Soldan International Studies

Size

Of the 12 high schools in St. Louis City School District, Soldan International Studies is the 7th largest, with 1.9% of the district's students. Its 8 closest high schools sit a median 2.2 miles away with a median enrollment of 405; Soldan International Studies 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 98 students, and its smallest is grade 9 with 65, against an average of 84 per grade. This year grade 12 has 51% more students than grade 9 (98 against 65). 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: 89.3% here and 74.8% across St. Louis City. 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. 54% 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 39 full-time-equivalent teachers for 337 students, Soldan International Studies has 8.6 students per teacher. At the median Missouri high school ratio of 12.2, a school with 337 students would have about 27.6 teachers, so Soldan International Studies has 11.4 more.

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

Location

Soldan International Studies is inside a principal city of 250,000 people or more, which NCES calls city, large. The nearest other high school is Met Day Treatment Center, 1.6 miles away in Division of Youth Service. Within 10 miles there are 44 other high schools, 24 of them within 5 miles.

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