CENTRAL VISUAL/PERF. ARTS HIGH

Located at 3125 S KINGSHIGHWAY BLVD, in ST LOUIS, Missouri, CENTRAL VISUAL/PERF. ARTS HIGH is a tight-knit four-year high school that works with 314 students (grades 9 through 12), operated by ST. LOUIS CITY. Compared to the state average of about 501 students per school, that is 37% smaller than typical.

ST. LOUIS CITY runs 62 schools in total, collectively educating 17,933 students. CENTRAL VISUAL/PERF. ARTS HIGH is one of those campuses.

Looking at the student body, CENTRAL VISUAL/PERF. ARTS HIGH logs that the largest single group is Black, at 69% of enrollment. The remainder is composed of 14% Hispanic, 13% White. That is visibly more Black than the county at large, where the share is closer to 42%.

Looking at the economic backdrop, CENTRAL VISUAL/PERF. ARTS HIGH shows 29 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 10.9:1. The state averages around 12.2:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. About 100% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

With demographic context factored in, On a poverty-adjusted basis, CENTRAL VISUAL/PERF. ARTS HIGH sits in the bottom 10% statewide. Predicted proficiency from the FRL regression is roughly 49.4%; actual is 15.9%, a gap of -33.5 points.

In the surrounding community, ACS estimates for St. Louis city put median household earnings sit near $56,160, about 41% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 15% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, St. Louis city runs 113 public schools (combined enrollment of about 29,941 students), of which CENTRAL VISUAL/PERF. ARTS HIGH is one.

Nearest neighbor: COLLEGIATE SCHOOL OF MED/BIO, around 0.0 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around CENTRAL VISUAL/PERF. ARTS HIGH. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), CENTRAL VISUAL/PERF. ARTS HIGH ranks 9th on composite proficiency, beneath the local average of 64.4%.

CENTRAL VISUAL/PERF. ARTS HIGH operates from a downtown location.

Looking at the recent track record. CENTRAL VISUAL/PERF. ARTS HIGH's enrollment has ticked down 21% since 2018, when it stood at 400 (now 314). Hispanic enrollment moved from 6% to 14% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 14.0:1 in 2018 to 10.9:1 today.

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