31 Seckman Sr. High IMPERIAL 17.7:1 High FOX C-6 1,737 32 Central High ST JOSEPH 18.6:1 High ST. JOSEPH 1,733 33 Truman High INDEPENDENCE 19.1:1 High INDEPENDENCE 30 1,720 34 North Kansas City High KANSAS CITY 17.2:1 High NORTH KANSAS CITY 74 1,719 35 Waynesville Sr. High WAYNESVILLE 20.2:1 High WAYNESVILLE R-VI 1,719 36 Hazelwood Central High FLORISSANT 20.2:1 High HAZELWOOD 1,718 37 Francis Howell North High ST CHARLES 19.1:1 High FRANCIS HOWELL R-III 1,716 38 Kirkwood Sr. High KIRKWOOD 14.3:1 High KIRKWOOD R-VII 1,693 39 Lafayette Sr. High WILDWOOD 15.6:1 High ROCKWOOD R-VI 1,669 40 Fox Sr. High ARNOLD 16.4:1 High FOX C-6 1,660 41 Liberty High School LAKE ST. LOUIS 18.3:1 High WENTZVILLE R-IV 1,647 42 Ft. Zumwalt West High O'FALLON 13.6:1 High FT. ZUMWALT R-II 1,643 43 Carthage High School CARTHAGE 18.3:1 High CARTHAGE R-IX 1,626 44 Eureka Sr. High EUREKA 15.3:1 High ROCKWOOD R-VI 1,586 45 Smith-Cotton High School SEDALIA 17.6:1 High SEDALIA 200 1,551 46 Fort Osage High INDEPENDENCE 18.4:1 High FORT OSAGE R-I 1,545 47 Raymore-Peculiar Sr. High PECULIAR 13.1:1 High RAYMORE-PECULIAR R-II 1,540 48 Ft. Zumwalt North High O'FALLON 14.1:1 High FT. ZUMWALT R-II 1,538 49 Neosho High NEOSHO 18.9:1 High NEOSHO SCHOOL DISTRICT 1,530 50 Republic High REPUBLIC 17.4:1 High REPUBLIC R-III 1,530
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Enrollment data comes from the NCES Common Core of Data (CCD) 2024-25 school year.
Schools are ranked by total student enrollment. Student-teacher ratios are calculated
from full-time equivalent (FTE) teacher counts reported by each school.
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