demographics
The St. Louis Enrollment Donut: Inner Ring Empties, Outer Ring Fills
Six of nine inner-ring St. Louis suburbs hit all-time enrollment lows while outer-ring districts surged, a textbook enrollment donut reshaping the metro.
Missouri Education News & Data
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district-spotlight
Kansas City's 19-Point Graduation Miracle: From Crisis to Nearly 90 Percent
Kansas City 33's graduation rate climbed from 69.4 percent in 2019 to 88.2 percent in 2025, a turnaround driven by even larger gains among Black students.
covid-impact
Missouri Lost 20,068 Students in a Single Year
While other states saw enrollment crater during COVID, Missouri held steady. Then 2022 hit, and nearly three-quarters of its districts lost students at once.
district-spotlight
St. Louis City Schools: 68 Buildings, 16,211 Students
St. Louis Public Schools enrolled 43,420 students in 2001. By 2026, just 16,211 remain, a 62.7% collapse that now threatens the district's accreditation and half its buildings.
enrollment
Missouri Public Schools Just Hit Their Lowest Enrollment in at Least 25 Years
Missouri's 855,081 public school students in 2025-26 marks a 25-year low, with losses accelerating from 220 students per year in the 2000s to nearly 3,900 per year since 2019.
enrollment
Missouri Publishes 2025-26 Enrollment Data
DESE releases 2025-26 enrollment data showing 855,081 students, a 25-year low that extends an accelerating decline.