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Parents: what's one thing you'd want the GRAND CENTER ARTS ACADEMY HIGH administration to hear?
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Enrollment
402
High
DISTRICT 422 · STATE 501
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CONFLUENCE ACADEMIES·NCES 290057903342
GRAND CENTER ARTS ACADEMY HIGH
711 NORTH GRAND AVENUE, ST. LOUIS, MO 63103 · (314) 533-1791 · St. Louis city
GRADES 09–12HIGH11-CITYCHARTERTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL402 STUDENTS
B-
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Scored higher than 45% of Missouri public high schools
- C-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- A-Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Missouri public high schools
Student : Teacher
11.1:1
36 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.4:1 · STATE 12.2:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
100%
402 students
DISTRICT 100% · STATE 54%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other high schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 9 | 122 | 30% |
| Grade 10 | 99 | 25% |
| Grade 11 | 92 | 23% |
| Grade 12 | 89 | 22% |
Student demographics
37%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 45% · STATE 52% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
MAP 2024-25 . % Proficient + AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
49.0%
MO avg 44.9%
Math
21.2%
MO avg 43.8% . +9.7pp since 2021
What this means: On the MAP, Missouri's statewide test, about 49 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 21 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Missouri schools, those numbers are about 45 and 44. Math scores are up about 10 points since 2021.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Advanced | Proficient | Basic | Below Basic |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 7.0% | 42.0% | 38.0% | 13.0% |
| Math | 8.5% | 12.7% | 37.2% | 41.4% |
Share of tested students at each MAP level. Each student counts in one level, so a row adds to about 100%.
MAP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 49.0% | 21.2% |
| 2023-24 | N/A | 23.5% |
| 2022-23 | N/A | 14.4% |
| 2021-22 | N/A | 11.5% |
% Proficient + Advanced, all students and all tested grades.
Source: MAP. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
25.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
22.4%
based on MO schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+3.5pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 26% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 22% typical for Missouri schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Missouri's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like GRAND CENTER ARTS ACADEMY HIGH
GRAND CENTER ARTS ACADEMY HIGH's state test result (25.9% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| GRAND CENTER ARTS ACADEMY HIGH this school | 402 | 100.0% | 25.9% |
| STEAM ACADEMY AT MSB HIGH SCHO FERGUSON | 434 | 100.0% | 60.6% |
| HAYTI HIGH HAYTI | 225 | 100.0% | 14.6% |
| SOUTHEAST HIGH SCHOOL KANSAS CITY | 498 | 100.0% | 8.4% |
| CHARLESTON HIGH CHARLESTON | 310 | 100.0% | 16.6% |
| HOGAN PREPARATORY ACADEMY KANSAS CITY | 318 | 100.0% | 6.0% |
Matched among Missouri high schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where GRAND CENTER ARTS ACADEMY HIGH ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In Missouri | In St. Louis city |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 25.9% | #348 of 443 | #6 of 16 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 21.2% | #364 of 453 ▼ 27 | #6 of 16 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 49.0% | #192 of 382 | #5 of 15 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 402 | #201 of 561 | #9 of 20 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 11.1:1 | #47 of 343 | #7 of 16 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 36.7% | #118 of 343 | #9 of 16 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 100% | #7 of 455 | #3 of 16 |
Ranked against other public high schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
402
+15 (+4%) vs 2020
Student : Teacher
11.1:1
was 11.1:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 402 | 36.3 | 11.1:1 | 100% (402) |
| 2023-24 | 379 | 36.2 | 10.5:1 | 100% (379) |
| 2022-23 | 417 | 35.5 | 11.8:1 | 100% (417) |
| 2020-21 | 387 | 35 | 11.1:1 | 99% (384) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for GRAND CENTER ARTS ACADEMY HIGH.
About GRAND CENTER ARTS ACADEMY HIGH
Families in ST. LOUIS, Missouri, are served by GRAND CENTER ARTS ACADEMY HIGH, a low-enrollment high school. It reports enrollment of 402 students in grades 9 through 12.
CONFLUENCE ACADEMIES runs GRAND CENTER ARTS ACADEMY HIGH along with 5 other schools, enrolling 2,460 students in total.
More than half of the students at GRAND CENTER ARTS ACADEMY HIGH are Black (78%). The rest of enrollment is 14% White, 3% Hispanic, and 3% multiracial. Census estimates put the Black share of St. Louis city's population at about 42%. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, GRAND CENTER ARTS ACADEMY HIGH scores 37%.
There are 36.3 full-time-equivalent teachers at the school, a ratio of 11.1:1. Across high schools in Missouri, the average ratio is 12.2:1. Of all students at GRAND CENTER ARTS ACADEMY HIGH, 100% are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch.
GRAND CENTER ARTS ACADEMY HIGH holds a B- allk12 Grade, placing it above 45% of Missouri public high schools.
When test results are adjusted for free or reduced-price lunch eligibility, GRAND CENTER ARTS ACADEMY HIGH is 3.5 points above its prediction. Actual: 25.9%. Predicted: 22.4%.
St. Louis city is the school's county. There, the median household earns about $56,160 a year, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 41% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 15%. Public schools in St. Louis city number 113, with about 29,941 students.
GRAND CENTER ARTS ACADEMY HIGH's closest public school neighbor is GRAND CENTER ARTS ACAD MIDDLE, less than a tenth of a mile away. Within five miles of GRAND CENTER ARTS ACADEMY HIGH, there are at least 8 other public schools. Among its closest neighbors with test data, GRAND CENTER ARTS ACADEMY HIGH is 8th of 8 on proficiency.
GRAND CENTER ARTS ACADEMY HIGH is inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more, a location NCES labels City: Large. GRAND CENTER ARTS ACADEMY HIGH is a public charter school.
Enrollment was 402 in 2024-25. In 2020-21, it was 387.
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St. Louis city at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
288,512
Census ACS
Median income
$56,160
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
41%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
15%
Below federal line
Schools in county
113
29,941 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in CONFLUENCE ACADEMIES
- SOUTH CITYElementary · 838 students
- OLD NORTH ACADEMYElementary · 448 students
- CONFLUENCE PREPARATORY ACADEMYHigh · 442 students
- GRAND CENTER ARTS ACAD MIDDLEMiddle · 218 students
- ASPIRE ACADEMYElementary · 112 students
Other schools in ST. LOUIS
- LINDBERGH SR. HIGHHigh · 2,304 students
- SOUTH CITYElementary · 838 students
- TRUMAN MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 816 students
- DRESSEL ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 598 students
- CONCORD ELEM. SCHOOLElementary · 555 students
- GATEWAY SCIENCE ACADEMY HIGHHigh · 461 students
Nearby schools
- GRAND CENTER ARTS ACAD MIDDLE0.0 mi · 218
- NORTH SIDE COMMUNITY-GRAND CTR0.1 mi · 134
- MILLER CAREER ACADEMY0.2 mi · 430
- GEORGE WASHINGTON CARVER ELEM0.3 mi · 103
- GRISCOM JUVENILE DETENTION CTR0.3 mi · 27
- COLE ELEM.0.5 mi · 283
Frequently asked questions
About GRAND CENTER ARTS ACADEMY HIGHHow many students attend GRAND CENTER ARTS ACADEMY HIGH?
GRAND CENTER ARTS ACADEMY HIGH enrolls approximately 402 students in grades 09-12.
What grades does GRAND CENTER ARTS ACADEMY HIGH serve?
GRAND CENTER ARTS ACADEMY HIGH serves grades 09-12.
How many students per teacher at GRAND CENTER ARTS ACADEMY HIGH?
Approximately 11.1:1 students per teacher at GRAND CENTER ARTS ACADEMY HIGH.
How diverse is GRAND CENTER ARTS ACADEMY HIGH?
GRAND CENTER ARTS ACADEMY HIGH reports a student body of 14% White, 3% Hispanic, 78% Black, 1% Asian, 3% Two or more.
Who oversees GRAND CENTER ARTS ACADEMY HIGH?
GRAND CENTER ARTS ACADEMY HIGH is overseen by CONFLUENCE ACADEMIES in St. Louis city.
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