Pass the St. Louis GED on your schedule, from Dutchtown to Ferguson.
Missouri runs both the GED and the HiSET, and most St. Louis test centers chose HiSET — so the first thing to get right is booking a site that actually gives the GED. Testing online from home is often the simpler route here. Missouri's retake fee is $7, among the lowest anywhere.
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The fast facts for taking the GED in Missouri — verify on official sources before your test date.
Missouri Certificate of High School Equivalence
HiSET also accepted
Available in Spanish
Facts verified May 31, 2026
Official GED test sites listed by GED Testing Service for the St. Louis metro. Verify hours and seat availability on ged.com before you go.
Center listings refreshed quarterly. The official source is GED Testing Service.
Local context for prep — testing capacity, college access, statewide pricing, and the always-available online option.
The University of Missouri–St. Louis testing center and Harris-Stowe's Community Education Center on Normandale Drive. Several other St. Louis sites administer HiSET, a different exam, so check before booking.
A discounted retake at a Missouri test center costs $7 per subject, one of the lowest second-attempt fees in the country. GED Testing Service waives its own fee; you pay only the center charge.
Missouri charges $33.00 per module at a test center, so $132 for all four, plus a $10 annual fee on top. Testing online is $36.00 per module.
Missouri lets you test at 17, a year earlier than most states. Below that you must submit a Missouri HSE Test Age Waiver Application and have it granted.
With so few St. Louis sites giving the GED, testing online from home is often the simpler route. It costs $36.00 per module, and online retakes are not discounted.
Same prep, same teachers, wherever you are. What changes is how the program meets the realities of studying in St. Louis.
Missouri runs both exams and most St. Louis centers picked HiSET, which is how people end up prepping for one test and booked for another. Our course is built to the GED Testing Service blueprint, and this page lists the local sites that actually administer it.
Lessons run 6 to 9 minutes, which fits a break, a MetroLink ride, or the half hour after the kids go down. Hospital and warehouse shifts here rotate — nothing in your plan expires, and there is no fixed class night to cross the city for.
Four credentialed teachers — one per subject — answer your questions seven days a week. Median reply is under four hours. Most students study 45 minutes a day. No ticket queue, no chatbot.
Real St. Louis students. Real diplomas. Real next chapters.
Cleared the diploma requirement for a warehouse supervisor role.
“I failed science by six points and the retake was seven dollars, so I sat it again three weeks later instead of giving up on it. That fee is the reason I have the certificate.”
Started an HVAC certificate after passing all four subjects.
“The diagnostic said language arts was already passing and I had been planning to study all four evenly. Nine weeks on the other three instead. I was seventeen, which Missouri allows.”
Started a medical assisting program at St. Louis Community College.
“I studied for the GED for two months and then found out the center near me only does the other test. Ended up testing online from my kitchen instead. Check which exam a site gives before you book anything.”
Enrolled in an early childhood education certificate.
“I went to free classes at the adult learning center on Kensington twice a week. I sat math and science in Spanish, which Missouri allows. The certificate reads the same.”
Same program, same teachers, different metro. Pick another city or head back to the Missouri hub for the statewide overview.
Specific to taking the GED in St. Louis. For broader course questions, see the help center or email support@twigera.com.
Fewer places than you would expect, because Missouri offers both the GED and the HiSET and most St. Louis centers chose HiSET. The University of Missouri–St. Louis testing center on South Drive administers the GED, and Harris-Stowe's Community Education Center on Normandale Drive is listed as giving both. Harris-Stowe's main campus on Laclede Avenue and STLCC Forest Park test HiSET only. Directories disagree about STLCC Florissant Valley, so confirm on ged.com before booking there.
They are two different high school equivalency exams, and Missouri accepts both toward the same Certificate of High School Equivalence. They have different question formats, different scoring, and different test centers. Twigera prepares you for the GED specifically, built to the GED Testing Service blueprint. If you study with us, book a GED appointment — turning up at a HiSET-only site with GED preparation is a wasted morning and a wasted fee.
Missouri charges $33.00 per module at a test center, so $132 for all four, and there is a $10 annual fee on top of the per-module cost. Testing online costs $36.00 per module. The number worth knowing is the retake: just $7 per subject at a test center, one of the cheapest second attempts in the country, because GED Testing Service waives its own fee. Online retakes are not discounted.
Yes, and given how few local centers administer the GED, it is often the simpler route. Missouri allows online proctored testing at $36.00 per module. You need a passing score on the official GED Ready practice test first, plus a webcam, a stable connection, and a private room where nobody will interrupt you. Online retakes carry no discount, so a borderline subject is much cheaper to sit in person at $7.
Not without a Missouri mailing address. Missouri requires one to take the test in the state, and you must show a government-issued photo ID on exam day. The St. Louis metro spans the river into Illinois, so this catches a lot of people in East St. Louis, Belleville and Granite City. If you live on the Illinois side, you register and test under Illinois rules and fees instead.
Yes. Missouri lets you take the test in English or Spanish and lets you combine the two languages across the four subjects, so math in Spanish and language arts in English is allowed if that is how you think. Twigera's prep is in English, and we suggest sitting each subject in whichever language you read fastest. The Certificate of High School Equivalence issued is identical regardless of language.
Yes. St. Louis Community College, the University of Missouri–St. Louis, Harris-Stowe State University, Saint Louis University and Washington University all treat the Missouri Certificate of High School Equivalence as equivalent to a high school diploma for admission. STLCC is the usual first stop — medical assisting, HVAC, welding and early childhood certificates all open up once you hold the credential, and STLCC credits transfer toward a UMSL degree later.
Yes. The St. Louis Adult Learning Center on Kensington Street runs free classes, and St. Louis Community College teaches adult education at Forest Park, Florissant Valley and South County. The YMCA Community Literacy programme on Loughborough Avenue and University City Adult Education on Balson Avenue offer preparation too. Classes are free; the exam is not. Use a classroom for structure and our adaptive practice for the subjects actually losing you points.
Eight to fourteen weeks of steady study, a GED appointment at a site that actually gives the GED, and a $7 retake if a subject goes sideways. Start with the free diagnostic and we will show you which subjects need the work.
