Rockwood High Schools Ranked Among Best in State, Nation in U.S. News & World Report
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Rockwood High Schools Ranked Among Best in State, Nation in U.S. News & World Report
All four high schools in Rockwood School District are ranked among the top 38 in Missouri and the top 17 percent of all public high schools in the country, according to U.S. News & World Report's "2026-2027 Best U.S. High Schools" list.
According to the list, which was updated Aug. 18, Lafayette High is ranked seventh in Missouri, Marquette High is ranked 23rd, Eureka High is ranked 25th, and Rockwood Summit High is ranked 38th. All are within the top 11 percent of the more than 350 high schools ranked in the state and within the top 2,989 nationally of the nearly 18,000 high schools surveyed by U.S. News & World Report.
The publication ranks high schools on factors such as performance on state assessments for math, reading and science, college readiness, curriculum breadth, underserved student performance and graduation rates.
All four Rockwood high schools also ranked in the top 16 -- top 4.5 percent -- in the state and top 12.1 percent in the nation in U.S. News & World Report's College Readiness Index, which is based on Advanced Placement (AP) participation rates and scores. Lafayette and Marquette are also ranked in the top 206 of 500 high schools nationally designated as "Best STEM High Schools," honoring schools with high participation and performance in AP math and science courses.
Thank you to our students, staff members, families and entire school communities for all of your hard work and dedication to making Rockwood a special place for our students to learn and grow!
Read more about how U.S. News & World Report calculated the “2026-2027 Best High Schools” rankings.
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