McCluer High School

Size

Of the 4 high schools in Ferguson-Florissant R-II School District, McCluer High School is the largest, with 12.2% of the district's students. The 8 nearest high schools are a median 2.9 miles away and have a median of 946 students, so McCluer 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 12 with 288 students, and its smallest is grade 9 with 245, against an average of 269 per grade. This year grade 12 has 18% more students than grade 9 (288 against 245). 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

Black students are the largest group, at 88.5% of enrollment, a higher share than across Ferguson-Florissant R-II (84.1%). Students from 6 of the 7 race and ethnicity groups NCES reports are enrolled.

100% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, against 89.8% across Ferguson-Florissant R-II and a median of 46.2% for Missouri high schools. 52.2% 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

McCluer High School has 65.33 full-time-equivalent teachers, or 16.5 students per teacher. At the median Missouri high school ratio of 12.2, a school with 1,075 students would have about 88.1 teachers, so McCluer High School has 22.8 fewer.

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

Location

NCES classifies its location as suburb, large, which means it is in an urbanized area of 250,000 people or more, outside its principal city. The nearest other high school is Northview, 1 miles away in Specl. School Dst. St. Louis County. There are 10 high schools within 5 miles and 28 within 10 miles.

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