NCES CCD 2024-25 9 schools MO

Best-Resourced Schools in Hazelwood, MO

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9 public K-12 schools in Hazelwood from NCES Common Core of Data: enrollment, grade span, demographics, and Civil Rights Data Collection statistics for every active campus.

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9
Schools
4,615
Students
42.6/100
Avg Resource Index
14.9:1
Avg Student-Teacher Ratio

National city placement

One campus shapes the city average

According to NCES CCD 2024-25, Hazelwood has more public-school enrollment than 51% of the 4,487 US cities in this directory. Hazelwood West High enrolls 43.2% of Hazelwood's public-school students. That is enough concentration for one institution to pull the citywide enrollment, staffing, and Resource Index averages toward its own profile. The smaller campuses below should therefore be compared directly rather than inferred from the headline mean; their grade configurations and program footprints can be materially different even inside the same district.

Combined-grade campuses shape the local portfolio

6 of Hazelwood's 9 listed schools use NCES's combined or “other” grade-level classification. Citywide averages therefore blend campuses serving unusually broad or nonstandard grade spans with conventional elementary, middle, and high schools. Grade configuration is a first-order comparison here, not a minor label.

A small portfolio contains radically different campus scales

Hazelwood lists only 9 schools, yet reported enrollment runs from 68 to 1,994 students, a 29-fold range. In a portfolio this compact, the smallest record may be a specialized or nonstandard setting rather than a miniature version of the largest campus. That distinction affects how ratios and program fields should be read. Compare similarly configured grade levels first; combining the extremes into one city average conceals more than it explains.

City enrollment
Top 49%
School count
Top 46%
Resource Index average
59th percentile
Teacher staffing
55th percentile

Hazelwood West High accounts for 43.2% of all Hazelwood public-school enrollment

That dominant concentration means Hazelwood-wide averages can mask substantial variation outside the largest entity. Grade level: High. The share measures enrollment concentration only; it does not establish how districts allocate programs, capital, or staff. Enrollment-weighted aggregates give this entity more weight than any smaller peer, while an unweighted entity average treats every record equally.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data

Hazelwood school enrollment varies 29× across entities

Hazelwood school enrollment ranges from 68 students (lowest) to 1,994 students (highest), a spread of 1,926 students. That spread is wider than typical and predicts noticeable gaps in service quality between the highest and lowest areas. Per-school staffing and program breadth can differ sharply at opposite ends of that enrollment range, so the city average should not be treated as a typical campus.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data

Hazelwood reports 54.0% free-lunch eligibility

The reported share clears the 50% majority mark. Title I operates under the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA, 2015), but its statutory allocation uses additional LEA-level counts and rules not represented by this average. This percentage is an economic-need context measure; it does not establish a Title I award, show dollars received, or describe how funds are distributed among campuses.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data

Hazelwood student-teacher ratio is 14.9:1 — near the typical range (US average ~15.7) — citywide staffing is neither unusually lean nor unusually crowded by this measure

student-teacher ratio is the simplest comparative metric but it does not capture the full picture: the ratio counts FTE classroom teachers against total enrollment, push-in specialists, English-language aides, special-education co-teachers, and counselors are not included in most reporting Variation between sub-units within Hazelwood is typically wider than the Hazelwood-aggregate figure suggests.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data, Public School Universe

# School Score
1. Steam Academy Middle School 58
2. Garrett Elem. 54
3. Russell Elem. 50
4. West Early Childhood Center 50
5. Mcnair Elem. 44
6. West Middle 41
7. Armstrong Elem. 39
8. Hazelwood West High 32
9. Early Education Center 15

Most racially and ethnically mixed schools in Hazelwood

Ranked by the Simpson student-body diversity index (0-100) from NCES race and ethnicity data, where higher means a more evenly mixed student body. It measures mix, not quality.

  1. 1 Russell Elem. 55.0/100
  2. 2 Mcnair Elem. 54.1/100
  3. 3 Garrett Elem. 53.5/100
  4. 4 Steam Academy Middle School 51.6/100
  5. 5 West Middle 51.1/100

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Which Hazelwood school has the highest Resource Investment Index? ▼

Steam Academy Middle School has the highest Resource Investment Index among the Hazelwood schools in this federal-data comparison at 58/100. The index summarizes reported staffing, counseling, gifted-program, and attendance inputs; it is not an academic rating.

How many schools are in Hazelwood, MO? ▼

Hazelwood has 9 public schools with a total enrollment of 4,615 students. Average student-teacher ratio: 14.9:1.

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Data from NCES Common Core of Data (CCD) 2024-25 and Civil Rights Data Collection (CRDC) 2021-22. The Resource Investment Index uses reported student-teacher ratio, counselor access, gifted programs, and attendance; it is not an academic rating. Cities must include at least five schools to be listed. This public-data comparison is for informational purposes: verify current enrollment, attendance boundaries, and programs with the school district before acting. See the guide to understanding NCES data.