The Leadership School
Pagedale, Missouri · St. Louis County · Grades K–4 · Charter
The Leadership School runs 1 school (1 elementary) with 220 students. By enrollment it is the 414th largest of 556 districts in Missouri, where the median district has 566 students. NCES classifies its area as suburb, large.
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25. Rank compares the 556 Missouri districts listed on this site.
District at a glance
| Schools | 1 |
| Students | 220 |
| Teachers (full-time equivalent) | 17.5 |
| Students per teacher | 12.6 (state 12.8) |
| Free or reduced-price lunch eligible | 100% (state 49.2%) |
| County | St. Louis County |
| Area type | Suburb, large |
| NCES district ID | 2932491 |
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25, totals of the district's schools. Students per teacher = students ÷ full-time-equivalent teachers.
Schools in The Leadership School
| School | Level | Grades | Students | Per teacher | Free/reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Leadership School | Elementary | K–4 | 220 | 12.6 | 100% |
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25.
Map of The Leadership School schools
Locations: NCES EDGE. Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors.
The Leadership School in context
Size
The Leadership School enrolls less than 0.1% of Missouri's 885,129 public school students and is smaller than the median district (566 students). All of its students attend one school, The Leadership School, against an average of 386 students per Missouri public school. NCES lists The Leadership School 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 kindergarten, with 49 students. Grade 4 has 47 students and kindergarten has 49, within 10% of each other. NCES reports no pre-K students in The Leadership School.
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25 membership by grade, all schools in the district.
Students
Black students are the largest group in The Leadership School at 93.6%, above their 15.4% share of Missouri public school students.
100% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, against 49.2% statewide. Its school serves free breakfast and lunch to every student under the Community Eligibility Provision or Provision 2 or 3, with no application.
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25 membership and school lunch program data. District and state shares weight each school by its enrollment.
Staff
Its 17.5 full-time-equivalent teachers work out to 12.6 students per teacher, close to the state's 12.8. The Leadership School 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
The Leadership School is based in an urbanized area of 250,000 people or more, outside its principal city, an area NCES calls suburb, large. The nearest district is Normandy Schools Collaborative, 1.2 miles away with 2,440 students. 47 districts are within 25 miles, and 43 of them enroll more students than The Leadership School. St. Louis County has 25 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 | 17.5 | 13 |
| School counselors | 0 | – |
| Librarians and media specialists | 0 | – |
| School psychologists | 0 | – |
| Instructional aides | 0 | – |
| Other student support staff | 3 | 73 |
| School administrators | 0 | – |
| District administrators | 2 | 110 |
| All staff | 22.5 |
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 | 93.6% |
| Two or more races | 3.2% |
| Hispanic | 2.3% |
| White | 0.9% |
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25 membership, all schools in the district.
Students by grade
| Kindergarten | 49 |
| Grade 1 | 49 |
| Grade 2 | 36 |
| Grade 3 | 39 |
| Grade 4 | 47 |
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25 membership.
Nearby school districts
| District | Distance | Students | Per teacher | Calendar 2026–2027 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Normandy Schools Collaborative | 1 mi | 2,440 | 11.5 | – |
| University City School District | 1 mi | 2,853 | 12.5 | – |
| Clayton School District | 3 mi | 2,367 | 9.8 | – |
| Ritenour School District | 3 mi | 6,579 | 15.6 | – |
| Specl. School Dst. St. Louis County | 4 mi | 3,576 | 1.7 | – |
| Jennings School District | 4 mi | 2,269 | 15.9 | – |
| The Biome | 4 mi | 167 | 7.3 | – |
| North Side Community School | 4 mi | 433 | 10.6 | – |
Distance between the average locations of each district's schools (NCES EDGE).
Other school districts in St. Louis County
- Rockwood R-VI School District (19,597 students)
- Parkway C-2 School District (16,759 students)
- Hazelwood School District (16,321 students)
- Mehlville R-IX School District (10,018 students)
- Ferguson-Florissant R-II School District (8,809 students)
- Lindbergh Schools (7,602 students)
- Ritenour School District (6,579 students)
- Pattonville R-III School District (6,201 students)
- Kirkwood R-VII School District (5,982 students)
- Riverview Gardens School District (5,116 students)
- Ladue School District (4,624 students)
- Webster Groves School District (4,312 students)
- Specl. School Dst. St. Louis County (3,576 students)
- University City School District (2,853 students)
- Affton 101 School District (2,619 students)
- Normandy Schools Collaborative (2,440 students)
- Clayton School District (2,367 students)
- Jennings School District (2,269 students)
- Bayless School District (1,805 students)
- Maplewood-Richmond Heights School District (1,523 students)
- Hancock Place School District (1,282 students)
- Brentwood School District (847 students)
- Valley Park School District (734 students)
- Division of Youth Service (496 students)
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25, county of each district's office.
Contact
1785 Pennsylvania Ave, Pagedale, MO 63133
Phone: (314)492-2301
Website: theleadershipschoolstl.org
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25 directory.