Total enrollment
17,933
-5,039 (-22%) vs SY 2017-18
68 schools in ST. LOUIS CITY
Missouri · 17,933 students · 4 cities
ST. LOUIS CITY's public-school count of 68 reflects a system enrolling about 17,933 students inside Missouri, broken out as 43 elementary, 8 middle, and 15 high.
7-year change in ST. LOUIS CITY
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25School count
62
-9 (-13%) vs SY 2017-18
% White
12%
was 13%
% Hispanic
9%
was 4%
% Black
75%
was 80%
% Asian
3%
was 3%
Source: NCES Common Core of Data, enrollment-weighted demographic averages
About ST. LOUIS CITY
ST. LOUIS CITY maintains 68 public schools across Missouri, collectively serveing roughly 17,933 students.
On the level-by-level breakdown, ST. LOUIS CITY spans 43 elementary, 8 middle, 15 high schools, and 2 combined or other.
Per-school enrollment averages around 264 in this district, noticeably below the Missouri typical of 382.
Trend over the past 7 years. Across the same 7-year window, public-school enrollment decreased 22%: 22,972 students in SY 2017-18 versus 17,933 in SY 2024-25. Over that span, ST. LOUIS CITY closed 9 schools, going from 71 to 62. On the demographic side, Black enrollment moved from 80% to 75% over the same window.
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