Vashon High School
Public high school in St Louis, Missouri · St. Louis City School District · Grades 9–12
Vashon High School serves 621 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 148th largest of 558 public high schools in Missouri (median 268 students). With 15.4 students per full-time teacher, it has more 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 ÷ 40.2 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 | 292928002011 |
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 | 621 | 17,933 | 268 |
| Students per teacher | 15.4 | 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. 78% 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.
Vashon High School in context
Size
Vashon High School is the 3rd largest of St. Louis City School District's 12 high schools; its 621 students are 3.5% of district enrollment. Its 8 closest high schools sit a median 1 miles away with a median enrollment of 378; Vashon 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 11 with 165 students, and its smallest is grade 9 with 150, against an average of 155 per grade. Its first and last grades are close in size: 150 in grade 9 and 156 in grade 12.
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25 membership by grade.
Students
The largest group is Black students: 99.2% here and 74.8% across St. Louis City. Students from 4 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. 64.7% 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 40.2 full-time-equivalent teachers for 621 students, Vashon High School has 15.4 students per teacher. At the median Missouri high school ratio of 12.2, a school with 621 students would have about 50.9 teachers, so Vashon High School has 10.7 fewer.
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25. Expected teachers = this school's students ÷ the median students per teacher of Missouri high schools (12.2).
Location
Vashon High School is inside a principal city of 250,000 people or more, which NCES calls city, large. The nearest other high school is Miller Career Academy, 0.5 miles away in the same district. Within 10 miles there are 40 other high schools, 20 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 | 99.2% |
| Two or more races | 0.3% |
| White | 0.3% |
| Asian | 0.2% |
46.2% of students are girls and 53.8% are boys.
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25 membership.
Students by grade
| Grade 9 | 150 |
| Grade 10 | 150 |
| Grade 11 | 165 |
| Grade 12 | 156 |
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25 membership.
Location and contact
3035 Cass Ave, St Louis, MO 63106
Phone: (314)533-9487
Locations: NCES EDGE. Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors.
Red: Vashon High School. Blue: the nearest high schools.
Nearby high schools
| School | District | Distance | Students | Per teacher | Free/reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Miller Career Academy | St. Louis City | 0.5 mi | 430 | 10 | 100% |
| Grand Center Arts Academy High School | Confluence Academies | 0.7 mi | 402 | 11.1 | 100% |
| Griscom Juvenile Detention Center | St. Louis City | 0.8 mi | 27 | 4.5 | 88.9% |
| KIPP St. Louis High School | KIPP St Louis Public Schools | 1.0 mi | 354 | 9 | 100% |
| Hogan St Regional Youth Center | Division of Youth Service | 1.1 mi | 17 | 17 | 82.4% |
| Sumner High School | St. Louis City | 1.3 mi | 407 | 12.7 | 100% |
| Metro High School | St. Louis City | 1.3 mi | 317 | 13.2 | 100% |
| Confluence Preparatory Academy | Confluence Academies | 1.6 mi | 442 | 13.8 | 100% |
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25. Distance in a straight line between NCES EDGE locations.