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ST. Louis City
A public school district in St Louis, Missouri, with 68 operational schools in 2024–25.
The district in 2024–25
- 17,933
- Students enrolled
- 1,575.2
- Teachers, full-time equivalent
- Derived by NCES from the state’s counts.
- 2,026.2
- All staff, full-time equivalent
- $22,979
- Spending per pupil, fiscal year 2023
- Current expenditure over fall membership, both as the district reported them.
How this compares
- Students enrolled: 17,933 in 2024–25
- Ranks 437th of 17,800 districts by enrollment, and 6th of 555 in Missouri. Larger than 97% of the 17,800 districts in the fifty states and DC that report an enrollment. The ranking →
- Current spending per pupil: $22,979 in fiscal year 2023
- More than 82% 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
ST. Louis City spent $23,121 per pupil in fiscal year 2024, against $10,714 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.
Source: NCES
About this chart
The figures
| Fiscal year | Spending per pupil | Current expenditure | Membership |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024 | $23,121 | $422.7 million | 18,284 |
| FY2023 | $22,979 | $421.0 million | 18,321 |
| FY2022 | $17,843 | $334.5 million | 18,747 |
| FY2021 | $17,248 | $332.9 million | 19,299 |
| FY2020 | $15,003 | $318.7 million | 21,244 |
| FY2019 | $15,126 | $330.0 million | 21,814 |
| FY2018 | $14,713 | $338.0 million | 22,972 |
| FY2017 | $11,434 | $323.2 million | 28,270 |
| FY2016 | $11,464 | $332.0 million | 28,960 |
| FY2015 | $11,091 | $341.9 million | 30,831 |
| FY2014 | $12,635 | $341.4 million | 27,017 |
| FY2013 | $10,655 | $344.8 million | 32,364 |
| FY2012 | $13,275 | $327.4 million | 24,665 |
| FY2011 | $13,670 | $342.9 million | 25,084 |
| FY2010 | $14,534 | $382.4 million | 26,311 |
| FY2009 | $14,319 | $392.6 million | 27,421 |
| FY2008 | $14,353 | $396.4 million | 27,616 |
| FY2007 | $9,752 | $373.3 million | 38,277 |
| FY2006 | $10,770 | $439.9 million | 40,841 |
| FY2005 | $10,714 | $425.5 million | 39,720 |
Revenue by source, fiscal year 2023
| Source | Revenue | Share of total |
|---|---|---|
| Federal | $146.2 million | 28.2% |
| State | $32.9 million | 6.3% |
| Local | $339.1 million | 65.4% |
| Total | $518.1 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
68 operational schools, A to Z.
2 more columns on a wider screen
The district’s entry
- Name as NCES lists it
- ST. LOUIS CITY
- 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
- 2929280
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 30, 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 2024
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 2024.
Compiled automatically from Common Core of Data (CCD), 2024–25 and School District Finance Survey (F-33), fiscal years 2005 to 2024 by a checked SQL query · Editor: Kian O'Connor · How this site is built
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