JENNINGS HIGH

JENNINGS HIGH, a mid-sized senior high in JENNINGS, Missouri, overseen by JENNINGS, educates 666 students, covering grades 9 through 12. That puts it 33% above the typical public school in Missouri, which averages around 501 students.

JENNINGS runs 7 schools in total, collectively educating 2,269 students. JENNINGS HIGH is one of those campuses.

On demographics, JENNINGS HIGH records that the student body is overwhelmingly Black (96%). The remainder is composed of 2% Hispanic. That is noticeably more Black than the county at large, where the share is closer to 24%.

In terms of school funding signals, On paper, JENNINGS HIGH has 46 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 14.4:1. The state averages around 12.2:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. About 100% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. Set against St. Louis County (around 43%), the school's rate is meaningfully above typical.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), JENNINGS HIGH sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 49.4%; this one delivers 44.6%.

Across the wider county, ACS estimates for St. Louis County put median household income runs about $82,936, 47% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 7% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, St. Louis County runs 275 public schools (combined enrollment of about 134,601 students), of which JENNINGS HIGH is one.

ROSE JOHNSON JENNINGS JR. HIGH is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.1 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), JENNINGS HIGH ranks 6th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 54.3%.

Geographically, the school is in an outer-ring area.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at JENNINGS HIGH has decreased 9%, going from 731 students in 2018 to 666 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 17.1:1 in 2018 to 14.4:1 today.

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