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St. Louis, Missouri - 4 schools
An equity score of 74/100 ranks Gateway Science Acad/St Louis #41 of 432 districts in Missouri (state average 50). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $13,596 per pupil, Gateway Science Acad/St Louis ranks #165 of 549 Missouri districts by per-pupil spending (Missouri districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
1,480
Total Enrollment
4
Schools
$13,596
Per-Pupil Spending
Combined, High
School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Gateway Science Acad/St Louis operates 4 public schools serving 1,480 students, placing it among the smallest districts in Missouri. The school portfolio breaks down into 2 combined, 1 high, 1 middle schools, a small enough portfolio that most families will interact with nearly every campus in the district at some point. These enrollment and school figures come from the NCES Common Core of Data (CCD) 2024-25 release, and the district is based in St. Louis City.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $13,596 according to the NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey, in the upper half of 549 Missouri districts by per-pupil spending. See how Missouri compares in our national per-pupil spending analysis. The funding mix is 10.8% local, 69.0% state, and 20.2% federal, a state-revenue-heavy mix that insulates the district somewhat from local property-tax volatility, though it ties funding to state budget cycles. The district's equity score is 74/100, ranked #41 of 432 in Missouri against a state average of 50, notably more even than the typical district in the state for how evenly funding reaches its schools.
Academic infrastructure includes 1 of 4 schools offering Advanced Placement (13 AP courses district-wide), a 401.7:1 student-counselor ratio, well above the ASCA benchmark though still under the roughly 408:1 national average, and 23.3% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 46.5% White, 31.3% African American, 8.7% Hispanic or Latino across the district's schools. Its most demographically mixed campus is Gateway Science Academy High, with a diversity index of 66.8/100.
Its largest campus is Gateway Science Academy High, enrolling 461 students (28% of the district's total enrollment).
Gateway Science Academy High accounts for 27.7% of all Gateway Science Acad/St Louis student enrollment
That dominant concentration means Gateway Science Acad/St Louis-wide averages can mask substantial variation outside the dominant entity. Grade band: high. A single dominant campus often anchors a district's program offerings and staffing patterns; the share helps explain why district-wide averages may not reflect the typical neighbourhood-school experience. When one entity dominates a region's footprint, its programmatic and budget decisions effectively set policy for a majority of the affected population.
Gateway Science Acad/St Louis student-counselor ratio is 402:1 — high (typically associated with staffing constraints that limit per-student counselor time; CRDC data shows higher ratios cluster in larger urban systems)
student-counselor ratio is the simplest comparative metric but it does not capture the full picture: the ratio counts FTE counselors against total enrollment, districts that contract intervention or social-emotional staff outside the counselor classification may be under-counted Higher values may reflect larger urban scale or recent resource constraints that have widened the gap.
Gateway Science Acad/St Louis chronic absenteeism rate is 23.3% — near the typical range (US average ~28) — aligned with the national post-pandemic baseline of roughly 28% chronic absenteeism
chronic absenteeism rate is the simplest comparative metric but it does not capture the full picture: a student is chronically absent if they miss ≥10% of enrolled days for any reason, illness, family obligations, or disengagement Variation between sub-units within Gateway Science Acad/St Louis is typically wider than the Gateway Science Acad/St Louis-aggregate figure suggests.
Comparisons are relative to Gateway Science Acad/St Louis's own figures; each column derives from NCES Common Core of Data and the F-33 Finance Survey.
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