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Enrollment
666
High
DISTRICT 324 · STATE 501
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·JENNINGS·NCES 291629000769
JENNINGS HIGH
8850 COZENS, JENNINGS, MO 63136 · (314) 653-8100 · St. Louis County
GRADES 09–12HIGH21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL666 STUDENTS
D
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Scored higher than 11% of Missouri public high schools
- FTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- CBeats 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
14.4:1
46 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.9:1 · STATE 12.2:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
100%
666 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 | 217 | 33% |
| Grade 10 | 179 | 27% |
| Grade 11 | 141 | 21% |
| Grade 12 | 129 | 19% |
Student demographics
8%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 8% · 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
School pathway
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within JENNINGS. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
MAP 2024-25 . % Proficient + AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
19.3%
MO avg 44.9%
Math
16.7%
MO avg 43.8% . -0.7pp since 2021
What this means: On the MAP, Missouri's statewide test, about 19 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 17 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Missouri schools, those numbers are about 45 and 44. Math scores have held steady since 2021.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Advanced | Proficient | Basic | Below Basic |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Math | 6.7% | 10.0% | 17.3% | 65.9% |
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 | 19.3% | 16.7% |
| 2023-24 | 22.9% | 7.5% |
| 2022-23 | N/A | 12.7% |
| 2021-22 | N/A | 17.4% |
% 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
11.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
22.4%
based on MO schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-10.6pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 12% 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 JENNINGS HIGH
JENNINGS HIGH's state test result (11.8% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| JENNINGS HIGH this school | 666 | 100.0% | 11.8% |
| VASHON HIGH ST LOUIS | 621 | 100.0% | 3.8% |
| MILLER CAREER ACADEMY ST LOUIS | 430 | 100.0% | 10.2% |
| NORMANDY HIGH ST LOUIS | 688 | 100.0% | 5.4% |
| SUMNER HIGH ST LOUIS | 407 | 100.0% | 5.7% |
| LIFT FOR LIFE ACADEMY HIGH SCH ST LOUIS | 383 | 100.0% | 44.1% |
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 JENNINGS HIGH ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In Missouri | In St. Louis County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 11.8% | #426 of 443 | #28 of 31 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 16.7% | #395 of 453 ▲ 36 | #30 of 34 ▲ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 19.3% | #361 of 382 ▼ 7 | #31 of 35 ▼ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 666 | #141 of 561 | #29 of 45 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.4:1 | #192 of 343 | #11 of 34 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 8.1% | #317 of 343 | #33 of 34 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 100% | #37 of 455 | #7 of 36 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -8.9% | #84 of 187 | #11 of 21 |
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
666
-37 (-5%) vs 2020
+14% since 1990-91, when it was 585
Student : Teacher
14.4:1
was 18.0:1
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 | 666 | 46.3 | 14.4:1 | 100% (666) |
| 2023-24 | 639 | 38.7 | 16.5:1 | 100% (639) |
| 2022-23 | 691 | 41.3 | 16.7:1 | 100% (691) |
| 2020-21 | 703 | 39 | 18.0:1 | 100% (700) |
| 2017-18 | 731 | 42.9 | 17.1:1 | 100% (731) |
| 2015-16 | 708 | 42 | 16.9:1 | 100% (708) |
| 2010-11 | 900 | 52 | 17.3:1 | 63% (567) |
| 2000-01 | 715 | 46 | 15.5:1 | 59% (422) |
| 1990-91 | 585 | 34 | 17.2:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for JENNINGS HIGH.
Since 2017-18: students down 9% (731 to 666); teachers up 8% (42.9 to 46.3).
About JENNINGS HIGH
JENNINGS HIGH is a high school in JENNINGS, Missouri, and it is part of JENNINGS. Enrollment stands at 666 students, covering grades 9 through 12. The school is 33% bigger than the average for high schools in Missouri.
JENNINGS includes 7 schools. Together they enroll 2,269 students.
The share of students at JENNINGS HIGH who are Black is 96%. Other groups include 2% Hispanic. By comparison, St. Louis County residents are about 24% Black. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 8, compared with 70 nationally.
Its ratio of 14.4:1 is based on 46.3 full-time-equivalent teachers. High schools in Missouri have an average ratio of 12.2:1. In all, 100% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. For comparison, public schools in St. Louis County average 43%.
On the allk12 Grade, JENNINGS HIGH lands at D, ahead of 11% of Missouri public high schools.
Predicted from its free or reduced-price lunch share, JENNINGS HIGH would score about 22.4%. It scores 11.8%, 10.6 points below that figure.
In the surrounding county, St. Louis County, the median household earns about $82,936 a year, 47% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 7% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Counting JENNINGS HIGH, St. Louis County has 275 public schools.
Of the public schools around it, JENNINGS HIGH is closest to ROSE JOHNSON JENNINGS JR. HIGH, about 0.1 miles away. Inside a five-mile radius, there are at least 8 other public schools. JENNINGS HIGH is 8th of 8 nearby schools by average proficiency rate.
Federal data place JENNINGS HIGH in the Suburb: Large locale, which means it is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
In 2020-21, JENNINGS HIGH enrolled 703 students. By 2024-25, that number had fallen to 666. There were fewer students per teacher in 2024-25 (14.4:1) than in 2020-21 (18.0:1).
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St. Louis County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
995,569
Census ACS
Median income
$82,936
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
47%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
7%
Below federal line
Schools in county
275
134,601 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in JENNINGS
- NORTHVIEW ELEM.Elementary · 540 students
- ROSE JOHNSON JENNINGS JR. HIGHMiddle · 310 students
- FAIRVIEW PRIMARYElementary · 284 students
- WOODLAND ELEM.Elementary · 197 students
- KENNETH C. HANRAHAN ELEM.Middle · 138 students
- FAIRVIEW INTERMEDIATEMiddle · 134 students
Other schools in JENNINGS
- NORTHVIEW ELEM.Elementary · 540 students
- ROSE JOHNSON JENNINGS JR. HIGHMiddle · 310 students
- FAIRVIEW PRIMARYElementary · 284 students
- WOODLAND ELEM.Elementary · 197 students
- KENNETH C. HANRAHAN ELEM.Middle · 138 students
- FAIRVIEW INTERMEDIATEMiddle · 134 students
Other Jennings High schools
One other US public school is named Jennings High. JENNINGS HIGH is the 2nd largest of the 2.
- Jennings High SchoolJennings, LA · 775 students
Nearby schools
- ROSE JOHNSON JENNINGS JR. HIGH0.1 mi · 310
- NORTHVIEW ELEM.0.2 mi · 540
- KENNETH C. HANRAHAN ELEM.0.8 mi · 138
- WOODLAND ELEM.0.9 mi · 197
- EARL NANCE SR. ELEM.0.9 mi · 321
- Westview Middle School1.1 mi · 524
Frequently asked questions
About JENNINGS HIGHHow large is JENNINGS HIGH?
JENNINGS HIGH enrolls approximately 666 students in grades 09-12.
Is JENNINGS HIGH an elementary, middle, or high school?
JENNINGS HIGH is a high school covering grades 09-12.
How many teachers does JENNINGS HIGH have?
JENNINGS HIGH employs 46 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 14.4:1.
What is the student diversity at JENNINGS HIGH?
Student demographics at JENNINGS HIGH are roughly 2% Hispanic, 96% Black, 2% Two or more.
What district is JENNINGS HIGH in?
JENNINGS HIGH is part of JENNINGS.
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