Francis Howell Central High School

Size

Francis Howell Central High School is the 2nd largest of Francis Howell R-III School District's 3 high schools; its 1,750 students are 10.3% of district enrollment. Its 8 closest high schools sit a median 5 miles away with a median enrollment of 1,591; Francis Howell Central High School is close to their typical size.

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 11 with 480 students, and its smallest is grade 10 with 414, against an average of 438 per grade. Its first and last grades are close in size: 429 in grade 9 and 427 in grade 12.

Source: NCES CCD 2024-25 membership by grade.

Students

The largest group is White students: 78.6% here and 73.8% across Francis Howell R-III. Students from all 7 race and ethnicity groups NCES reports are enrolled.

16.7% of its students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, against 16.3% across Francis Howell R-III and a median of 46.2% for Missouri high schools. 4.5% 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 92.34 full-time-equivalent teachers for 1,750 students, Francis Howell Central High School has 19 students per teacher. At the median Missouri high school ratio of 12.2, a school with 1,750 students would have about 143.4 teachers, so Francis Howell Central High School has 51.1 fewer.

Source: NCES CCD 2024-25. Expected teachers = this school's students ÷ the median students per teacher of Missouri high schools (12.2).

Location

Francis Howell Central 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 Ft. Zumwalt South High School, 3.1 miles away in Fort Zumwalt School District. Within 10 miles there are 11 other high schools, 4 of them within 5 miles.

Source: NCES EDGE school locations and locale codes, 2024-25. Distances are straight lines.