GRAND CENTER ARTS ACADEMY HIGH
ST. LOUIS · MO · CONFLUENCE ACADEMIES · Public charter
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MILLER CAREER ACADEMY → Cardinal Ritter College Prep High School → Map St. Louis → GRISCOM JUVENILE DETENTION CTR → METRO HIGH → VASHON HIGH → GATEWAY/HUBERT WHEELER SCHOOL → KIPP ST. LOUIS HIGH →📋 At a glance
- 📚 8 AP courses offered — Elite
- ✅ Gifted & talented program
- 🔢 2 calculus classes · 12 physics · 11 chemistry
- 🎓 AP rigor: 68th percentile nationally
- 📝 SAT/ACT participation: 56th percentile by test-taker volume
- 🎓 4-yr grad rate: 82% (Bottom 29% of US high schools by 4-yr grad rate)
Composed from federal CRDC offerings, EDFacts ACGR, and other public data. Full breakdowns below.
How GRAND CENTER ARTS ACADEMY HIGH compares for families
Stronger-than-average college-prep profile.
- ▸ StatewideAP rigor at the 68th percentile nationally with 8 AP courses.
- ▸ LocallyMO sits right at the US average on NAEP 8th-grade math — local school quality will set your kid apart.
- ▸ vs Similar SchoolsThe closest comparables nearby: MILLER CAREER ACADEMY, Cardinal Ritter College Prep High School, Map St. Louis and 5 more. See the sidebar to compare side-by-side.
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🎓 Academic rigor
AP + advanced-course offerings
Elite — exceptional AP + advanced course breadth
68th percentile nationally
Source: federal Civil Rights Data Collection (CRDC 2020-21). CRDC reports what's offered + enrolled — it doesn't collect AP exam pass rates (College Board owns that data and doesn't release it school-level).
SAT / ACT participation
CRDC federal data · 2020-2156th percentile by test-taker volume
Source: federal Civil Rights Data Collection (CRDC 2020-21). Volume — not score — is what's reported here. A higher count means more students at this school are entering the college admissions pipeline. Note: 2020-21 was COVID-disrupted; some districts (especially those that stayed remote longer) report unusually low or zero takers.
🎓 4-year graduation rate · federal EDFacts
What % of students graduate on time?
Bottom 29% of US high schools by 4-yr grad rate
Source: federal EDFacts ACGR (Adjusted Cohort Graduation Rate), 2019 vintage via Urban Institute. EDFacts publishes a range (low-high) to preserve privacy on small cohorts; we display the midpoint.
🏛️ Federal Title I context
High-poverty school
Title I Schoolwide eligible
≥75% of students qualify for free/reduced lunch. These schools qualify for the highest tier of federal Title I funding and typically receive extra wraparound services. Academic outcomes vary widely — check the state assessment + grad-rate tiles.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data, free/reduced-price lunch eligibility. The actual Title I designation is a district decision and may differ from eligibility — but the federal eligibility math is what we show here. We don't claim to assert whether the district formally chose to enroll this school in Title I.
Chronic absenteeism
Why this matters to enrollment: Chronic absence is the strongest early indicator of dropout, transfer-out, and family disengagement. A school's absenteeism trend forecasts its enrollment trend 1-3 years out. For school leaders: an Enrollment Trend Audit traces this dynamic forward →
Source: U.S. Department of Education, Civil Rights Data Collection 2020–2021. Rate = students chronically absent ÷ 2024 total enrollment.
Counselor capacity
Source: U.S. Department of Education, Civil Rights Data Collection 2020-2021. Counselor ratio = the school's most recent total enrollment ÷ counselor FTE. The American School Counselor Association (ASCA) recommends a 250:1 maximum; the US national median across schools with on-staff counselors is roughly 430:1.
Enrollment trend & projection
Total enrollment + grade 12, NCES Common Core of Data (2021–2024).
If the recent trend holds…
At its recent rate of +0.1%/year, projecting from 2024's 402 students:
An extrapolation of the recent trajectory, not a forecast of the school's plans; ignores one-off shocks.
Revenue upside
At $18,181 per student in district revenue, the 2 students projected to be gained by 2029 represent ≈ $36,362/year in additional funding.
District total revenue ÷ enrollment, NCES F-33. Public funding largely follows enrollment, so a shrinking class is a recurring budget hit.
Nearby high schools — the local competition
The closest high schools families here also consider, and where their enrollment is heading.
| School | Type | Miles | HS enrollment | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MILLER CAREER ACADEMY ST LOUIS |
Public | 0.2 | 430 | -24.3% |
| Cardinal Ritter College Prep High School Saint Louis |
Private | 0.3 | 371 | +41.6% |
| Map St. Louis Saint Louis |
Private | 0.3 | 33 | — |
| GRISCOM JUVENILE DETENTION CTR ST. LOUIS |
Public | 0.3 | 25 | — |
| METRO HIGH ST LOUIS |
Public | 0.7 | 317 | -15.0% |
| VASHON HIGH ST LOUIS |
Public | 0.7 | 621 | +7.6% |
| GATEWAY/HUBERT WHEELER SCHOOL ST LOUIS |
Public | 0.8 | 5 | — |
| KIPP ST. LOUIS HIGH St. Louis |
Public · charter | 1.1 | 354 | -33.8% |