Ladue School District
| Ladue School District | |
|---|---|
| Address | |
9703 Conway Road
St. Louis , Missouri, 63124United States | |
| District information | |
| Type | Public |
| Grades | PreK–12[1] |
| NCES District ID | 2917820[1] |
| Students and staff | |
| Students | 4,325[1] |
| Teachers | 331.5[1] |
| Staff | 176.9[1] |
| Student–teacher ratio | 13.05[1] |
| Other information | |
| Website | www |
The Ladue School District is a public school district in Ladue, Missouri, with four elementary, one middle, and one high school, with a special Fifth Grade Center. The district serves 4,180 total students, and employs 280 full-time classroom teachers.[2] As one of the top districts in the nation, the district houses a talented student base who excel academically, including in Science Olympiad events and VEX Robotics [3]. The total operating revenue is $49.9 mil. with $50.2 mil. operating expenses.[4] Ladue spends $11,903 per student, and pays an average of $62,697 per teacher ($41,000-$101,542).[2] According to Newsweek (June 19, 2011 issue), Ladue ranks in the top 2% of public schools in the nation.[2]
Boundary
[edit]The Ladue School District serves an area encompassing 19 sq. mi. with more than 27,000 residents.[2] It is completely inclusive to the municipalities of Ladue and Crystal Lake Park; and partially inclusive to Creve Coeur, Frontenac, Huntleigh, Olivette, Richmond Heights, Town and Country, Unincorporated St. Louis County and Westwood.[5]
History
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As the City of Ladue was incorporated in 1936, Spoede Elementary and Ross Elementary were built in the 1930s. The Ladue School District was first organized in 1939.[6]
In U.S. v Ladue School District, a case the U.S. Department of Justice brought in 1978, the federal government charged Ladue with discrimination in hiring of faculty and staff.[7] In 1999, Ladue exited the Voluntary Interdistrict Choice Corporation (VICC), a city-county school desegregation program.[8]
Ladue Horton Watkins High School
[edit]Ladue Horton Watkins High School had 1,306 students in the 2013–14 school year.[2] Ladue Horton Watkins High School has a 99% graduation rate, of which 92% continue on to higher education in 2-4 year institutions.[9] In standardized testing, Ladue scores above both the state and national average.[2] Newsweek in 2013, ranked the public school 166th best in the nation (up from 188th in 2011–12), and first in Missouri (up from fourth).[9]
Administration
[edit]Ladue Middle School
[edit]Originally called "East Ladue Junior High School," Ladue Middle School teaches children from sixth through eighth grades, total of 976 students in 2013–14.[2] In May 2014 it was named National School of Character.[12]
Ladue Fifth Grade Center
[edit]Built on property bought by the district in 1959 and used as a secondary middle school until 1980, when it was sold to the Westminster Christian Academy. In 2010, the property was re-purchased by the district to construct the Fifth Grade Center. Construction ended in time for its first semester in Fall 2013.[13] In the 2015–2016 school year, there were 342 students enrolled.[14]
Elementary schools
[edit]All four Ladue Elementary Schools teach children in kindergarten through fourth grades.
Conway Elementary
[edit]Conway Elementary is located in Ladue, MO, at 9900 Conway Road. In 2013–14 Conway Elementary had 339 students.[2] This school has the smallest number of students throughout the district. Conway enrolled its first black students in 1965.[15]
Old Bonhomme Elementary
[edit]Old Bonhomme School is an elementary school in Olivette, Missouri, with a total of 383 students in 2013–14.[2]
Reed Elementary
[edit]Located in the middle of Ladue near the intersection of Ladue Road and McKnight Road, with a total of 421 students in 2013–14.[2]
Spoede Elementary
[edit]Spoede Elementary is located in Creve Coeur, on the west side of Spoede Road, with a total of 430 students in 2013–14. This school's mascot is a turtle.[2]
References
[edit]- 1 2 3 4 5 6 "Search for Public School Districts – District Detail for LADUE". National Center for Education Statistics. Institute of Education Sciences. Retrieved March 5, 2022.
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 "Ladue Schools - District Overview (2013-2014)". Ladue Schools. Archived from the original on October 19, 2013. Retrieved October 18, 2013.
- ↑ "Ladue Middle School's RoboRams Dominate State Championship, Make History". www.ladueschools.net. March 27, 2025. Retrieved December 21, 2025.
- ↑ "2012 Ladue Schools Annual Report" (PDF). Ladue Schools. 2012. p. 7. Archived from the original (PDF) on July 4, 2012. Retrieved December 24, 2012.
- ↑ "Ladue Schools Acting Superintendent Decided" (PDF). Ladue Schools. December 3, 2012. Archived from the original (PDF) on February 3, 2013.
- ↑ History — Ladue Schools.
- ↑ School Desegregation Report, National Institute of Education.
- ↑ School Desegregation Program Winds Down, Riverfront Times, 2018.
- 1 2 "America's Best High Schools 2013". Newsweek. May 6, 2013. p. 7. Archived from the original on May 8, 2013. Retrieved July 1, 2013.
- ↑ "Wipke to leave Fox super job for one at Ladue". Ladue Schools. February 26, 2013. Archived from the original (PDF) on November 9, 2018. Retrieved July 1, 2013.
- ↑ "Ladue Schools Appoints Griffith Principal of Ladue Horton Watkins High School" (PDF). Ladue Schools. March 12, 2013. Archived from the original (PDF) on November 7, 2014. Retrieved July 1, 2013.
- ↑ "LMS Named National School of Character | Spotlight On Ladue Schools". www.ladueschools.net. Retrieved December 3, 2015.
- ↑ "School History". www.ladueschools.net. Retrieved December 3, 2015.
- ↑ "Ladue Schools - District Overview". www.ladueschools.net. Archived from the original on September 29, 2016. Retrieved December 3, 2015.
- ↑ Blount v. Ladue School District. The Conway mascot is a ram. (E.D. Mo. 1970).
