Best Cheer Gyms in Missouri
Missouri's top all-star cheer programs, ranked by 2025-26 banners and podium finishes.
The best cheer gyms in Missouri earned their 2025-26 rankings on the competition floor: banners count first-place finishes in finals, podiums count top-three finishes. Ten Missouri programs made the cut, and the top spot belongs to Cheer St Louis of Saint Peters, which stacked up 103 banners, the most of any gym in the state by a wide margin.
All-star cheer in Missouri is deepest around the St. Louis metro (Saint Peters, Maryland Heights, St. Louis), but the rankings reach statewide: Springfield, Republic, Osage Beach, Columbia, Joplin, and the Kansas City side in Lee's Summit and Kearney. Missouri programs cover everything from L1 novice teams up to L6 and L7, making it one of the more complete cheer states in the Midwest.
Map of the Top Cheer Gyms in Missouri
2025-26 Missouri Cheer Gym Rankings
| Rank | Gym | City | Banners | Podiums | Teams |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | CHCheer St Louis | Saint Peters | 103 | 131 | 23 |
| 2 | PLPlatinum Athletics | Maryland Heights | 54 | 111 | 25 |
| 3 | CHCheer Athletics St. Louis | St. Louis | 23 | 59 | 15 |
| 4 | GOGold Medal Gems | Republic | 17 | 26 | 7 |
| 5 | SHShow Me Athletics | Osage Beach | 12 | 30 | 5 |
| 6 | ICIcon Cheer | Springfield | 10 | 26 | 8 |
| 7 | SUSummit Athletix | Lee's Summit | 7 | 19 | 7 |
| 8 | ALAllstar Performance Institute | Columbia | 7 | 14 | 7 |
| 9 | TUTumble Cheer Fuzion | Kearney | 3 | 9 | 6 |
| 10 | HEHelix Athletics | Joplin | 3 | 7 | 5 |
The Top 10 Cheer Gyms in Missouri
1. Cheer St Louis
Cheer St Louis of Saint Peters is Missouri's #1 gym for 2025-26 with 103 banners and 131 podium finishes, both state highs. The program fields 23 teams across L1 through L6. No other gym in the state came close to that banner total this season.
2. Platinum Athletics
Platinum Athletics of Maryland Heights ranks #2 with 54 banners and 111 podiums on the season. Its 25 teams make it the largest ranked roster in Missouri, competing from L1 all the way to L7. The gym also holds 1 NCA title and serves athletes of any age and experience level.
3. Cheer Athletics St. Louis
Cheer Athletics St. Louis takes #3 with 23 banners and 59 podium finishes in 2025-26. The St. Louis program runs 15 teams spanning L1 through L5, including L4.2. Its podium total ranks third in the state behind only the two gyms above it.
4. Gold Medal Gems
Gold Medal Gems of Republic comes in at #4 with 17 banners and 26 podiums this season. The gym fields 7 teams from L1 through L4.2. It posted the best banner count of any ranked Missouri program outside the St. Louis metro.
5. Show Me Athletics
Show Me Athletics of Osage Beach holds #5 in Missouri with 12 banners and 30 podium finishes. The program competes with 5 teams at L1 through L4. Its 30 podiums are a strong haul for one of the smaller rosters in the top five.
6. Icon Cheer
Icon Cheer of Springfield ranks #6 with 10 banners and 26 podiums on the 2025-26 season. The gym fields 8 teams across a wide range, from L1.1 up to L6. It is the highest-ranked program in southwest Missouri.
7. Summit Athletix
Summit Athletix, based in Lee's Summit, takes #7 with 7 banners and 19 podium finishes. The program runs 7 teams from L1 through L5. It leads the Kansas City side of the state rankings.
8. Allstar Performance Institute
Allstar Performance Institute of Columbia ranks #8 with 7 banners and 14 podiums this season. The mid-Missouri gym fields 7 teams competing at L1 through L4. It matched Summit Athletix on banners, separated only by podium count.
9. Tumble Cheer Fuzion
Tumble Cheer Fuzion of Kearney comes in at #9 with 3 banners and 9 podium finishes. Its 6 teams skew toward the upper levels, competing from L2 up to L5 with no L1 entries. That upper-level focus is unusual among the state's smaller programs.
10. Helix Athletics
Helix Athletics of Joplin rounds out the Missouri top ten with 3 banners and 7 podiums in 2025-26. The gym fields 5 teams across L1 through L4. It gives the southwest corner of the state a second ranked program alongside Springfield and Republic.
Other All-Star Cheer Gyms in Missouri
Beyond the ranked programs above, FullOut tracks these Missouri all-star gyms.
How These Rankings Work
FullOut ranks Missouri cheer gyms using real competition results, not reputation or reviews. A banner is a first-place finish in a finals round. A podium is a top-three finish. Every banner and podium earned by a gym's teams counts toward its ranking: banners order the list, and podiums break ties.
These rankings cover All Star Cheer divisions (Levels 1 through 7) during the 2025-26 season, which runs July 1, 2025 through June 30, 2026. Results come from publicly available scoresheets and live results in FullOut's competition database, which tracks thousands of events across the country.
A gym's ranking reflects how often its teams won, not how big the program is. Team counts and levels are shown for context.
Frequently Asked Questions
What is the best cheer gym in Missouri?
Cheer St Louis in Saint Peters tops FullOut's 2025-26 rankings for Missouri, with 103 event titles and 131 podium finishes across the season.
How many all-star cheer gyms are in Missouri?
FullOut tracks 80 all-star cheer programs in Missouri. 10 of them earned at least one podium finish during the 2025-26 season.
How are Missouri cheer gym rankings calculated?
Rankings count banners (first-place finishes in finals rounds) and podiums (top-three finishes) earned by each gym's teams in All Star Cheer Levels 1 through 7 during the 2025-26 season (July 1, 2025 to June 30, 2026), using publicly available competition results in FullOut's database. Banners rank first; podiums break ties.
Which Missouri cheer gyms won the most banners in 2025-26?
Cheer St Louis (103), Platinum Athletics (54), Cheer Athletics St. Louis (23) led Missouri in banners during the 2025-26 season.