METRO HIGH

As a small high school in ST LOUIS, Missouri, METRO HIGH works with 317 students from grades 9 through 12, run under ST. LOUIS CITY. That puts it 37% smaller than the typical public school in Missouri, which averages around 501 students.

Within ST. LOUIS CITY, which oversees 62 schools and 17,933 students, METRO HIGH is one campus in the system.

For racial and ethnic makeup, METRO HIGH lists that 52% of students identify as White, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. Beyond that, the school reports 25% Black, 10% Asian, 9% Hispanic, 5% multiracial.

On the income-and-resources front, Staff filings list 24 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 13.2:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 12.2:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. Roughly 100% of students at METRO HIGH qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, METRO HIGH sits in the top 10% of Missouri schools after the BeatsExpectations adjustment. Predicted proficiency for the school's FRL share is roughly 49.4%; actual is 72.4%, +23.0 points clear of the demographic baseline.

Around the school, ACS estimates for St. Louis city put the typical household earns roughly $56,160 per year, 41% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 15%. In all, St. Louis city runs 113 public schools (combined enrollment of about 29,941 students), of which METRO HIGH is one.

COLE ELEM. is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.4 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around METRO HIGH. On composite proficiency, METRO HIGH comes 1st of 7 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 44.9%.

The campus sits in a city-core setting.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at METRO HIGH has declined 10%, going from 352 students in 2018 to 317 in 2025. Black enrollment moved from 45% to 25% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 14.4:1 in 2018 to 13.2:1 today.

Inside the community feed, recent activity here tends to focus on sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.