Kirkwood High School Ranks Among 1000 Best by Newsweek

According to Newsweek's website, the list is based on six components provided by school administrators: graduation rate (25 percent), college matriculation rate (25 percent), AP/IB/AICE tests taken per student (25 percent), average SAT/ACT scores (10 percent), average AP/IB/AICE scores (10 percent), and AP courses offered per student (5 percent).

Newsweek ranked Kentucky Academy as America’s top high school for 2012.

Following is data compiled and offered for the 14 Missouri-based schools that made the Newsweek list.

RANKSCHOOLCITYGRAD RATE (%)AP/IB TESTSCOLLEGE BOUND(%)AVG SATAVG ACTAVG AP SCORENEWS-
WEEK SCORE 125 Metro Academic and Classical St. Louis 100 0.7 100
26.9 2.6 0.92 129 Clayton Clayton 100 0.6 95 2016 25.8 4.1 0.91 181 Lincoln College Preparatory Academy Kansas City 95 0.9 97
22.3 2.3 0.78 188 Ladue Horton Watkins St. Louis 96 0.6 98 1988 26 3.7 0.77 497 Rockwood Summit Fenton 96 0.5 94 1786 23.2 3.2 0.46 508 Lafayette Wildwood 92 0.4 96 1897 25.5 3.9 0.46 585 Marquette Chesterfield 94 0.5 90 1936 24.2 3.7 0.39 663 Lindbergh St. Louis 93 0.5 91 1902 24.2 3.5 0.35 676 Eureka Eureka 96 0.5 84 1823 24.1 3.7 0.34 801 Parkway West Ballwin 95 0.3 89 1931 23.6 3.5 0.26 871 Parkway Central Chesterfield 92 0.2 90 1878 24.3 4.1 0.21 906 Kirkwood Kirkwood 93 0.4 84 1811 24.3 3.7 0.18 934 Parkway South Manchester 90 0.4 91 1857 22.8 3.4 0.16 947 Parkway North St. Louis 94 0.2 92 1795 22 3.5 0.15

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Kirkwood Patch Editor Owen Skoler contributed to this report.