Brentwood High School
Public high school in Brentwood, Missouri · Brentwood School District · Grades 9–12
Brentwood High School serves 195 students in grades 9–12 in Brentwood (St. Louis County). It is one of 5 schools in Brentwood School District. By enrollment it is the 349th largest of 558 public high schools in Missouri (median 268 students). With 8.6 students per full-time teacher, it has fewer students per teacher than the typical Missouri high school (12.2).
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25. Rank and medians compare all 558 Missouri high schools with enrollment listed on this site.
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25. Students per teacher = students ÷ 22.6 full-time-equivalent teachers.
School facts
| School type | Regular School |
| Level | High |
| Grades | 9–12 |
| District | Brentwood School District |
| County | St. Louis County |
| Area type | Suburb, large |
| School meals | National School Lunch Program, free or reduced price for eligible students |
| NCES school ID | 290588000131 |
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25 directory and school characteristics; area type from NCES EDGE locale codes.
Compared with the district and Missouri
| This school | Brentwood | Missouri high schools (median) | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Students | 195 | 847 | 268 |
| Students per teacher | 8.6 | 10 | 12.2 |
| Free or reduced-price lunch eligible | 25.6% | 17.6% | 46.2% |
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25. District figures add up its schools. 16% of Missouri high schools have fewer students per teacher than this school (share of schools with a lower ratio). State test results aren't published here yet.
Brentwood High School in context
Size
Brentwood High School is the only high school in Brentwood School District. Its 195 students are 23% of the district's 847. Its 8 closest high schools sit a median 2.4 miles away with a median enrollment of 831; Brentwood High School is smaller than most of them.
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25 enrollment and school type. Share of district students = this school's students ÷ the district's students. Nearest schools by straight-line distance between NCES EDGE locations.
Grades
Its largest grade is grade 12 with 55 students, and its smallest is grade 11 with 34, against an average of 49 per grade. Its first and last grades are close in size: 52 in grade 9 and 55 in grade 12.
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25 membership by grade.
Students
The largest group is White students: 54.4% here and 63% across Brentwood. Black students are next, at 16.4%. Students from 5 of the 7 race and ethnicity groups NCES reports are enrolled.
25.6% of its students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, against 17.6% across Brentwood and a median of 46.2% for Missouri high schools. 6.2% are directly certified for free meals, meaning their families take part in programs such as SNAP or TANF, so no application was needed. Families apply for free or reduced-price meals, and eligibility depends on household income.
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25 membership and school lunch program data. District shares weight each school by its enrollment.
Teachers
With 22.6 full-time-equivalent teachers for 195 students, Brentwood High School has 8.6 students per teacher. At the median Missouri high school ratio of 12.2, a school with 195 students would have about 16 teachers, so Brentwood High School has 6.6 more.
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25. Expected teachers = this school's students ÷ the median students per teacher of Missouri high schools (12.2).
Location
Brentwood High School is in an urbanized area of 250,000 people or more, outside its principal city, which NCES calls suburb, large. The nearest other high school is Maplewood-Richmond Hgts. High School, 1.7 miles away in Maplewood-Richmond Heights School District. Within 10 miles there are 47 other high schools, 16 of them within 5 miles.
Source: NCES EDGE school locations and locale codes, 2024-25. Distances are straight lines.
Students by race and ethnicity
| White | 54.4% |
| Black | 16.4% |
| Two or more races | 11.8% |
| Hispanic | 9.7% |
| Asian | 7.7% |
41.5% of students are girls and 58.5% are boys.
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25 membership.
Students by grade
| Grade 9 | 52 |
| Grade 10 | 54 |
| Grade 11 | 34 |
| Grade 12 | 55 |
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25 membership.
Location and contact
2221 High School Dr., Brentwood, MO 63144
Phone: (314)962-3837
Website: brentwoodmoschools.org
Locations: NCES EDGE. Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors.
Red: Brentwood High School. Blue: the nearest high schools.
Nearby high schools
| School | District | Distance | Students | Per teacher | Free/reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Maplewood-Richmond Hgts. High School | Maplewood-Richmond Heights | 1.7 mi | 439 | 13.3 | 31.7% |
| Juvenile Detention Center | Specl. School Dst. St. Louis County | 1.7 mi | 44 | 4.4 | 40.9% |
| Clayton High School | Clayton | 2.0 mi | 788 | 9.9 | 8% |
| Webster Groves High School | Webster Groves | 2.2 mi | 1,253 | 14.1 | 13.8% |
| Ladue Horton Watkins High School | Ladue | 2.7 mi | 1,395 | 14.7 | 11.5% |
| University City Senior High School | University City | 3.3 mi | 874 | 14.3 | 100% |
| Community Access Job Training | St. Louis City | 3.5 mi | 85 | 5 | 100% |
| Kirkwood Senior High School | Kirkwood R-VII | 4.2 mi | 1,693 | 14.7 | 11% |
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25. Distance in a straight line between NCES EDGE locations.
Other schools in Brentwood
| School | Level | Grades | Students |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brentwood Early Childhd Center | Pre-K | Pre-K | 83 |
| Brentwood Middle School | Middle | 6–8 | 160 |
| Mark Twain Elementary School | Elementary | K–5 | 173 |
| McGrath Elementary School | Elementary | K–5 | 236 |