Public schools in St Peters, MO

St Peters has 13 public schools with a 2024-25 address in the city: 2 high, 2 middle, 7 elementary, 2 other, enrolling 8,459 students. They are run by 3 districts and agencies; Fort Zumwalt School District runs 10 of them.

NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25: schools open that year with enrollment · method

The 3 districts and agencies that run St Peters's public schools

Each district decides who can enroll where; its page holds its schools, spending and teachers.

DistrictSchools in St PetersDistrict students, fall 2022Spending per student, FY23
Fort Zumwalt School District1017,060$13,648
Francis Howell School District217,124$12,462
Mo Schls for the Sev Disabled1704not reported

Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25: school location city and operating agency; NCES F-33 fiscal year 2022-23: district fall membership and current spending per student. Schools on a city's edge can serve students from outside it.

2 high schools in St Peters, 2,383 students

SchoolStudents 2024‑25Per teacherFree lunchDistrict
Ft. Zumwalt South High1,21214.211.6%Fort Zumwalt
Ft. Zumwalt East High1,17113.917.3%Fort Zumwalt

Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 (membership, staff, lunch); level from the directory. All free (CEP): every student eats free under the Community Eligibility Provision, so the school reports no free-lunch count.

2 middle schools in St Peters, 1,692 students

SchoolStudents 2024‑25Per teacherFree lunchDistrict
Dr. Bernard J. Dubray Middle86912.319.9%Fort Zumwalt
Ft. Zumwalt South Middle82312.311.7%Fort Zumwalt

Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 (membership, staff, lunch); level from the directory. All free (CEP): every student eats free under the Community Eligibility Provision, so the school reports no free-lunch count.

7 elementary schools in St Peters, 4,054 students

SchoolStudents 2024‑25Per teacherFree lunchDistrict
Fairmount Elementary97113.116.5%Francis Howell
Warren Elementary72913.47.7%Francis Howell
Progress South Elementary64212.814.2%Fort Zumwalt
Hawthorn Elementary45812.422.7%Fort Zumwalt
Mid Rivers Elementary44412.411.9%Fort Zumwalt
Lewis Clark Elementary42612.925.8%Fort Zumwalt
St. Peters Elementary38410.627.9%Fort Zumwalt

Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 (membership, staff, lunch); level from the directory. All free (CEP): every student eats free under the Community Eligibility Provision, so the school reports no free-lunch count.

2 other schools in St Peters, 330 students

SchoolStudents 2024‑25Per teacherFree lunchDistrict
Early Childhood Center3078.39.8%Fort Zumwalt
Boonslick School235.856.5%Mo Schls for the Sev Disabled

Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 (membership, staff, lunch); level from the directory. All free (CEP): every student eats free under the Community Eligibility Provision, so the school reports no free-lunch count.

How St Peters's public schools compare with Missouri's

The median St Peters school has 12.4 students per full-time teacher, about the same as the Missouri median of 12.5. 0% of its schools ran a schoolwide Title I program in 2021-22, against 48% across the state. Its median school enrolls 642 students (state 317).

St Peters against Missouri, schools open in 2024-25 with students
St PetersMissouri
Median students per teacher12.412.5
Median school size (students)642317
Schools with a schoolwide Title I program (2021-22)0%48%
Schools where every student eats free (CEP)0%22%
Charter schools0%3.4%

Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 (membership, staff, lunch program, charter status; the 13 St Peters schools and the 2,294 Missouri schools open that year with students); Title I status CCD 2021-22. Students per teacher counts 2024-25 teachers and ratios from 3 to 99.

What to look at next in St Peters

  1. Fort Zumwalt School DistrictRuns 10 of St Peters's 13 public schools and spent $13,648 per student in fiscal year 2022-23.$13,648
  2. Ft. Zumwalt South High, the largest high school in St Peters1,212 students in 2024-25, 14.2 per teacher.1,212
  3. Compare Fort Zumwalt School District with Francis Howell School DistrictSt Peters's two largest operators side by side: enrollment, spending and schools.
  4. The largest public schools in MissouriMissouri's 50 largest schools open in 2024-25, by enrollment.
  5. Find the school district for a St Peters addressA home's district, not its city, decides which public schools it can enroll in.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 (schools and their operating agencies); NCES F-33 finance survey, fiscal year 2022-23 (spending per student).

Choosing among them: how to choose a school district with the federal data, and what a Title I school is.

Other cities in Missouri

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  2. Kansas City151 schools
  3. Springfield60 schools
  4. Independence36 schools
  5. Columbia35 schools
  6. St Charles32 schools
  7. Lee's Summit30 schools
  8. Florissant29 schools

Questions about schools in St Peters

  1. How many public schools are in St Peters, MO?
    13 public schools with an address in St Peters were open in 2024-25: 2 high, 2 middle, 7 elementary, 2 other, enrolling 8,459 students.
  2. What is the largest high school in St Peters?
    Ft. Zumwalt South High, with 1,212 students in 2024-25 (Fort Zumwalt School District).
  3. Which districts run St Peters's schools?
    Fort Zumwalt School District (10 schools), Francis Howell School District (2 schools), Mo Schls for the Sev Disabled (1 school). A school's district, not its city, decides who can enroll.

These figures are for information and are not a substitute for the district's enrollment office, which confirms the school a home is assigned to.

Sources

Source: NCES Common Core of Data School directory, membership, staff and lunch files · 2024-25

Source: NCES Common Core of Data Public school search (the official record of each school) · 2024-25

Compiled from official source data by .