FORT BELLEFONTAINE CAMPUS

FORT BELLEFONTAINE CAMPUS operates as a rural-scale high school in ST LOUIS, Missouri, overseen by DIVISION OF YOUTH SERVICE. Current enrollment sits at 12 students spanning grades 6 through 12. That puts it 98% smaller than the typical public school in Missouri, which averages around 501 students.

Within DIVISION OF YOUTH SERVICE, which oversees 26 schools and 496 students, FORT BELLEFONTAINE CAMPUS is one campus in the system.

Looking at the student body, FORT BELLEFONTAINE CAMPUS records that the largest single group is Black, at 58% of enrollment. Other groups include 42% White. That is considerably more Black than the county at large, where the share is closer to 24%.

On the income-and-resources front, Staff filings list 2 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 6.0:1 students per teacher. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 12.2:1 average. Roughly 75% of students at FORT BELLEFONTAINE CAMPUS qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. That share is noticeably above St. Louis County's rate of about 43%.

Across the wider county, the surrounding county (St. Louis County) shows that median household earnings sit near $82,936, about 47% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 7%. In all, St. Louis County runs 275 public schools (combined enrollment of about 134,601 students), of which FORT BELLEFONTAINE CAMPUS is one.

Nearest neighbor: TWIN RIVERS, around 0.0 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around FORT BELLEFONTAINE CAMPUS.

Geographically, the school is in a small-town area.

Five-year trend. FORT BELLEFONTAINE CAMPUS's enrollment has fell 40% since 2018, when it stood at 20 (now 12). Over the same period, the White share ticked up from 25% to 42%. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 10.0:1 in 2018 to 6.0:1 today.

On the community side, recent activity here tends to focus on pickup logistics, teacher feedback, and after-school programs. Members of the school community can share what they know.