Name: Missouri schools in decline · enrollment loss 2017–2024
Creator: allk12
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Keywords: public schools, K-12, enrollment decline, NCES, Missouri

Missouri schools in decline

Missouri public schools with the largest enrollment loss from 2017-18 to 2024-25.

Schools in this report

steepest declines in state

Largest drop

-100%

FAMILY CTR.

Range

-100% to -39%

2017-18 → 2024-25

TOP 50 MO PUBLIC SCHOOLS BY ENROLLMENT LOSS · 2017-18 → 2024-25

School	City	District	2017-18	2024-25	% change ↑
FAMILY CTR.	CLAYTON	CLAYTON	114	0	-100%
BEAUMONT CTE HIGH SCHOOL	ST LOUIS	ST. LOUIS CITY	577	0	-100%
CARNAHAN SCH. OF THE FUTURE	ST LOUIS	ST. LOUIS CITY	361	0	-100%
EARLY CHILD. EDUCATION CTR.	KANSAS CITY	LIBERTY 53	265	45	-83.0%
ALLEN VILLAGE ELEMENTARY ACADE	KANSAS CITY	ALLEN VILLAGE	419	87	-79.2%
NEW TRAILS EARLY LEARNING CTR.	RAYTOWN	RAYTOWN C-2	479	101	-78.9%
ASPIRE ACADEMY	ST. LOUIS	CONFLUENCE ACADEMIES	401	112	-72.1%
EARLY EDUCATION CENTER	HAZELWOOD	FERGUSON-FLORISSANT R-II	423	124	-70.7%
AMES VISUAL/PERF. ARTS	ST LOUIS	ST. LOUIS CITY	374	131	-65.0%
QULIN ELEMENTARY	QULIN	TWIN RIVERS R-X	290	108	-62.8%
HOGAN PREPARATORY ACAD MIDDLE	KANSAS CITY	HOGAN PREPARATORY ACADEMY	347	134	-61.4%
EARLY EDUCATION CENTER	GLADSTONE	NORTH KANSAS CITY 74	289	112	-61.2%
GEORGE WASHINGTON CARVER ELEM	ST. LOUIS	ST. LOUIS CITY	245	103	-58.0%
SHADY DELL EARLY CHILDHOOD CTR	SPRINGFIELD	SPRINGFIELD R-XII	345	155	-55.1%
EARLY CHILD FAMILY EDUC. CTR.	ST CHARLES	FRANCIS HOWELL R-III	260	117	-55.0%
HUMBOLDT ACAD OF HIGHER LRNING	ST. LOUIS	ST. LOUIS CITY	214	108	-49.5%
PILOT GROVE ELEM.	PILOT GROVE	PILOT GROVE C-4	140	72	-48.6%
WILLARD INTERMEDIATE NORTH	WILLARD	WILLARD R-II	690	356	-48.4%
JEFFERSON ELEM.	ST LOUIS	ST. LOUIS CITY	238	125	-47.5%
WALBRIDGE ELEM. COMMUNITY ED.	ST LOUIS	ST. LOUIS CITY	230	122	-47.0%
HENRY ELEM.	ST LOUIS	ST. LOUIS CITY	309	165	-46.6%
BOONE TRAIL ELEM.	WENTZVILLE	WENTZVILLE R-IV	897	479	-46.6%
BLAIR OAKS ELEM.	JEFFERSON CITY	BLAIR OAKS R-II	419	224	-46.5%
MARK TWAIN ELEM.	CARTHAGE	CARTHAGE R-IX	305	164	-46.2%
SUNSHINE CENTER	INDEPENDENCE	INDEPENDENCE 30	196	106	-45.9%
WEST EARLY CHILDHOOD CENTER	HAZELWOOD	HAZELWOOD	125	68	-45.6%
HARTVILLE HIGH	HARTVILLE	HARTVILLE R-II	336	183	-45.5%
JEFFERSON CITY HIGH	JEFFERSON CITY	JEFFERSON CITY	2,484	1,353	-45.5%
WELLSVILLE-MIDDLETOWN ELEM.	WELLSVILLE	WELLSVILLE MIDDLETOWN R-I	212	116	-45.3%
PERRYVILLE ELEM.	PERRYVILLE	PERRY CO. 32	781	429	-45.1%
BARACK OBAMA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL	ST. LOUIS	NORMANDY SCHOOLS COLLABORATIVE	418	233	-44.3%
ERVIN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL	KANSAS CITY	HICKMAN MILLS C-1	764	427	-44.1%
STURGEON MIDDLE	STURGEON	STURGEON R-V	141	79	-44.0%
HENRY ELEM.	BALLWIN	PARKWAY C-2	906	512	-43.5%
LINE CREEK ELEM.	KANSAS CITY	PARK HILL	563	321	-43.0%
EVERTON ELEM.	EVERTON	EVERTON R-III	128	73	-43.0%
EUGENE FIELD ELEM.	MARYVILLE	MARYVILLE R-II	572	328	-42.7%
Smithville Middle	SMITHVILLE	SMITHVILLE R-II	641	371	-42.1%
EARLY CHILD. FAMILY EDUC CTR.	ST CHARLES	FRANCIS HOWELL R-III	326	189	-42.0%
WEDGWOOD 6TH GRADE CENTER	FLORISSANT	FERGUSON-FLORISSANT R-II	458	268	-41.5%
EMIL E. HOLT SR. HIGH	WENTZVILLE	WENTZVILLE R-IV	1,738	1,022	-41.2%
TIPTON HIGH	TIPTON	TIPTON R-VI	309	185	-40.1%
PIPKIN MIDDLE	SPRINGFIELD	SPRINGFIELD R-XII	597	359	-39.9%
OSAGE CO. ELEM.	CHAMOIS	OSAGE CO. R-I	103	62	-39.8%
VIENNA HIGH	VIENNA	MARIES CO. R-I	225	136	-39.6%
EXTERNAL SITES	TOWN AND COUNTRY	SPECL. SCH. DST. ST. LOUIS CO.	2,020	1,223	-39.5%
SOUTH PARK ELEM.	MOBERLY	MOBERLY	377	229	-39.3%
CENTRAL EARLY CHILDHOOD CENTER	FLORISSANT	HAZELWOOD	186	113	-39.2%
CHARLESTON MIDDLE SCHOOL	CHARLESTON	CHARLESTON R-I	231	141	-39.0%
SOUTHVIEW HIGH	CRESTWOOD	SPECL. SCH. DST. ST. LOUIS CO.	108	66	-38.9%

50 of 50 rows · Brick-and-mortar only. Virtual, online, and cyber schools excluded. Schools must have had ≥100 students in 2017-18 and be open in both school years.↓ Download schools-in-decline-by-state-mo.csv

How this list was built

Every Missouri public school that reported total enrollment in both the NCES SY 2017-18 and SY 2024-25 vintages was scored on percent change in enrollment. Schools needed at least 100 students in 2017-18 to qualify, and must have been open in both school years. Schools that closed entirely are tracked in the separate school closures report. Virtual academies, cyber charters, and online schools are excluded so the list reflects neighborhood schools that families have moved away from rather than program-design changes.

Enrollment loss is not a verdict on a school. Schools shrink because catchment populations shrink, because new schools open nearby, because a magnet program elsewhere pulls transfers, because districts redraw boundaries, or because the building physically aged out. Use this list as a starting point for understanding which Missouri schools are operating with substantially fewer students than they were seven years ago.

Source data

NCES Common Core of Data, EDGE_ADMINDATA_PUBLICSCH MapServer, vintages 2017-18 and 2024-25. Refreshed yearly when NCES publishes a new admin-data release. School names, slugs, and current district affiliation come from the 2024-25 snapshot.

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allk12 (2026). "Missouri schools in decline: enrollment loss 2017–2024." Retrieved from https://allk12.com/reports/in-decline/missouri

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