GATEWAY HIGH

GATEWAY HIGH, a roomy 9-12 campus in ST LOUIS, Missouri, overseen by ST. LOUIS CITY, caters to 860 students, covering grades 9 through 12. Enrollment runs roughly 72% bigger than the state mean of about 501.

Within ST. LOUIS CITY, which oversees 62 schools and 17,933 students, GATEWAY HIGH is one campus in the system.

On demographics, GATEWAY HIGH logs that the largest single group is Black, at 67% of enrollment. Other groups include 17% Hispanic, 9% White, 5% Asian. That is meaningfully more Black than the county at large, where the share is closer to 42%.

Looking at the economic backdrop, On paper, GATEWAY HIGH has 94 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 9.2:1. The state averages around 12.2:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Roughly 100% of students at GATEWAY HIGH qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, GATEWAY HIGH tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 49.4% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 34.6%.

In the broader community, census data for St. Louis city shows median household earnings sit near $56,160, 41% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 15% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, St. Louis city runs 113 public schools (combined enrollment of about 29,941 students), of which GATEWAY HIGH is one.

COMPTON-DREW ILC MIDDLE is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.5 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, GATEWAY HIGH comes 5th of 7 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 38.2%.

The campus sits in a city-core setting.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at GATEWAY HIGH has edged down 20%, going from 1,075 students in 2018 to 860 in 2025. The White share of enrollment edged down from 18% to 9% over that span. Class-load math has narrowed: from 10.8:1 in 2018 to 9.2:1 in 2025.

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