Metro Academic and Classical High School

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Metro Academic and Classical School is a high school in St. Louis, Missouri. The principal is Wilfred Doug Moore.

A member of the St. Louis Public Schools, it serves about 300 students from 9th to 12th grade. Metro is currently the top ranking public high school in Missouri.

During the 2004-05 school year, Metro Academic and Classical High School was recognized with the Blue Ribbon School Award of Excellence by the United States Department of Education^[1]^[2], the highest award an American school can receive.^[3]^[4]

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^ Six Public Schools Honored as Blue Ribbon Schools, Missouri Department of Elementary and Secondary Education press release dated September 29, 2004. Accessed October 29, 2007.
^ U.S. Department of Education Blue Ribbon Schools Program: Schools Recognized 2003 through 2006 (PDF), United States Department of Education. Accessed May 11, 2006.
^ CIBA cited as one of the best by Education Department, Journal Inquirer, November 16, 2006. "The Blue Ribbon award is given only to schools that reach the top 10 percent of their state's testing scores over several years or show significant gains in student achievement. It is considered the highest honor a school can achieve."
^ Viers Mill School Wins Blue Ribbon; School Scored High on Statewide Test; The Washington Post. September 29, 2005 "For their accomplishments, all three schools this month earned the status of Blue Ribbon School, the highest honor the U.S. Education Department can bestow upon a school."