FT. ZUMWALT EAST HIGH

FT. ZUMWALT EAST HIGH is a heavily attended four-year high school in ST PETERS, Missouri, part of FORT ZUMWALT SCHOOL DISTRICT. The school works with 1,171 students in grades 9 through 12. That puts it 134% above the typical public school in Missouri, which averages around 501 students.

FT. ZUMWALT EAST HIGH is one of 25 schools operated by FORT ZUMWALT SCHOOL DISTRICT, a district that caters to 16,698 students overall.

For racial and ethnic makeup, FT. ZUMWALT EAST HIGH logs that the largest single group is White, at 71% of enrollment. Beyond that, the school records 11% Black, 9% Hispanic, 6% multiracial. By comparison, St. Charles County as a whole is about 84% White, so the school skews considerably less White than its surroundings.

On the income-and-resources front, Staff filings list 84 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 13.9:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 12.2:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. An estimated 19% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, FT. ZUMWALT EAST HIGH sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 50.9%; this one delivers 64.6%.

Around the school, St. Charles County reports that median household income runs about $104,692, roughly 43% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 4% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, St. Charles County runs 93 public schools (combined enrollment of about 59,314 students), of which FT. ZUMWALT EAST HIGH is one.

Nearest neighbor: HAWTHORN ELEM., around 0.6 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around FT. ZUMWALT EAST HIGH. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts FT. ZUMWALT EAST HIGH at 3rd of 7; the average score across the group is 50.5%.

FT. ZUMWALT EAST HIGH operates from a commuter-belt location.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count shrank 6%: 1,250 students in 2018 compared to 1,171 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 78% to 71% across the same window.

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