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Enrollment
1,417
High
DISTRICT 1,293 · STATE 501
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·PARKWAY C-2·NCES 292358001404
WEST HIGH
14653 CLAYTON RD, BALLWIN, MO 63011 · (314) 415-7500 · St. Louis County
GRADES 09–12HIGH21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL1,417 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
15.5:1
91 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.8:1 · STATE 12.2:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
11%
152 students
DISTRICT 17% · STATE 54%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other high schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 9 | 367 | 26% |
| Grade 10 | 336 | 24% |
| Grade 11 | 368 | 26% |
| Grade 12 | 346 | 24% |
Student demographics
57%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 62% · STATE 52% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
MAP 2024-25 . % Proficient + AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
80.8%
MO avg 44.9% . +16.2pp since 2021
Math
73.2%
MO avg 43.8% . +32.8pp since 2021
What this means: On the MAP, Missouri's statewide test, about 81 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 73 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Missouri schools, those numbers are about 45 and 44. Reading and writing scores are up about 16 points since 2021, while math scores are up about 33 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Advanced | Proficient | Basic | Below Basic |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 19.7% | 61.1% | 14.0% | 5.0% |
| Math | 44.8% | 28.4% | 16.3% | 10.3% |
Share of tested students at each MAP level. Each student counts in one level, so a row adds to about 100%.
MAP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 80.8% | 73.2% |
| 2023-24 | 78.4% | 78.1% |
| 2022-23 | 65.6% | 59.2% |
| 2021-22 | 64.6% | 40.4% |
% Proficient + Advanced, all students and all tested grades.
Source: MAP. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
OUTPERFORMING
Top 10% of MO schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
71.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
55.9%
based on MO schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+15.4pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 71% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 56% typical for Missouri schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations ranks schools against others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school can post high scores and still fall short of its prediction, or post lower scores and still beat it. This school clears its prediction by about 15 points, placing it in Missouri's top 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like WEST HIGH
WEST HIGH's state test result (71.3% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| WEST HIGH this school | 1,417 | 10.7% | 71.3% |
| LADUE HORTON WATKINS HIGH ST LOUIS | 1,395 | 11.5% | 60.1% |
| MARQUETTE SR. HIGH CHESTERFIELD | 2,095 | 15.0% | 60.0% |
| CENTRAL HIGH CHESTERFIELD | 1,281 | 15.8% | 58.8% |
| CLAYTON HIGH CLAYTON | 788 | 8.0% | 71.1% |
| LAFAYETTE SR. HIGH WILDWOOD | 1,669 | 11.4% | 61.4% |
Matched among Missouri high schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where WEST HIGH ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In Missouri | In St. Louis County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 71.3% | #5 of 443 | #1 of 31 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 73.2% | #16 of 453 ▼ 10 | #2 of 34 ▼ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 80.8% | #9 of 382 ▼ 2 | #4 of 35 ▼ 1 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +24.5pp | #1 of 231 | #1 of 22 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 1,417 | #58 of 561 | #12 of 45 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.5:1 | #239 of 343 | #19 of 34 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 57.4% | #40 of 343 | #9 of 34 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 10.7% | #450 of 455 | #34 of 36 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +1.4% | #138 of 151 | #14 of 14 |
Ranked against other public high schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
1,417
-3 (0%) vs 2020
-28% since 1990-91, when it was 1,972
Student : Teacher
15.5:1
was 16.7:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 1,417 | 91.4 | 15.5:1 | 11% (152) |
| 2023-24 | 1,408 | 89.2 | 15.8:1 | 13% (179) |
| 2022-23 | 1,436 | 88.6 | 16.2:1 | 9% (131) |
| 2020-21 | 1,420 | 85 | 16.7:1 | 14% (197) |
| 2017-18 | 1,397 | 86.6 | 16.1:1 | 10% (134) |
| 2015-16 | 1,268 | 79 | 16.1:1 | 14% (173) |
| 2010-11 | 1,293 | 79 | 16.4:1 | 6% (79) |
| 2000-01 | 1,539 | 85 | 18.1:1 | 10% (160) |
| 1990-91 | 1,972 | 108 | 18.3:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for WEST HIGH.
Since 2017-18: students up 1% (1,397 to 1,417); teachers up 6% (86.6 to 91.4).
About WEST HIGH
As a large high school, WEST HIGH serves students in BALLWIN, Missouri. Enrollment totals 1,417 students across grades 9 through 12. The school is 183% larger than the average for high schools in Missouri.
PARKWAY C-2 is made up of 29 schools with 16,759 students in all.
The largest group at WEST HIGH is White students, at 62%. The remaining students are 17% Asian, 11% Black, 7% multiracial, and 4% Hispanic. St. Louis County residents are about 62% White, a similar share. The diversity index for WEST HIGH is 57%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
Its staff includes 91.4 full-time-equivalent teachers, for about 15.5 students per teacher. The gap from the 12.2:1 average for high schools in Missouri is 3.3 students per teacher. Roughly 11% of students at WEST HIGH can receive free or reduced-price lunch. The 43% average for public schools in St. Louis County is 32 points higher.
BeatsExpectations places WEST HIGH in the top 10% of Missouri schools. The measure fits a line through proficiency and free or reduced-price lunch share for each state, and this school sits 15.4 points above it (71.3% actual, 55.9% predicted).
In St. Louis County, home to about 995,569 people, median household income comes to about $82,936, 47% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 7% of people live in poverty. There are 275 public schools in the county, enrolling about 134,601, WEST HIGH among them.
EARLY CHILDHOOD is about 0.2 miles away, making it the nearest public school. Other public schools within five miles number at least 8. On average proficiency, WEST HIGH is 2nd of 8 nearby schools with test data.
WEST HIGH is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more, a location NCES labels Suburb: Large.
WEST HIGH had 1,420 students in 2020-21 and 1,417 in 2024-25, nearly the same. Staffing shifted too: the ratio moved from 16.7:1 to 15.5:1.
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St. Louis County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
995,569
Census ACS
Median income
$82,936
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
47%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
7%
Below federal line
Schools in county
275
134,601 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in PARKWAY C-2
- SOUTH HIGHHigh · 1,485 students
- CENTRAL HIGHHigh · 1,281 students
- NORTH HIGHHigh · 990 students
- CENTRAL MIDDLEMiddle · 881 students
- WEST MIDDLEMiddle · 814 students
- NORTHEAST MIDDLEMiddle · 812 students
Other schools in BALLWIN
- SOUTHWEST MIDDLEMiddle · 803 students
- SELVIDGE MIDDLEMiddle · 583 students
- HENRY ELEM.Elementary · 512 students
- CLAYMONT ELEM.Elementary · 460 students
- BALLWIN ELEM.Elementary · 426 students
- WOERTHER ELEM.Elementary · 423 students
Other West High schools
20 other US public schools in 11 states are named West High. WEST HIGH is the 10th largest of the 21.
- West HighSALT LAKE CITY, UT · 2,503 students
- West HighMadison, WI · 2,222 students
- West HighBakersfield, CA · 2,159 students
- West HighTorrance, CA · 1,775 students
- West High SchoolAnchorage, AK · 1,702 students
Nearby schools
- EARLY CHILDHOOD0.2 mi · 342
- WEST MIDDLE0.5 mi · 814
- HENRY ELEM.1.2 mi · 512
- CLAYMONT ELEM.1.2 mi · 460
- SOUTH MIDDLE1.7 mi · 542
- HIGHCROFT RIDGE ELEM.1.7 mi · 369
Frequently asked questions
About WEST HIGHHow large is WEST HIGH?
WEST HIGH enrolls approximately 1,417 students in grades 09-12.
What age range does WEST HIGH serve?
WEST HIGH serves students from grade 09 through grade 12.
How many teachers does WEST HIGH have?
WEST HIGH employs 91 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 15.5:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at WEST HIGH?
At WEST HIGH, the student body is approximately 62% White, 4% Hispanic, 11% Black, 17% Asian, 7% Two or more.
Is WEST HIGH public or private?
WEST HIGH is a public K-12 school, overseen by PARKWAY C-2.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.