Juvenile Detention Center
Public high school in Clayton, Missouri · Specl. School Dst. St. Louis County · Grades 6–12
Juvenile Detention Center serves 44 students in grades 6–12 in Clayton (St. Louis County). It is one of 10 schools in Specl. School Dst. St. Louis County. By enrollment it is the 521st largest of 558 public high schools in Missouri (median 268 students). With 4.4 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 ÷ 10 full-time-equivalent teachers.
School facts
| School type | Alternative School |
| Level | High |
| Grades | 6–12 |
| District | Specl. School Dst. St. Louis County |
| County | St. Louis County |
| Area type | Suburb, large |
| School meals | National School Lunch Program, free or reduced price for eligible students |
| NCES school ID | 292676002630 |
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25 directory and school characteristics; area type from NCES EDGE locale codes.
Compared with the district and Missouri
| This school | Specl. School Dst. St. Louis County | Missouri high schools (median) | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Students | 44 | 3,576 | 268 |
| Students per teacher | 4.4 | 1.7 | 12.2 |
| Free or reduced-price lunch eligible | 40.9% | 23.3% | 46.2% |
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25. District figures add up its schools. 2% 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.
Juvenile Detention Center in context
Size
Of the 6 high schools in Specl. School Dst. St. Louis County, Juvenile Detention Center is the smallest, with 1.2% of the district's students. Its 8 closest high schools sit a median 2.6 miles away with a median enrollment of 738; Juvenile Detention Center is smaller than most of them.
NCES lists it as an alternative school: one that serves students whose needs a regular school may not meet, or that offers a non-traditional program alongside regular schools.
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 16 students, and its smallest is grade 8 with 2, against an average of 7 per grade. This year grade 12 has 167% more students than grade 7 (8 against 3). Each grade is a different group of students, so the gap is not a dropout or growth rate.
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25 membership by grade.
Students
The largest group is Black students: 97.7% here and 38.7% across Specl. School Dst. St. Louis County.
40.9% of its students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, against 23.3% across Specl. School Dst. St. Louis County and a median of 46.2% for Missouri high schools. 36.4% 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 10 full-time-equivalent teachers for 44 students, Juvenile Detention Center has 4.4 students per teacher. At the median Missouri high school ratio of 12.2, a school with 44 students would have about 3.6 teachers, so Juvenile Detention Center has 6.4 more.
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25. Expected teachers = this school's students ÷ the median students per teacher of Missouri high schools (12.2).
Location
Juvenile Detention Center 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 Clayton High School, 0.4 miles away in Clayton School District. Within 10 miles there are 48 other high schools, 15 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 | 97.7% |
| White | 2.3% |
9.1% of students are girls and 90.9% are boys.
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25 membership.
Students by grade
| Grade 7 | 3 |
| Grade 8 | 2 |
| Grade 9 | 5 |
| Grade 10 | 10 |
| Grade 11 | 16 |
| Grade 12 | 8 |
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25 membership.
Location and contact
501 S Brentwood Blvd, Clayton, MO 63105
Phone: (314)615-2974
Locations: NCES EDGE. Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors.
Red: Juvenile Detention Center. Blue: the nearest high schools.
Nearby high schools
| School | District | Distance | Students | Per teacher | Free/reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Clayton High School | Clayton | 0.4 mi | 788 | 9.9 | 8% |
| University City Senior High School | University City | 1.6 mi | 874 | 14.3 | 100% |
| Brentwood High School | Brentwood | 1.7 mi | 195 | 8.6 | 25.6% |
| Maplewood-Richmond Hgts. High School | Maplewood-Richmond Heights | 2.4 mi | 439 | 13.3 | 31.7% |
| Ladue Horton Watkins High School | Ladue | 2.9 mi | 1,395 | 14.7 | 11.5% |
| Met Day Treatment Center | Division of Youth Service | 3.0 mi | 11 | 5.5 | 72.7% |
| Normandy High School | Normandy Schools Collaborative | 3.6 mi | 688 | 10.2 | 100% |
| Webster Groves High School | Webster Groves | 3.8 mi | 1,253 | 14.1 | 13.8% |
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25. Distance in a straight line between NCES EDGE locations.
Other schools in Specl. School Dst. St. Louis County
| School | Level | Grades | Students |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ackerman | Elementary | K–8 | 137 |
| External Sites | Other | Pre-K–12 | 1,223 |
| Hiram Neuwoehner | High | 9–12 | 101 |
| Litzsinger | Elementary | K–8 | 84 |
| North Technical | High | 10–12 | 833 |
| Northview | High | 9–12 | 132 |
| South Technical | High | 11–12 | 885 |
| Southview | Elementary | K–8 | 71 |
| Southview High School | High | 9–12 | 66 |