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Enrollment
788
High
DISTRICT 473 · STATE 501
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CLAYTON·NCES 290972000275
CLAYTON HIGH
#1 MARK TWAIN CIRCLE, CLAYTON, MO 63105 · (314) 854-6600 · St. Louis County
GRADES 09–12HIGH21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL788 STUDENTS
A+
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Scored higher than 97% of Missouri public high schools
- A+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- ABeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- AThree-year trend Change in reading and math proficiency over the last three test years.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Missouri public high schools
Student : Teacher
9.9:1
80 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 10.1:1 · STATE 12.2:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
8%
63 students
DISTRICT 8% · STATE 54%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other high schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 9 | 173 | 22% |
| Grade 10 | 216 | 27% |
| Grade 11 | 189 | 24% |
| Grade 12 | 210 | 27% |
Student demographics
61%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 58% · STATE 52% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
School pathway
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within CLAYTON. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
MAP 2024-25 . % Proficient + AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
82.7%
MO avg 44.9% . +13.4pp since 2021
Math
78.5%
MO avg 43.8% . +8.2pp since 2021
What this means: On the MAP, Missouri's statewide test, about 83 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 79 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Missouri schools, those numbers are about 45 and 44. Reading and writing scores are up about 13 points since 2021, while math scores are up about 8 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Advanced | Proficient | Basic | Below Basic |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 16.2% | 66.5% | 13.0% | 4.1% |
| Math | 59.8% | 18.7% | 13.3% | 8.0% |
Share of tested students at each MAP level. Each student counts in one level, so a row adds to about 100%.
MAP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 82.7% | 78.5% |
| 2023-24 | 69.2% | 65.9% |
| 2022-23 | 72.0% | 63.9% |
| 2021-22 | 69.3% | 70.3% |
% Proficient + Advanced, all students and all tested grades.
Source: MAP. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
71.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
56.9%
based on MO schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+14.2pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 71% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 57% typical for Missouri schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Missouri's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like CLAYTON HIGH
CLAYTON HIGH's state test result (71.1% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| CLAYTON HIGH this school | 788 | 8.0% | 71.1% |
| CENTRAL HIGH CHESTERFIELD | 1,281 | 15.8% | 58.8% |
| LAFAYETTE SR. HIGH WILDWOOD | 1,669 | 11.4% | 61.4% |
| SOUTH HIGH MANCHESTER | 1,485 | 19.9% | 56.6% |
| WEST HIGH BALLWIN | 1,417 | 10.7% | 71.3% |
| ROCK BRIDGE SR. HIGH COLUMBIA | 1,997 | 17.9% | 54.0% |
Matched among Missouri high schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where CLAYTON HIGH ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In Missouri | In St. Louis County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 71.1% | #6 of 443 | #2 of 31 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 78.5% | #4 of 453 ▲ 11 | #1 of 34 ▲ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 82.7% | #5 of 382 ▲ 15 | #2 of 35 ▲ 5 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +10.8pp | #30 of 231 | #5 of 22 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 788 | #118 of 561 | #26 of 45 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 9.9:1 | #10 of 343 | #1 of 34 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 60.7% | #30 of 343 | #8 of 34 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 8.0% | #452 of 455 | #35 of 36 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -10.1% | #71 of 187 | #9 of 21 |
Ranked against other public high schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
788
-120 (-13%) vs 2020
+20% since 1990-91, when it was 657
Student : Teacher
9.9:1
was 11.5:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 788 | 79.8 | 9.9:1 | 8% (63) |
| 2023-24 | 844 | 77.7 | 10.9:1 | 8% (64) |
| 2022-23 | 835 | 82.6 | 10.1:1 | 9% (73) |
| 2020-21 | 908 | 79 | 11.5:1 | 10% (87) |
| 2017-18 | 877 | 77.4 | 11.3:1 | 15% (130) |
| 2015-16 | 870 | 78 | 11.2:1 | 11% (100) |
| 2010-11 | 845 | 82 | 10.3:1 | 3% (26) |
| 2000-01 | 773 | 74 | 10.4:1 | 9% (72) |
| 1990-91 | 657 | 54 | 12.2:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for CLAYTON HIGH.
Since 2017-18: students down 10% (877 to 788); teachers up 3% (77.4 to 79.8).
About CLAYTON HIGH
CLAYTON HIGH is a large high school in CLAYTON, Missouri, administered by CLAYTON. Its enrollment is 788 students, spread over grades 9 through 12. Across high schools in Missouri, the average enrollment is about 501.
CLAYTON (5 schools, 2,367 students) runs CLAYTON HIGH.
About 59% of the student body at CLAYTON HIGH is White. The remaining students are 15% Black, 13% Asian, 9% multiracial, and 4% Hispanic. St. Louis County residents are about 62% White, a similar share. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 61%.
CLAYTON HIGH has 79.8 full-time-equivalent teachers on staff and a student-to-teacher ratio of 9.9:1. The school's 9.9:1 compares with an average of 12.2:1 for high schools in Missouri. The school has 8% of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. That is lower than the 43% average for public schools in St. Louis County.
Among Missouri public high schools, CLAYTON HIGH outscored 97%, which works out to an A+ on the allk12 Grade.
A school with CLAYTON HIGH's lunch-eligibility share in Missouri is predicted to score 56.9%. CLAYTON HIGH scores 71.1%, 14.2 points above that line.
Looking at the county, St. Louis County, the median household earns about $82,936 a year, 47% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 7% of people live in poverty. St. Louis County has 275 public schools with about 134,601 students, including CLAYTON HIGH.
CLAYTON HIGH's closest public school neighbor is JUVENILE DETENTION CTR., about 0.4 miles away. The five-mile area around CLAYTON HIGH holds at least 8 other public schools. CLAYTON HIGH's average proficiency of 71.1% compares with 64.3% for its nearest scored neighbors.
Under the NCES locale system, CLAYTON HIGH is Suburb: Large.
Between 2020-21 and 2024-25, CLAYTON HIGH had a net loss of 120 students, or 13%. The ratio of students to teachers went from 11.5:1 to 9.9:1 over the same years.
People can post here about open houses, carpools, and field trips and other school topics. Parents, students, alumni, and staff are welcome to post.
St. Louis County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
995,569
Census ACS
Median income
$82,936
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
47%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
7%
Below federal line
Schools in county
275
134,601 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in CLAYTON
- WYDOWN MIDDLEMiddle · 604 students
- MERAMEC ELEM.Elementary · 368 students
- GLENRIDGE ELEM.Elementary · 321 students
- RALPH M. CAPTAIN ELEM.Elementary · 286 students
- FAMILY CTR.Elementary
Other schools in CLAYTON
- WYDOWN MIDDLEMiddle · 604 students
- MERAMEC ELEM.Elementary · 368 students
- GLENRIDGE ELEM.Elementary · 321 students
- RALPH M. CAPTAIN ELEM.Elementary · 286 students
- JUVENILE DETENTION CTR.High · 44 students
- FAMILY CTR.Elementary
Other Clayton High schools
5 other US public schools in 6 states are named Clayton High. CLAYTON HIGH is the 2nd largest of the 6.
- Clayton HighClayton, NC · 1,929 students
- Clayton High SchoolCLAYTON, NJ · 431 students
- CLAYTON HIGHCLAYTON, NM · 121 students
- Clayton High SchoolClayton, OK · 100 students
- Clayton HighClayton, WI · 86 students
Nearby schools
- JUVENILE DETENTION CTR.0.4 mi · 44
- MERAMEC ELEM.0.5 mi · 368
- REED ELEMENTARY0.9 mi · 410
- GLENRIDGE ELEM.1.2 mi · 321
- FLYNN PARK ELEM.1.3 mi · 323
- JACKSON PARK ELEM.1.3 mi · 304
Frequently asked questions
About CLAYTON HIGHHow many students attend CLAYTON HIGH?
CLAYTON HIGH enrolls approximately 788 students in grades 09-12.
What grades does CLAYTON HIGH serve?
CLAYTON HIGH serves grades 09-12.
What is the student-teacher ratio at CLAYTON HIGH?
The student-to-teacher ratio at CLAYTON HIGH is approximately 9.9:1 (80 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at CLAYTON HIGH?
At CLAYTON HIGH, the student body is approximately 59% White, 4% Hispanic, 15% Black, 13% Asian, 9% Two or more.
Is CLAYTON HIGH public or private?
CLAYTON HIGH is a public K-12 school, overseen by CLAYTON.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.