LATEST RANKINGS: ALL 4 ROCKWOOD HIGH SCHOOLS DROPPED TO THEIR LOWEST RANKINGS SINCE 2019.
U.S. News and World Report, on Tuesday, released its rankings of the best high schools around the country.
The ranking in this report means all of Rockwood's high schools rank lower in Missouri now, than the year before. This year's ranking is also the lowest for all four Rockwood high schools (compared to other Missouri schools) since 2019.
To see the rankings for yourself click here:
HIGH SCHOOL RANKING U.S. NEWS AND WORLD REPORT
HIGH SCHOOL RANKING U.S. NEWS AND WORLD REPORT
Note: Only the current year's rankings are in the report.
Staff at Rockwood: What's Going On has followed the rankings from year to year and has included previous rankings for context in this post.
EHS NOW DOWN 23 SPOTS SINCE 2019, to # 27
Eureka High School ranks the lowest in Rockwood.
EHS dropped from # 4 in Missouri during 2019 to # 27 in Missouri in 2023.
SUMMIT NOW DOWN 19 SPOTS SINCE 2019, to # 22
Rockwood Summit High School dropped from #3 in Missouri during 2019 to # 22 in Missouri during 2023.
MARQUETTE NOW DOWN 3 SPOTS SINCE 2019, to # 11
Marquette High School was more steady, only dropping 3 spots from # 8 in Missouri during 2019 to #11 in Missouri during 2023.
LAFAYETTE NOW DOWN 8 SPOTS SINCE 2019, to #9
Lafayette High School was ranked # 1 in the state of Missouri during 2019. It is now ranked #9 in Missouri, for 2023.
NATIONALLY
3 of Rockwood's 4 high schools also dropped their ranking nationally. Marquette High School is the only one whose national ranking went up.
LEARN MORE
For more detail on how U.S. News and World Report comes up with its rankings, and more detail on Rockwood rankings from previous years, see our previous post.
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ROCKWOOD'S RANKINGS AT A GLANCE, in order of their 2023 state rank:
LAFAYETTE HIGH SCHOOL
2019 #1 MO #431 country
2020 #7 MO #533 country
2021 #8 MO #794 country
2022 #7 MO #387 country
2023 #9 MO #970 country
MARQUETTE HIGH SCHOOL
2019 #8 MO #947 country
2020 #9 MO #723 country
2021 #9 MO #876 country
2022 #10 MO #1,146 country
2023 #11 MO #1,079 country
ROCKWOOD SUMMIT HIGH SCHOOL
2019 #3 MO #621 country
2020 #10 MO #780 country
2021 #18 MO #1,445 country
2022 #16 MO #1,417 country
2023 #22 MO #2,393 country
EUREKA HIGH SCHOOL
2019 # 4 MO #681 country
2020 #11 MO #892 country
2021 #20 MO #1,631 country
2022 #14 MO #1,281 country
2023 #27 MO #2,697 country