The Barstow School

Kansas City · MO · Catholic religious-affiliated · K-12 combined

Private

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Notre Dame De Sion High School → Rockhurst High School → Lutheran High School Of Kansas City → The Daniel Academy → St Teresa'S Academy → Whitefield Academy → Cristo Rey Kansas City → Blue Ridge Christian School →

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Your state's public flagship

University of Missouri-Columbia

77%

admit rate

$14,837

in-state tuition/yr · $36,056 out-of-state

1150–1330

SAT 25–75 · ACT 23–29

The in-state tuition gap is the flagship's biggest draw — most in-state families pay far less than the out-of-state sticker. Average net price after aid runs about $20,268/yr. Admission odds depend on your student's GPA and test scores, not which high school they attend.

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Source: IPEDS admissions, tuition & enrollment + College Scorecard net price. Flagship = the state's primary public research university.

Their published matriculation list

Where their graduates enrolled

The Barstow School publishes where its graduates enrolled. What follows is copied from that document — 147 colleges, ordered by the number of students enrolled.

Years, as the document states them
2021-2025

College · Students

University of Kansas 35

Kansas State University 20

University of Missouri-Columbia 11

Washington University in St. Louis 7

Indiana University-Bloomington 6

University of Iowa 6

University of Missouri-Kansas City 6

Case Western Reserve University 5

Johnson County Community College 4

Loyola University Chicago 4

University of California-Los Angeles 4

Arizona State University-Tempe 3

DePaul University 3

Purdue University 3

Rockhurst University 3

University of California-Irvine 3

University of Central Missouri 3

University of Southern California 3

University of Wisconsin-Madison 3

Wake Forest University 3

Baylor University 2

Bentley University 2

Boston University 2

Colorado School of Mines 2

Creighton University 2

Elon University 2

Georgia Institute of Technology 2

Grand Canyon University 2

New York University 2

Northwestern University 2

and 117 more

Saint Louis University 2

Sarah Lawrence College 2

Southern Methodist University 2

Truman State University 2

University College Dublin 2

University of Arkansas 2

University of Colorado Boulder 2

University of Kentucky 2

University of Maryland-College Park 2

University of Miami 2

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill 2

University of Pittsburgh 2

University of Richmond 2

University of St. Thomas, Minnesota 2

University of Washington-Seattle Campus 2

Villanova University 2

Westmont College 2

William Jewell College 2

American University 1

Bates College 1

Bradley University 1

Brandeis University 1

California Institute of Technology 1

Carleton College 1

Carnegie Mellon University 1

Carthage College 1

Central Methodist University 1

Clark University 1

Clemson University 1

Colgate University 1

College of Central Florida 1

College of William & Mary 1

Colorado State University 1

Columbia College Chicago 1

Columbia University - Sciences Po 1

Columbia University in the City of New York 1

Converse College 1

Davidson College 1

Emory University-Oxford College 1

Emporia State University 1

Florida State University 1

Fordham University 1

Franklin and Marshall College 1

Franklin University Switzerland 1

Georgetown University 1

Graceland University 1

Harvey Mudd College 1

Highland Community College 1

Hofstra University 1

Iowa State University 1

Kansas City Art Institute 1

Kenyon College 1

Labette Community College 1

Lafayette College 1

Lawrence University 1

Lomonosov Moscow State University 1

Long Island University-Brooklyn 1

Macalester College 1

Marist University 1

Massachusetts Institute of Technology 1

MidAmerica Nazarene University 1

Missouri Southern State University 1

Missouri State University 1

Missouri University of Science and Technology 1

Molloy University 1

Montana State University 1

Northeastern University 1

NYU Abu Dhabi 1

Occidental College 1

Oregon State University 1

Penn State Harrisburg 1

Pittsburg State University 1

Principia College 1

Rice University 1

Rocky Mountain College 1

Rollins College 1

School of Visual Arts 1

Stevens Institute of Technology 1

Swarthmore College 1

Syracuse University 1

Texas Christian University 1

Texas Southern University 1

The College of Wooster 1

The New School 1

The Oberlin Conservatory of Music 1

The University of Alabama 1

The University of Montana 1

The University of Texas at Austin 1

Trinity University 1

United States Military Academy 1

University of Arizona 1

University of California-Berkeley 1

University of California-Riverside 1

University of California-San Diego 1

University of Cambridge 1

University of Chicago 1

University of Dundee 1

University of Edinburgh 1

University of Florida 1

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign 1

University of Michigan-Ann Arbor 1

University of Minnesota-Twin Cities 1

University of Missouri-St Louis 1

University of Nebraska-Lincoln 1

University of North Carolina School of the Arts 1

University of Notre Dame 1

University of Pennsylvania 1

University of Rochester 1

University of San Diego 1

University of St. Andrews 1

University of Toronto 1

University of Tulsa 1

University of Virginia 1

Vanderbilt University 1

Wellesley College 1

Whitman College 1

Wichita State University 1

These graduates went on to the colleges above.

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Independently verified As published by The Barstow School — The Barstow School Academic Profile 2025-2026 ↗. Found at: p.4, '2021-2025 Matriculation' table (dot-leader counts, alphabetical).

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Most similar nearby high schools

The schools most like this one — same type, blended on distance and size — and where their enrollment is heading. These are the schools families here weigh against each other.

School	Type	Miles	HS enrollment	Trend
Notre Dame De Sion High School Kansas City	Private	1.3	485	-17.1%
Rockhurst High School Kansas City	Private	2.9	937	-7.8%
Lutheran High School Of Kansas City Kansas City	Private	1.3	107	-13.0%
The Daniel Academy Kansas City	Private	1.4	188	-11.3%
St Teresa'S Academy Kansas City	Private	7.5	607	+1.2%
Whitefield Academy Kansas City	Private	3.5	266	+20.4%
Cristo Rey Kansas City Kansas City	Private	10.3	275	-28.2%
Blue Ridge Christian School Kansas City	Private	6.2	102	+13.3%

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