CLAYTON HIGH

CLAYTON HIGH is a high school of well-populated scale in CLAYTON, Missouri, one of the schools within CLAYTON, works with 788 students in grades 9 through 12. Enrollment runs roughly 57% larger than the state mean of about 501.

CLAYTON comprises 5 schools with combined enrollment of 2,367 students; CLAYTON HIGH is among them.

For racial and ethnic makeup, CLAYTON HIGH shows that 59% of the student body identifies as White. Beyond that, the school lists 15% Black, 13% Asian, 9% multiracial, 4% Hispanic. That composition is broadly in line with St. Louis County as a whole.

On the income-and-resources front, CLAYTON HIGH lists 80 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 9.9:1. The state averages around 12.2:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. About 8% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. That share is noticeably below St. Louis County's rate of about 43%.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), CLAYTON HIGH sits in the top 10% of Missouri schools after the BeatsExpectations adjustment. Predicted proficiency for the school's FRL share is roughly 51.1%; actual is 73.6%, +22.5 points clear of the demographic baseline.

In the surrounding community, ACS estimates for St. Louis County put median household earnings sit near $82,936, 47% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, 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 CLAYTON HIGH is one.

The closest other public school is JUVENILE DETENTION CTR., roughly 0.4 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around CLAYTON HIGH. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts CLAYTON HIGH at 3rd of 8; the average score across the group is 64.3%.

The school occupies a bedroom-community site.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at CLAYTON HIGH has edged down 10%, going from 877 students in 2018 to 788 in 2025. Over the same period, the Black share shrank from 20% to 15%. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 11.3:1 in 2018 to 9.9:1 today.

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