Ladue School District

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.[1] The total operating revenue is $49.9 mil. with $50.2 mil. operating expensses.[2] Ladue spends $11,903 per student, and pays an average of $62,697 per teacher ($41,000-$101,542).[1] According to Newsweek (June 19, 2011 issue), Ladue ranks in the top 2% of public schools in the nation.[1] It serves an area encompassing 19 sq. mi. with more than 27,000 residents.[1] It includes all or part of 10 communities including Ladue, Creve Coeur, Crystal Lake Park, Frontenac, Huntleigh, Olivette, Richmond Heights, Town and Country, Unincorporated St. Louis County, and Westwood.[3]

Schools

Ladue Horton Watkins High School

Ladue High School has 1,306 students in the 2013-14 school year.[1] Ladue High School has a 99% graduation rate, of which 92% continue on to higher education in 2-4 year institutions.[4] In standardized testing, Ladue scores above both the state and national average.[1] 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).[4]

Student activities

Administration

Distinguished alumni/ae

Ladue Middle School

Originally called "East Ladue Junior High School," Ladue Middle School teaches children from sixth through eighth grades, total of 976 students in 2013-14.[1] In May 2014 it was named National School of Character.[7]

Ladue Fifth Grade Center

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.[8] In the 2015-2016 school year, there were 342 students enrolled.[9]

Elementary schools

All four Ladue Elementary Schools teach children in kindergarten through fourth grades.

Conway Elementary

Conway Elementary is located in Ladue, MO, with a total of 339 students in 2013-14.[1] This school has the smallest number of students throughout the district.

Old Bonhomme Elementary

Old Bonhomme School is an elementary school in Olivette, Missouri, with a total of 383 students in 2013-14.[1]

Reed Elementary

Located in the middle of Ladue near the cross-section of Ladue Road and McKnight Road, with a total of 421 students in 2013-14.[1]

Spoede Elementary

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.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 "Ladue Schools - District Overview (2013-2014)". Ladue Schools. Retrieved October 18, 2013.
  2. ↑ "2012 Ladue Schools Annual Report" (PDF). Ladue Schools. 2012. p. 7. Retrieved December 24, 2012.
  3. ↑ "Ladue Schools Acting Superintendent Decided" (PDF). Ladue Schools. December 3, 2012.
  4. 1 2 "America's Best High Schools 2013". Newsweek. May 6, 2013. p. 7. Retrieved July 1, 2013.
  5. ↑ "Dr. Donna Jahnke Appointed Ladue Schools Next Superintendent" (PDF). Ladue Schools. February 26, 2013. Retrieved July 1, 2013.
  6. ↑ "Ladue Schools Appoints Griffith Principal of Ladue Horton Watkins High School" (PDF). Ladue Schools. March 12, 2013. Retrieved July 1, 2013.
  7. ↑ "LMS Named National School of Character | Spotlight On Ladue Schools". www.ladueschools.net. Retrieved 2015-12-03.
  8. ↑ "School History". www.ladueschools.net. Retrieved 2015-12-03.
  9. ↑ "Ladue Schools - District Overview". www.ladueschools.net. Retrieved 2015-12-03.

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