Ritenour Senior High
Public high school, grades 9 to 12 · St Louis, Missouri
Ritenour Senior High in St Louis, Missouri enrolled 2,041 students in 2024-25 with 102.5 full-time teachers, 19.9 students per teacher against the Missouri high-school median of 12.2. It was eligible for Title I in 2021-22 but ran no program; every student eats free under the Community Eligibility Provision (2024-25). On the state tests, 37% of its students tested were proficient in reading in 2021-22 and 23% proficient in math in 2022-23 (Missouri: 43.2% and 40.3%). Its four-year graduation rate for the class of 2023 was 73% (Missouri: 89.3%).
NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 · Civil Rights Data Collection 2021-22 · Title I status CCD 2021-22 · method
Enrollment rose 9% from 2022-23 to 2024-25; full-time teachers rose 4%
1,873 students in 2022-23, 2,033 students in 2023-24, 2,041 students in 2024-25. Full-time teachers went from 98.4 to 102.5.
The numbers as a table
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Per teacher |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022-23 | 1,873 | 98.4 | 19.0 |
| 2023-24 | 2,033 | 100.3 | 20.3 |
| 2024-25 | 2,041 | 102.5 | 19.9 |
19.9 students per teacher, a higher ratio than 98 of every 100 Missouri high schools
Among the 556 Missouri high schools that reported teachers for 2024-25 the median is 12.2; the national median for high schools is 14.5. A ratio counts every teacher, so it is not the size of a class.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data membership and staff files, 2022-23, 2023-24, 2024-25; the comparison counts schools with a 2024-25 teacher count and a ratio from 3 to 99 (lower values are reporting errors).
10 AP courses and one counselor per 258 students in 2021-22
In the 2021-22 civil rights collection Ritenour Senior High enrolled 1,804 students and had 7.0 counselors (full-time equivalent); it reported 201 out-of-school suspensions that year.
- Advanced Placement courses10
- Gifted and talented programNo
- Counselors (FTE)7.0, one per 258 of the 1,804 students enrolled in 2021-22
- Out-of-school suspensions201
- Chronically absent51.7% (2022-23)
Who attends
42.0% of students were Black, 31.7% Hispanic, 16.7% White in 2024-25.
- Black42.0%
- Hispanic31.7%
- White16.7%
- Two or more races8.0%
- Asian1.3%
- American Indian0.1%
- Pacific Islander0.1%
Source: U.S. Department of Education, Civil Rights Data Collection 2021-22; chronic absenteeism from EDFacts 2022-23; every count and the counselor ratio are for that school year. Who attends: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25, membership by race and ethnicity.
State test results, 2021-22 and 2022-23
The students tested at Ritenour Senior High scored proficient or above: 37% in reading in 2021-22 and 23% in math in 2022-23, against 43.2% in reading in 2021-22 and 40.3% in math in 2022-23 across Missouri. Each state writes its own test and sets its own proficiency bar, so compare these within Missouri, not across states. ED Data Express holds no district results after 2021-22, so the district column gives its 2021-22 figure.
| Subject and year | This school | Its district | Missouri |
|---|---|---|---|
| Reading and language arts, 2021-22 | 37% | 27% | 43.2% |
| Math, 2022-23 | 23% | 22% (2021-22) | 40.3% |
Source: U.S. Department of Education, EDFacts state assessment results 2021-22 and 2022-23, all students, from ED Data Express (2021-22 through the Data Rescue Project archive); for 2022-23 ED published math by school and reading only by state: ED shows school and district results as ranges (for example 20-24%) to protect small groups.
Graduation rate, class of 2023
73% of the 440 students in Ritenour Senior High's class of 2023 graduated within four years, against 89.3% across Missouri. The four-year rate follows the students who started ninth grade in fall 2019, adjusted for those who moved in or out, and counts those who earned a regular diploma by 2023. Every state computes it the same way under federal law, though each sets its own diploma requirements.
| This school | Its district | Missouri | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Four-year graduation rate | 73% | 73% | 89.3% |
| Students in the class | 440 | 440 | 67,017 |
Source: U.S. Department of Education, EDFacts four-year adjusted-cohort graduation rates 2022-23, all students, from ED Data Express: ED shows school and district rates as ranges (for example 90-94%) and leaves out small classes.
High schools in St Louis
32 public high schools in St Louis report 2024-25 enrollment; Ritenour Senior High is the largest.
| School | Students | Per teacher | Free lunch |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ritenour Senior High | 2,041 | 19.9 | 100.0% |
| Oakville Senior High | 1,847 | 16.2 | 14.1% |
| Ladue Horton Watkins High | 1,395 | 14.7 | 9.8% |
| Mehlville High School | 1,388 | 13.6 | 31.2% |
| Hazelwood East High | 1,310 | 25.5 | 61.9% |
| Webster Groves High | 1,253 | 14.1 | 12.3% |
| Riverview Gardens Senior High | 1,246 | 16.0 | 53.3% |
| North High | 990 | 13.9 | 25.5% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25.
What to look at next about Ritenour Senior High
- The Innovation School at CvThe nearest public high school, 3.1 miles away: 143 students, 19.5 per teacher (2024-25).3.1 mi
- Steam Academy at Msb High SchoThe next nearest public high school, 3.2 miles away: 434 students, 13.2 per teacher (2024-25).3.2 mi
- Compare Ritenour Senior High with The Innovation School at CvStudents, teachers, meals, test results and who attends, side by side.
- How much Ritenour School District spends per student$14,525 per student on current operations in fiscal year 2022-23 (U.S. $16,260), with its revenue sources and teacher pay.$14,525
- The largest public schools in MissouriRitenour Senior High is the number 9 by size of 560 Missouri high schools open in 2024-25.#9 of 560
- Missouri schools by students per teacher19.9 students per teacher here against the Missouri median of 12.2 for high schools.19.9:1
- Find the school district for an addressA home's district, not its city, decides which public schools it can enroll in.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 (locations, enrollment, teachers); NCES F-33 finance survey, fiscal year 2022-23. Distances are straight lines between the schools' NCES coordinates, not travel routes.
Questions about Ritenour Senior High
How many students attend Ritenour Senior High?
2,041 in the 2024-25 school year, according to the NCES Common Core of Data; 1,873 in 2022-23. It is a high school in St Louis, MO.What is the student-teacher ratio at Ritenour Senior High?
19.9 students per full-time teacher (2024-25); the Missouri median for high schools is 12.2. A ratio counts every teacher, so it is not the size of a class.Is Ritenour Senior High a Title I school?
Ritenour Senior High was eligible for Title I in 2021-22 but ran no Title I program (2021-22 is the last year NCES published school Title I status).How do students at Ritenour Senior High do on state tests?
The students tested at Ritenour Senior High scored proficient or above: 37% in reading in 2021-22 and 23% in math in 2022-23, against 43.2% in reading in 2021-22 and 40.3% in math in 2022-23 across Missouri. Missouri's own test sets what proficient means, so results compare within the state, not across states. Source: U.S. Department of Education, EDFacts state assessment results, 2021-22 and 2022-23; ED publishes school results as ranges to protect small groups.What is the graduation rate at Ritenour Senior High?
73% of the 440 students in Ritenour Senior High's class of 2023 graduated within four years, against 89.3% across Missouri. The rate counts the students who started ninth grade in fall 2019, adjusted for those who moved in or out, and the share of them with a regular diploma by 2023. Source: U.S. Department of Education, EDFacts four-year adjusted-cohort graduation rates, 2022-23; ED publishes school rates as ranges to protect small groups.What district is Ritenour Senior High in?
Ritenour School District, NCES district ID 2926640. The first seven digits of the school's NCES ID 292664001573 are the district's.
Reading these figures: how to choose a school district, what Title I means and what an absenteeism rate means. They are for information and are not a substitute for the school's or district's own records.
Sources
Every federal file behind this record
- NCES Common Core of Data, 2024-25: directory, membership, staff and lunch files. nces.ed.gov
- NCES Common Core of Data, 2021-22 school characteristics: Title I status. nces.ed.gov
- Civil Rights Data Collection, 2021-22: AP courses, gifted programs, counselors, discipline. civilrightsdata.ed.gov
- EDFacts, 2022-23: chronic absenteeism. ed.gov
- EDFacts state assessment results, 2021-22 and 2022-23: reading and math proficiency for the school, its district and its state (ED Data Express). eddataexpress.ed.gov
- EDFacts four-year adjusted-cohort graduation rates, 2022-23: the class of 2023 for the school, its district and its state (ED Data Express). eddataexpress.ed.gov
- NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey, fiscal year 2022-23: district spending and revenue. nces.ed.gov
- U.S. Census Bureau geocoder and TIGER school districts: the district boundary used by the district finder. census.gov
Source: NCES Common Core of Data Directory, membership, staff and lunch files · 2024-25
Source: Civil Rights Data Collection School-level files (AP, gifted, counselors, discipline) · 2021-22
District spending on the district page is from the NCES F-33 finance survey, fiscal year 2022-23.