EXTERNAL SITES

EXTERNAL SITES is an unified-grade school of substantial scale in TOWN AND COUNTRY, Missouri, one of the schools within SPECL. SCH. DST. ST. LOUIS CO., teacheing 1,223 students in grades pre-K through 12. By comparison, Missouri's public schools average about 205 students each, so EXTERNAL SITES sits 497% bigger than that benchmark.

SPECL. SCH. DST. ST. LOUIS CO. runs 10 schools in total, collectively educating 3,576 students. EXTERNAL SITES is one of those campuses.

Demographically, EXTERNAL SITES lists that White students make up the majority at 74%. The remainder breaks down as 19% Black, 3% Hispanic, 2% Asian. By comparison, St. Louis County as a whole is about 62% White, so the school skews considerably more White than its surroundings.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Staff filings list 1799 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 0.7:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 7.6:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. An estimated 6% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. By comparison, St. Louis County runs at roughly 43%, so the school's eligibility rate is lower than the surrounding baseline.

With demographic context factored in, EXTERNAL SITES performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 51.1%, the actual is 32.9%, a residual of -18.3 points.

In the broader community, St. Louis County reports that the typical household earns roughly $82,936 per year, roughly 47% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 7% of residents live below the federal poverty line. EXTERNAL SITES is one of 275 public schools in St. Louis County (combined enrollment of about 134,601 students).

The closest other public school is HIRAM NEUWOEHNER, roughly 0.1 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around EXTERNAL SITES. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts EXTERNAL SITES at 7th of 7; the average score across the group is 49.1%.

Geographically, the school is in a residential area.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count declined 39%: 2,020 students in 2018 compared to 1,223 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 41.6:1 in 2018 to 0.7:1 today.

Within the allk12 community for this school, posts here usually surface around science fair prep, picture-day reminders, and bus-route questions. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.