NORTH TECHNICAL

Located at 1700 DERHAKE RD, in FLORISSANT, Missouri, NORTH TECHNICAL is a heavily attended senior high that serves 833 students (grades 10 through 12), operated by SPECL. SCH. DST. ST. LOUIS CO.. Enrollment runs roughly 66% above the state mean of about 501.

Across the 10 schools in SPECL. SCH. DST. ST. LOUIS CO. (3,576 students total), NORTH TECHNICAL accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

For racial and ethnic makeup, NORTH TECHNICAL reports that the student body is overwhelmingly Black (81%). Other groups include 9% White, 6% Hispanic. By comparison, St. Louis County as a whole is about 24% Black, so the school skews noticeably more Black than its surroundings.

On the income-and-resources front, NORTH TECHNICAL lists 36 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 23.1:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 12.2:1, putting NORTH TECHNICAL higher than the state norm the norm. About 24% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. By comparison, St. Louis County runs at roughly 43%, so the school's eligibility rate is below the surrounding baseline.

In the area at large, ACS estimates for St. Louis County put the typical household earns roughly $82,936 per year, 47% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 7% of residents live below the federal poverty line. NORTH TECHNICAL is one of 275 public schools in St. Louis County (combined enrollment of about 134,601 students).

NORTHVIEW is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.1 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

NORTH TECHNICAL operates from an outer-ring location.

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at NORTH TECHNICAL has edged up 8%, going from 773 students in 2018 to 833 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio widened from 11.4:1 in 2018 to 23.1:1 today.

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