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St Louis, Missouri - 8 schools
An equity score of 47/100 ranks Ladue #239 of 432 districts in Missouri (state average 50). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $14,618 per pupil, Ladue ranks #117 of 549 Missouri districts by per-pupil spending (Missouri districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
4,442
Total Enrollment
8
Schools
$14,618
Per-Pupil Spending
Elementary, High
School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Ladue operates 8 public schools serving 4,442 students, placing it among the smaller districts in Missouri. The school portfolio breaks down into 5 elementary, 1 high, 1 middle, 1 combined schools, a compact enough portfolio that families can compare every campus directly before they move, rent, or enrol. 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 County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $14,618 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 94.0% local, 3.3% state, and 2.7% federal, a local-revenue-heavy mix that leaves the district more exposed to property-tax swings and local ballot measures than state-funded peers. The district's equity score is 47/100, ranked #239 of 432 in Missouri against a state average of 50, in line with the typical spread seen across the state for how evenly funding reaches its schools.
Academic infrastructure includes 1 of 8 schools offering Advanced Placement (24 AP courses district-wide), a 303.8:1 student-counselor ratio, somewhat above the 250:1 ASCA recommendation, and 12.3% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 56.8% White, 16.4% Asian, 12.8% African American across the district's schools. Its most demographically mixed campus is Old Bonhomme Elementary, with a diversity index of 69.3/100.
Its largest campus is Ladue Horton Watkins High, enrolling 1,395 students (30% of the district's total enrollment). Its smallest is Ladue Early Childhood Center, at 262 students, a 5x enrollment spread across the district's campuses.
Ladue Horton Watkins High accounts for 30.2% of all Ladue student enrollment
That dominant concentration means Ladue-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.
Ladue school enrollment varies 5.3× across entities
Ladue school enrollment ranges from 262 students (lowest) to 1,395 students (highest), a spread of 1,133 students. That relatively narrow ratio reflects an unusually homogeneous campus portfolio, most districts have a wider mix of school sizes. Per-school staffing ratios, programme availability, and capital-renovation cycles often diverge inside the same district based on enrollment shape.
Ladue student-counselor ratio is 304:1 — near the typical range (US average ~408) — within the typical range for U.S. public districts
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 Variation between sub-units within Ladue is typically wider than the Ladue-aggregate figure suggests.
Ladue chronic absenteeism rate is 12.3% — low (typically associated with lower-than-average attendance disruption; districts in this range often have attendance interventions, robust transportation, or smaller catchments that reduce barriers)
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 Lower values often correlate with smaller scale and population characteristics rather than higher resource budgets per se.