ROCKWOOD SUMMIT SR. HIGH

ROCKWOOD SUMMIT SR. HIGH is a senior high of heavily attended scale in FENTON, Missouri, operated by ROCKWOOD R-VI, hosting 1,194 students in grades 9 through 12. By comparison, Missouri's public schools average about 501 students each, so ROCKWOOD SUMMIT SR. HIGH sits 138% bigger than that benchmark.

Across the 30 schools in ROCKWOOD R-VI (19,597 students total), ROCKWOOD SUMMIT SR. HIGH accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

Demographically, ROCKWOOD SUMMIT SR. HIGH logs that nearly all students (81%) are White. The remainder consists of 8% Black, 4% multiracial, 3% Hispanic, 3% Asian. The wider county runs roughly 62% White, putting the school's mix noticeably more White than the area baseline.

On the resource side, On paper, ROCKWOOD SUMMIT SR. HIGH has 78 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 15.4:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 12.2:1 average. Around 17% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. Set against St. Louis County (around 43%), the school's rate is meaningfully below typical.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, ROCKWOOD SUMMIT SR. HIGH performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 50.9%, the actual is 46.6%, a residual of -4.3 points.

In the surrounding community, ACS estimates for St. Louis County put median household income runs about $82,936, roughly 47% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 7% of residents live below the federal poverty line. ROCKWOOD SUMMIT SR. HIGH is one of 275 public schools in St. Louis County (combined enrollment of about 134,601 students).

The closest other public school is KELLISON ELEM., roughly 0.4 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts ROCKWOOD SUMMIT SR. HIGH at 5th of 9; the average score across the group is 43.0%.

The campus sits in a residential setting.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count declined 7%: 1,284 students in 2018 compared to 1,194 in 2025.

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