KIRKWOOD SR. HIGH

KIRKWOOD SR. HIGH is a four-year high school of heavily attended scale in KIRKWOOD, Missouri, part of KIRKWOOD R-VII, works with 1,693 students in grades 9 through 12. Enrollment runs roughly 238% larger than the state mean of about 501.

KIRKWOOD SR. HIGH is one of 9 schools operated by KIRKWOOD R-VII, a district that caters to 5,982 students overall.

For racial and ethnic makeup, KIRKWOOD SR. HIGH records that 76% of the student body identifies as White. Beyond that, the school records 10% Black, 7% multiracial, 5% Hispanic. That is considerably more White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 62%.

In terms of school funding signals, Staff filings list 115 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 14.7:1 students per teacher. That figure is higher than the state norm's 12.2:1 average. An estimated 11% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. By comparison, St. Louis County runs at roughly 43%, so the school's eligibility rate is meaningfully below the surrounding baseline.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, KIRKWOOD SR. HIGH ranks in the top 10% of Missouri public schools. The BeatsExpectations model, a per-state regression of composite proficiency on FRL share, predicts schools with this student profile to land around 51.1%; KIRKWOOD SR. HIGH posts 75.0%, +23.9 points above that line.

In the broader community, community-level numbers for St. Louis County indicate the typical household earns roughly $82,936 per year, 47% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 7%. KIRKWOOD SR. HIGH is one of 275 public schools in St. Louis County (combined enrollment of about 134,601 students).

Nearest neighbor: W. W. KEYSOR ELEM., around 0.3 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around KIRKWOOD SR. HIGH. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts KIRKWOOD SR. HIGH at 1st of 8; the average score across the group is 43.4%.

KIRKWOOD SR. HIGH operates from a commuter-belt location.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at KIRKWOOD SR. HIGH has ticked down 3%, going from 1,738 students in 2018 to 1,693 in 2025. The Black share of enrollment ticked down from 15% to 10% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 16.0:1 in 2018 to 14.7:1 today.

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