SOUTH TECHNICAL

SOUTH TECHNICAL is one of the sprawling high schools in SUNSET HILLS, Missouri, part of SPECL. SCH. DST. ST. LOUIS CO., with 885 students on its rolls from grades 11 through 12. That puts it 77% larger than the typical public school in Missouri, which averages around 501 students.

Within SPECL. SCH. DST. ST. LOUIS CO., which oversees 10 schools and 3,576 students, SOUTH TECHNICAL is one campus in the system.

For racial and ethnic makeup, SOUTH TECHNICAL lists that the largest single group is White, at 68% of enrollment; the rest breaks down as 14% Black, 7% Hispanic, 7% Asian, 3% multiracial.

Looking at the economic backdrop, On paper, SOUTH TECHNICAL has 35 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 25.1:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 12.2:1 average. An estimated 5% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. That share is lower than St. Louis County's rate of about 43%.

Across the wider county, ACS estimates for St. Louis County put the typical household earns roughly $82,936 per year, about 47% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 7% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, St. Louis County runs 275 public schools (combined enrollment of about 134,601 students), of which SOUTH TECHNICAL is one.

TRUMAN MIDDLE SCHOOL is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.9 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

The campus sits in a suburban setting.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count grew 14%: 776 students in 2018 compared to 885 in 2025. Over the same period, the Black share contracted from 21% to 14%. The student-to-teacher ratio rose from 21.4:1 in 2018 to 25.1:1 today.

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