Ladue
A public school district in St Louis, Missouri, with 8 operational schools in 2024–25.
The district in 2024–25
- 4,624
- Students enrolled
- 332.5
- Teachers, full-time equivalent
- Derived by NCES from the state’s counts.
- 528.3
- All staff, full-time equivalent
- $15,032
- Spending per pupil, fiscal year 2023
- Current expenditure over fall membership, both as the district reported them.
How this compares
- Students enrolled: 4,624 in 2024–25
- Ranks 2,076th of 17,800 districts by enrollment, and 45th of 555 in Missouri. Larger than 88% of the 17,800 districts in the fifty states and DC that report an enrollment. The ranking →
- Current spending per pupil: $15,032 in fiscal year 2023
- More than 45% of the 17,189 districts with a spending figure. Current spending leaves out buildings and debt, and a district of a few pupils can spend far more per pupil than any large one.
Spending and revenue
Ladue spent $15,032 per pupil in fiscal year 2023, against $12,506 in fiscal year 2005
Current spending per pupil, each fiscal year: current expenditure over fall membership, both as the district reported them to NCES. In the dollars of each year, not adjusted for inflation. A year with no column is a year the survey has no figure for.
U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics — School District Finance Survey (F-33), fiscal year 2005 onwards
The figures behind this chart
| Fiscal year | Spending per pupil | Current expenditure | Membership |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2023 | $15,032 | $66.8 million | 4,442 |
| FY2022 | $14,618 | $64.1 million | 4,382 |
| FY2021 | $14,393 | $62.3 million | 4,325 |
| FY2020 | $14,072 | $59.5 million | 4,228 |
| FY2019 | $14,289 | $60.4 million | 4,228 |
| FY2018 | $13,628 | $57.5 million | 4,222 |
| FY2017 | $13,968 | $56.8 million | 4,063 |
| FY2016 | $12,655 | $53.9 million | 4,260 |
| FY2015 | $12,842 | $52.5 million | 4,089 |
| FY2014 | $12,324 | $50.5 million | 4,094 |
| FY2013 | $12,174 | $48.5 million | 3,985 |
| FY2012 | $11,801 | $46.3 million | 3,922 |
| FY2011 | $12,803 | $50.4 million | 3,939 |
| FY2010 | $13,600 | $51.7 million | 3,799 |
| FY2009 | $13,434 | $49.7 million | 3,701 |
| FY2008 | $13,045 | $46.7 million | 3,580 |
| FY2007 | $12,095 | $42.6 million | 3,522 |
| FY2006 | $12,379 | $41.6 million | 3,357 |
| FY2005 | $12,506 | $41.2 million | 3,293 |
Revenue by source, fiscal year 2023
| Source | Revenue | Share of total |
|---|---|---|
| Federal | $1.3 million | 1.3% |
| State | $3.6 million | 3.7% |
| Local | $90.8 million | 94.9% |
| Total | $95.7 million |
Federal, state and local revenue as the F-33 records them. Each share is of the survey’s total revenue, so a part withheld does not inflate the others.
The district’s schools
8 operational schools, A to Z.
2 more columns on a wider screen
| School | Students |
|---|---|
| Conway Elementary | 392 |
| Ladue Early Childhood Center | 262 |
| Ladue Fifth Grade Center | 357 |
| Ladue Horton Watkins High | 1,395 |
| Ladue Middle | 1,053 |
| Old Bonhomme Elementary | 379 |
| Reed Elementary | 410 |
| Spoede Elementary | 376 |
The district’s entry
- Name as NCES lists it
- LADUE
- Status
- Open
- Type
- Regular public school district that is not a component of a supervisory union
- Charter status
- Not a charter district
- Grades
- Pre-kindergarten to Grade 12
- NCES district ID
- 2917820
Elsewhere
- Public schools in Missouri — enrollment, teachers and spending across the state, against the nation.
- Every school district in Missouri — A to Z, each with its page.
- Missouri on the American Factbook — the state’s entry, across every hub.
Sources
- Common Core of Data (CCD), 2024–25 — National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education · U.S. Government work · retrieved September 25, 2026
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Common Core of Data (CCD), 2024–25.
- School District Finance Survey (F-33), fiscal years 2005 to 2023
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Common Core of Data (CCD), "School District Finance Survey (F-33)," fiscal years 2005 to 2023.
Data retrieved