Kairos Academies
St. Louis, Missouri · St. Louis city · Grades 5–11 · Charter
Kairos Academies runs 2 schools (1 middle, 1 high) with 515 students. By enrollment it is the 288th largest of 556 districts in Missouri, where the median district has 566 students. NCES classifies its area as city, large.
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25. Rank compares the 556 Missouri districts listed on this site.
District at a glance
| Schools | 2 |
| Students | 515 |
| Teachers (full-time equivalent) | 43 |
| Students per teacher | 12 (state 12.8) |
| Free or reduced-price lunch eligible | 65.8% (state 49.2%) |
| County | St. Louis city |
| Area type | City, large |
| NCES district ID | 2900616 |
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25, totals of the district's schools. Students per teacher = students ÷ full-time-equivalent teachers.
Schools in Kairos Academies
| School | Level | Grades | Students | Per teacher | Free/reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kairos Academies | Middle | 5–8 | 228 | 13.4 | 73.2% |
| Kairos High School | High | 9–11 | 287 | 11 | 59.9% |
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25.
Map of Kairos Academies schools
Locations: NCES EDGE. Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors.
Kairos Academies in context
Size
Kairos Academies enrolls 0.1% of Missouri's 885,129 public school students and is close to the median district (566 students). Its schools average 258 students, against 386 for a Missouri public school. The largest is Kairos High School (287) and the smallest is Kairos Academies (228). NCES lists Kairos Academies as an independent charter district: a charter school operator that is its own local education agency rather than part of a geographic school district.
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25 enrollment. Share = district students ÷ all students in Missouri schools listed here; averages = students ÷ schools.
Grades
Its largest grade this year is grade 9, with 152 students. Grade 11 has 67 students and grade 5 has 26, 158% more in the later grade. Each grade is a different group of students, so this is not a dropout or growth rate. NCES reports no pre-K students in Kairos Academies.
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25 membership by grade, all schools in the district.
Students
Black students are the largest group in Kairos Academies at 72.4%, above their 15.4% share of Missouri public school students. White students make up 11.8%.
65.8% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, against 49.2% statewide. By school, the share runs from 59.9% at Kairos High School to 73.2% at Kairos Academies.
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25 membership and school lunch program data. District and state shares weight each school by its enrollment.
Staff
Its 43 full-time-equivalent teachers work out to 12 students per teacher, close to the state's 12.8. Kairos Academies reports no school counselors to NCES. It reports no librarians or media specialists.
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25 district staff file (full-time equivalents). Students per counselor = district students ÷ counselors. Benchmark: American School Counselor Association, 250 students per counselor.
Location
Kairos Academies is based inside a principal city of 250,000 people or more, an area NCES calls city, large. The nearest district is Momentum Academy, 0.9 miles away with 599 students. 47 districts are within 25 miles, and 38 of them enroll more students than Kairos Academies. St. Louis city has 17 districts on this site.
Source: NCES EDGE locations and locale codes, 2024-25. Distances are straight lines between the average locations of each district's schools.
Staff
| Role | Full-time equivalent | Students per staff member |
|---|---|---|
| Teachers | 43 | 12 |
| School counselors | 0 | – |
| Librarians and media specialists | 0 | – |
| School psychologists | 0 | – |
| Instructional aides | 0 | – |
| Other student support staff | 0 | – |
| School administrators | 0 | – |
| District administrators | 0 | – |
| All staff | 43 |
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25 district staff file. Students per staff member = district students ÷ full-time-equivalent staff in that role. The median Missouri district has 265 students per counselor.
Students by race and ethnicity
| Black | 72.4% |
| White | 11.8% |
| Two or more races | 8.3% |
| Hispanic | 5.6% |
| American Indian or Alaska Native | 0.8% |
| Asian | 0.6% |
| Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 0.4% |
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25 membership, all schools in the district.
Students by grade
| Grade 5 | 26 |
| Grade 6 | 47 |
| Grade 7 | 76 |
| Grade 8 | 79 |
| Grade 9 | 152 |
| Grade 10 | 68 |
| Grade 11 | 67 |
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25 membership.
Nearby school districts
| District | Distance | Students | Per teacher | Calendar 2026–2027 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Momentum Academy | 1 mi | 599 | 10.2 | – |
| The Soulard School | 1 mi | 138 | 9.4 | – |
| MO School for the Blind | 2 mi | 43 | 2.8 | – |
| Lafayette Preparatory Academy | 2 mi | 414 | 11.8 | – |
| Lift for Life Academy | 2 mi | 865 | 12.3 | – |
| City Garden Montessori | 3 mi | 589 | 14.2 | – |
| Atlas Public Schools | 3 mi | 431 | 15.4 | – |
| St. Louis City School District | 3 mi | 17,933 | 11.4 | – |
Distance between the average locations of each district's schools (NCES EDGE).
Other school districts in St. Louis city
- St. Louis City School District (17,933 students)
- Confluence Academies (2,460 students)
- KIPP St Louis Public Schools (2,069 students)
- Gateway Science Acad/St Louis (1,666 students)
- Premier Charter School (974 students)
- Lift for Life Academy (865 students)
- Momentum Academy (599 students)
- City Garden Montessori (589 students)
- St. Louis Language Immersion School (493 students)
- North Side Community School (433 students)
- Atlas Public Schools (431 students)
- Lafayette Preparatory Academy (414 students)
- The Biome (167 students)
- The Soulard School (138 students)
- St. Louis Voices Academy (135 students)
- MO School for the Blind (43 students)
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25, county of each district's office.
Contact
2315 Miami St., St. Louis, MO 63118
Phone: (314)252-0602
Website: kairosacademies.org
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25 directory.