Total enrollment
17,933
-308 (-2%) vs SY 2020-21
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.
4-year change in ST. LOUIS CITY
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25School count
62
-2 (-3%) vs SY 2020-21
Source: NCES Common Core of Data, enrollment-weighted demographic averages
How ST. LOUIS CITY ranks
Among districts| Measure | This district | In Missouri | In the US |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 49.9% | #115 of 225 | N/A |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 17,933 | #6 of 290 | #455 of 9,234 |
| Number of schools ranked most first | 62 | #1 of 290 | N/A |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 11.6:1 | #63 of 289 | #1,655 of 9,044 |
| Free or reduced-price lunch share ranked highest first | 100.0% | #31 of 290 | #117 of 8,164 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 41.7% | #62 of 173 | #3,830 of 6,853 |
Districts need at least 2 schools and 500 students to be ranked. Test proficiency is ranked within the state only, since each state gives a different test. Each rank links to the full list.
Inside ST. LOUIS CITY
State test results across the district's 57 scored schools run from BETTY WHEELER CLASSICAL JR. AC at 82.8% proficient to CENTRAL VISUAL/PERF. ARTS HIGH at 15.9%, a gap of 66.9 points. That is the 6th widest gap among 95 Missouri districts with four or more scored schools.
Since 2017-18, the 61 district schools that reported both years went from 20,545 to 17,719 students (down 14%) and from 1,630 to 1,527 full-time teachers (down 6%), as of 2024-25.
Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across each school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25; schools with fewer than 100 students and schools serving specialized populations are left out. Staffing figures come from the NCES Common Core of Data and count only schools that reported students and teachers in both years.
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 4 years. Across the same 4-year window, public-school enrollment held roughly steady: 18,241 students in SY 2020-21 versus 17,933 in SY 2024-25. Over that span, ST. LOUIS CITY closed 2 schools, going from 64 to 62.
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