Met Day Treatment Center
Public high school in Wellston, Missouri · Division of Youth Service · Grades 6–12
Met Day Treatment Center serves 11 students in grades 6–12 in Wellston (St. Louis County). It is one of 24 schools in Division of Youth Service. By enrollment it is the 555th largest of 558 public high schools in Missouri (median 268 students). With 5.5 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 ÷ 2 full-time-equivalent teachers.
School facts
| School type | Regular School |
| Level | High |
| Grades | 6–12 |
| District | Division of Youth Service |
| County | St. Louis County |
| Area type | Suburb, large |
| School meals | National School Lunch Program, free or reduced price for eligible students |
| NCES school ID | 290000903153 |
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25 directory and school characteristics; area type from NCES EDGE locale codes.
Compared with the district and Missouri
| This school | Division of Youth Service | Missouri high schools (median) | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Students | 11 | 496 | 268 |
| Students per teacher | 5.5 | 6.7 | 12.2 |
| Free or reduced-price lunch eligible | 72.7% | 84.8% | 46.2% |
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25. District figures add up its schools. 4% 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.
Met Day Treatment Center in context
Size
Of the 24 high schools in Division of Youth Service, Met Day Treatment Center is the 21st largest, with 2.2% of the district's students. Its 8 closest high schools sit a median 3 miles away with a median enrollment of 548; Met Day Treatment Center 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 9 with 5 students, and its smallest is grade 8 with 1, against an average of 3 per grade. Its first and last grades are close in size: 1 in grade 8 and 1 in grade 11.
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25 membership by grade.
Students
All of its students are reported as Black.
72.7% of its students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, against 84.8% across Division of Youth Service and a median of 46.2% for Missouri high schools. 54.5% 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 2 full-time-equivalent teachers for 11 students, Met Day Treatment Center has 5.5 students per teacher. At the median Missouri high school ratio of 12.2, a school with 11 students would have about 0.9 teachers, so Met Day Treatment Center has 1.1 more.
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25. Expected teachers = this school's students ÷ the median students per teacher of Missouri high schools (12.2).
Location
Met Day Treatment 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 Normandy High School, 0.9 miles away in Normandy Schools Collaborative. Within 10 miles there are 46 other high schools, 21 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 | 100% |
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25 membership.
Students by grade
| Grade 8 | 1 |
| Grade 9 | 5 |
| Grade 10 | 4 |
| Grade 11 | 1 |
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25 membership.
Location and contact
6347 Plymouth Ave., Wellston, MO 63133
Phone: (314)746-0850
Locations: NCES EDGE. Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors.
Red: Met Day Treatment Center. Blue: the nearest high schools.
Nearby high schools
| School | District | Distance | Students | Per teacher | Free/reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Normandy High School | Normandy Schools Collaborative | 0.9 mi | 688 | 10.2 | 100% |
| Soldan International Studies | St. Louis City | 1.6 mi | 337 | 8.6 | 100% |
| University City Senior High School | University City | 1.8 mi | 874 | 14.3 | 100% |
| Clayton High School | Clayton | 3.0 mi | 788 | 9.9 | 8% |
| Juvenile Detention Center | Specl. School Dst. St. Louis County | 3.0 mi | 44 | 4.4 | 40.9% |
| Sumner High School | St. Louis City | 3.2 mi | 407 | 12.7 | 100% |
| Metro High School | St. Louis City | 3.5 mi | 317 | 13.2 | 100% |
| Gateway High School | St. Louis City | 3.6 mi | 860 | 9.2 | 100% |
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25. Distance in a straight line between NCES EDGE locations.
Other schools in Division of Youth Service
| School | Level | Grades | Students |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bissell Hall | High | 6–12 | 22 |
| Camp Avery Park Camp | High | 6–12 | 18 |
| Datema House | High | 5–12 | 10 |
| Excel School | High | 6–12 | 23 |
| Fort Bellefontaine Campus | High | 6–12 | 12 |
| Fulton Treatment Center | High | 6–12 | 30 |
| Gateway School | High | 5–12 | 11 |
| Gentry Residential Treat. Fac. | High | 6–12 | 22 |
| Girardot Center for Youth | High | 5–12 | 24 |
| Hogan St Regional Youth Center | High | 6–12 | 17 |
| Langsford House | High | 5–12 | 11 |
| Lewis and Clark Hall | High | 6–12 | 14 |
| Mt. Vernon Treatment Center | High | 6–12 | 26 |
| New Day - Day Treatment | High | 6–12 | 22 |
| Northwest Reg. Youth Center | High | 6–12 | 20 |
| Riverbend Treatment Center | High | 6–12 | 17 |
| Sierra-Osage Treatment Center | High | 5–12 | 14 |
| Sikeston Hope Center | High | 6–12 | 11 |
| Twin Rivers | High | 6–12 | 10 |
| W. E. Sears Youth Center | High | 5–12 | 54 |
| Watkins Mill Park Camp | High | 6–12 | 46 |
| Waverly Regional Youth Center | High | 6–12 | 28 |
| Wilson Creek Group Home | High | 6–12 | 12 |