Normandy Schools Collaborative
Nearly Four in Ten Missouri Districts Hit All-Time High Graduation Rates
Missouri's graduation surge is not a story confined to a few high-profile districts. In 2025, 179 of the state's 455 districts posted their highest four-year graduation rate on record, a share of 39.3...
One in Three Missouri Districts at Lowest Enrollment Ever
Rockwood R-VI peaked at 22,568 students in 2012. It was the kind of district that seemed insulated from the forces hollowing out Missouri's urban cores, a well-funded St. Louis County system with stro...
Normandy Lost More Than Half Its Students. The State Gave It Back.
In August 2025, administrators from Normandy Schools Collaborative fanned out across the neighborhoods north of St. Louis, knocking on doors. They were looking for students. The district had switched ...
Missouri Hits an All-Time High: 92.7 Percent of Students Graduate on Time
Missouri graduated 92.7 percent of its four-year cohort in 2025, the highest rate in the state's history and roughly six percentage points above the most recently reported national four-year graduatio...
Missouri Public Schools Just Hit Their Lowest Enrollment in at Least 25 Years
The number on the Missouri Department of Elementary and Secondary Education's enrollment report is one that no superintendent, school board member, or state legislator wanted to see: 855,081 students ...