ST. CHARLES WEST HIGH

Set in ST CHARLES, Missouri, ST. CHARLES WEST HIGH is a mid-sized secondary school, operated by ST. CHARLES R-VI. It enrolls 645 students across grades 9 through 12. Enrollment runs roughly 29% larger than the state mean of about 501.

Across the 11 schools in ST. CHARLES R-VI (4,732 students total), ST. CHARLES WEST HIGH accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

In terms of who attends, ST. CHARLES WEST HIGH records that White students make up the majority at 67%. The remainder comes out to 19% Black, 10% Hispanic, 3% Asian. The wider county runs roughly 84% White, putting the school's mix visibly less White than the area baseline.

In terms of school funding signals, Staff filings list 62 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 10.4:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 12.2:1, putting ST. CHARLES WEST HIGH tighter than the state norm the norm. Roughly 27% of students at ST. CHARLES WEST HIGH qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

After controlling for student poverty, ST. CHARLES WEST HIGH tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 50.8% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 44.3%.

In the broader community, community-level numbers for St. Charles County indicate median household earnings sit near $104,692, about 43% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 4%. Across St. Charles County's 93 public schools (combined enrollment of about 59,314 students), ST. CHARLES WEST HIGH is one campus in the mix.

MONROE ELEM. 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. On composite proficiency, ST. CHARLES WEST HIGH comes 6th of 9 in the immediate cluster, below the nearby-schools average of 56.2%.

ST. CHARLES WEST HIGH operates from a downtown location.

Trend over the last 7 years. ST. CHARLES WEST HIGH's enrollment has ticked down 3% since 2018, when it stood at 664 (now 645). White enrollment moved from 79% to 67% across the same window. Class-load math has fell: from 11.7:1 in 2018 to 10.4:1 in 2025.

On the community side, members of the ST. CHARLES WEST HIGH community share and discuss pickup logistics, teacher feedback, and after-school programs. The community welcomes input from current and former families.