VASHON HIGH

As a mid-tier 9-12 campus in ST LOUIS, Missouri, VASHON HIGH serves 621 students from grades 9 through 12, overseen by ST. LOUIS CITY. That puts it 24% larger than the typical public school in Missouri, which averages around 501 students.

VASHON HIGH is one of 62 schools operated by ST. LOUIS CITY, a district that instructs 17,933 students overall.

Looking at the student body, VASHON HIGH records that 99% of students identify as Black, making the school strongly Black-majority. By comparison, St. Louis city as a whole is about 42% Black, so the school skews visibly more Black than its surroundings.

On the income-and-resources front, VASHON HIGH logs 40 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 15.4:1. The state averages around 12.2:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. Roughly 100% of students at VASHON HIGH qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

After controlling for student poverty, VASHON HIGH sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 49.4%; this one delivers 50.8%.

In the broader community, ACS estimates for St. Louis city put the typical household earns roughly $56,160 per year, about 41% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, 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 VASHON HIGH is one.

COLUMBIA ELEM. COMM. ED. CTR. is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.4 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, VASHON HIGH comes 3rd of 8 in the immediate cluster, above the nearby-schools average of 42.8%.

VASHON HIGH operates from an inner-city location.

Five-year trend. VASHON HIGH's enrollment has climbed 47% since 2018, when it stood at 422 (now 621). Class-load math has loosened: from 10.9:1 in 2018 to 15.4:1 in 2025.

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