Gateway High School
Public high school in St Louis, Missouri · St. Louis City School District · Grades 9–12
Gateway High School serves 860 students in grades 9–12 in St Louis (St. Louis city). It is one of 62 schools in St. Louis City School District. By enrollment it is the 111th largest of 558 public high schools in Missouri (median 268 students). With 9.2 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 ÷ 93.6 full-time-equivalent teachers.
School facts
| School type | Regular School |
| Level | High |
| Grades | 9–12 |
| District | St. Louis City School District |
| County | St. Louis city |
| Area type | City, large |
| School meals | Free meals for every student (Community Eligibility Provision) |
| NCES school ID | 292928000434 |
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25 directory and school characteristics; area type from NCES EDGE locale codes.
Compared with the district and Missouri
| This school | St. Louis City | Missouri high schools (median) | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Students | 860 | 17,933 | 268 |
| Students per teacher | 9.2 | 11.4 | 12.2 |
| Free or reduced-price lunch eligible | 100% | 100% | 46.2% |
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25. District figures add up its schools. 21% 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.
Gateway High School in context
Size
Gateway High School is the largest of St. Louis City School District's 12 high schools; its 860 students are 4.8% of district enrollment. Its 8 closest high schools sit a median 1.8 miles away with a median enrollment of 325; Gateway High School is larger 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 9 with 231 students, and its smallest is grade 10 with 201, against an average of 215 per grade. Its first and last grades are close in size: 231 in grade 9 and 217 in grade 12.
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25 membership by grade.
Students
The largest group is Black students: 67.1% here and 74.8% across St. Louis City. Hispanic students are next, at 17.2%. Students from 5 of the 7 race and ethnicity groups NCES reports are enrolled.
100% of its students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, against 100% across St. Louis City and a median of 46.2% for Missouri high schools. 47.1% are directly certified for free meals, meaning their families take part in programs such as SNAP or TANF, so no application was needed. Under the Community Eligibility Provision, every student can eat breakfast and lunch at no charge, and families fill out no meal application.
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25 membership and school lunch program data. District shares weight each school by its enrollment.
Teachers
With 93.6 full-time-equivalent teachers for 860 students, Gateway High School has 9.2 students per teacher. At the median Missouri high school ratio of 12.2, a school with 860 students would have about 70.5 teachers, so Gateway High School has 23.1 more.
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25. Expected teachers = this school's students ÷ the median students per teacher of Missouri high schools (12.2).
Location
Gateway High School is inside a principal city of 250,000 people or more, which NCES calls city, large. The nearest other high school is Central Visual/Perf. Arts High School, 1.2 miles away in the same district. Within 10 miles there are 42 other high schools, 27 of them within 5 miles.
Source: NCES EDGE school locations and locale codes, 2024-25. Distances are straight lines.
Students by race and ethnicity
| Black | 67.1% |
| Hispanic | 17.2% |
| White | 9.4% |
| Asian | 4.9% |
| Two or more races | 1.4% |
41.3% of students are girls and 58.7% are boys.
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25 membership.
Students by grade
| Grade 9 | 231 |
| Grade 10 | 201 |
| Grade 11 | 211 |
| Grade 12 | 217 |
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25 membership.
Location and contact
5101 McRee Ave, St Louis, MO 63110
Phone: (314)776-3300
Locations: NCES EDGE. Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors.
Red: Gateway High School. Blue: the nearest high schools.
Nearby high schools
| School | District | Distance | Students | Per teacher | Free/reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Central Visual/Perf. Arts High School | St. Louis City | 1.2 mi | 314 | 10.9 | 100% |
| Collegiate School of Med/Bio | St. Louis City | 1.2 mi | 332 | 14.4 | 100% |
| Gateway Science Academy High School | Gateway Science Acad/St Louis | 1.5 mi | 461 | 13.2 | 57.7% |
| MO School for the Blind - HS | MO School for the Blind | 1.6 mi | 35 | 3 | 8.6% |
| Metro High School | St. Louis City | 2.0 mi | 317 | 13.2 | 100% |
| Roosevelt High School | St. Louis City | 2.3 mi | 734 | 12.1 | 100% |
| Soldan International Studies | St. Louis City | 2.3 mi | 337 | 8.6 | 100% |
| Griscom Juvenile Detention Center | St. Louis City | 2.4 mi | 27 | 4.5 | 88.9% |
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25. Distance in a straight line between NCES EDGE locations.