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Alumni: what's one memory from KIPP ST. LOUIS HIGH that still sticks with you?
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Enrollment
354
High
DISTRICT 345 · STATE 501
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·KIPP ST LOUIS PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 290059103314
KIPP ST. LOUIS HIGH
706 N Jefferson Ave., St. Louis, MO 63103 · (314) 241-1030 · St. Louis city
GRADES 09–12HIGH11-CITYCHARTERTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL354 STUDENTS
D
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Scored higher than 6% 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.
- C-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
8.9:1
40 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 10.7:1 · STATE 12.2:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
100%
354 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 | 88 | 25% |
| Grade 10 | 80 | 23% |
| Grade 11 | 100 | 28% |
| Grade 12 | 86 | 24% |
Student demographics
8%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 11% · 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
Based on grade levels within KIPP ST LOUIS PUBLIC SCHOOLS. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
MAP 2024-25 . % Proficient + AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
11.8%
MO avg 44.9%
Math
9.0%
MO avg 43.8% . -8.7pp since 2021
What this means: On the MAP, Missouri's statewide test, about 12 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 9 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Missouri schools, those numbers are about 45 and 44. Math scores are down about 9 points since 2021.
MAP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 11.8% | 9.0% |
| 2023-24 | 22.0% | 4.8% |
| 2022-23 | 15.4% | N/A |
| 2021-22 | N/A | 17.7% |
% 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
8.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
22.4%
based on MO schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-13.9pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 9% 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 KIPP ST. LOUIS HIGH
KIPP ST. LOUIS HIGH's state test result (8.5% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| KIPP ST. LOUIS HIGH this school | 354 | 100.0% | 8.5% |
| HOGAN PREPARATORY ACADEMY KANSAS CITY | 318 | 100.0% | 6.0% |
| LIFT FOR LIFE ACADEMY HIGH SCH ST LOUIS | 383 | 100.0% | 44.1% |
| SUMNER HIGH ST LOUIS | 407 | 100.0% | 5.7% |
| MILLER CAREER ACADEMY ST LOUIS | 430 | 100.0% | 10.2% |
| UNIVERSITY ACADEMY-UPPER KANSAS CITY | 237 | 100.0% | 35.6% |
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 KIPP ST. LOUIS HIGH ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In Missouri | In St. Louis city |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 8.5% | #434 of 443 | #12 of 16 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 9.0% | #430 of 453 ▲ 13 | #10 of 16 ▲ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 11.8% | #378 of 382 ▼ 19 | #12 of 15 ▼ 4 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 354 | #231 of 561 | #11 of 20 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 8.9:1 | #2 of 343 | #2 of 16 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 8.2% | #316 of 343 | #12 of 16 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 100% | #9 of 455 | #4 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
354
-155 (-30%) vs 2020
Student : Teacher
8.9:1
was 13.4:1
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 | 354 | 39.6 | 8.9:1 | 100% (354) |
| 2023-24 | 434 | 51.3 | 8.5:1 | 100% (434) |
| 2022-23 | 515 | 62.2 | 8.3:1 | 99% (512) |
| 2020-21 | 509 | 38 | 13.4:1 | 99% (506) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for KIPP ST. LOUIS HIGH.
About KIPP ST. LOUIS HIGH
KIPP ST. LOUIS HIGH is classified as a high school. It is located in St. Louis, Missouri. The school reports 354 students in grades 9 through 12. The typical figure for high schools in Missouri is about 501 students.
Across its 6 schools, KIPP ST LOUIS PUBLIC SCHOOLS enrolls 2,069 students. KIPP ST. LOUIS HIGH is one of those schools.
Black students make up 96% of enrollment at KIPP ST. LOUIS HIGH. Census estimates put the Black share of St. Louis city's population at about 42%. KIPP ST. LOUIS HIGH's diversity index is 8%, against a US figure of 70%.
A ratio of 8.9:1 comes from the school's 39.6 full-time-equivalent teachers. That is 3.2 students per teacher below the 12.2:1 average for high schools in Missouri. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility was 100% in 2024-25.
allk12 grades KIPP ST. LOUIS HIGH a D. The grade compares the school only with Missouri public high schools, because each state gives its own test.
Predicted from its free or reduced-price lunch share, KIPP ST. LOUIS HIGH would score about 22.4%. It scores 8.5%, 13.9 points below that figure.
St. Louis city census figures show that the median household income is $56,160, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 41% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 15%. St. Louis city is home to 113 public schools and about 29,941 public school students.
Of nearby public schools, CARR LANE VPA MIDDLE is the closest, at about 0.2 miles. KIPP ST. LOUIS HIGH has at least 8 other public schools within five miles. Among 8 nearby schools that report test results, KIPP ST. LOUIS HIGH ranks 8th on proficiency.
On the NCES locale scale, the school is City: Large. Federal records list KIPP ST. LOUIS HIGH as a charter school.
Enrollment is down 30% from 2020-21, when KIPP ST. LOUIS HIGH had 509 students, to 2024-25, when it had 354. From 2020-21 to 2024-25, the ratio fell from 13.4:1 to 8.9:1.
The allk12 site hosts a discussion page for KIPP ST. LOUIS HIGH covering things like sports tryouts, band and choir, and theater. Reviews and ratings from people who know the school are welcome.
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 KIPP ST LOUIS PUBLIC SCHOOLS
- KIPP VICTORY ACADEMYElementary · 433 students
- KIPP INSPIRE ACADEMYMiddle · 409 students
- KIPP TRIUMPH ACADEMYMiddle · 305 students
- KIPP WISDOM ACADEMYElementary · 285 students
- KIPP WONDER ACADEMYElementary · 283 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
- CARR LANE VPA MIDDLE0.2 mi · 396
- GATEWAY MIDDLE0.3 mi · 382
- KIPP INSPIRE ACADEMY0.4 mi · 409
- ELIAS MICHAEL ELEM.0.4 mi · 43
- GATEWAY ELEM.0.4 mi · 426
- ST LOUIS LANG IMMERSION SCHOOL0.4 mi · 493
Frequently asked questions
About KIPP ST. LOUIS HIGHWhat is the total enrollment at KIPP ST. LOUIS HIGH?
KIPP ST. LOUIS HIGH enrolls approximately 354 students in grades 09-12.
What age range does KIPP ST. LOUIS HIGH serve?
KIPP ST. LOUIS HIGH serves students from grade 09 through grade 12.
What is the student-teacher ratio at KIPP ST. LOUIS HIGH?
The student-to-teacher ratio at KIPP ST. LOUIS HIGH is approximately 8.9:1 (40 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at KIPP ST. LOUIS HIGH?
At KIPP ST. LOUIS HIGH, the student body is approximately 1% White, 2% Hispanic, 96% Black, 1% Two or more.
Is KIPP ST. LOUIS HIGH public or private?
KIPP ST. LOUIS HIGH is a public K-12 school operated as a charter, overseen by KIPP ST LOUIS PUBLIC SCHOOLS.
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