LADUE HORTON WATKINS HIGH

As a big high school in ST LOUIS, Missouri, LADUE HORTON WATKINS HIGH instructs 1,395 students from grades 9 through 12, part of LADUE. That puts it 178% above the typical public school in Missouri, which averages around 501 students.

Within LADUE, which oversees 8 schools and 4,624 students, LADUE HORTON WATKINS HIGH is one campus in the system.

On demographics, LADUE HORTON WATKINS HIGH records that 51% of students identify as White, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. Beyond that, the school reports 18% Asian, 17% Black, 8% multiracial, 5% Hispanic. That is meaningfully less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 62%.

Looking at the economic backdrop, LADUE HORTON WATKINS HIGH reports 95 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 14.7:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 12.2:1 average. Roughly 12% of students at LADUE HORTON WATKINS HIGH qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. That share is noticeably below St. Louis County's rate of about 43%.

After controlling for student poverty, LADUE HORTON WATKINS HIGH performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 51.0%, the actual is 54.3%, a residual of +3.2 points.

In the broader community, the surrounding county (St. Louis County) records that median household income runs about $82,936, roughly 47% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 7%. Across St. Louis County's 275 public schools (combined enrollment of about 134,601 students), LADUE HORTON WATKINS HIGH is one campus in the mix.

CONWAY ELEMENTARY is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.2 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), LADUE HORTON WATKINS HIGH ranks 6th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 63.0%.

LADUE HORTON WATKINS HIGH operates from a bedroom-community location.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count expanded 9%: 1,284 students in 2018 compared to 1,395 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 59% to 51% across the same window.

On the community side, posts here usually surface around pickup logistics, teacher feedback, and after-school programs. Members of the school community can share what they know.