CARNAHAN SCH. OF THE FUTURE
ST LOUIS · MO · ST. LOUIS CITY · Public
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St Mary'S High School → ROOSEVELT HIGH → MCKINLEY CLASS. LEADERSHIP AC. → MO School for the Blind - HS → LIFT FOR LIFE ACADEMY HIGH SCH → COLLEGIATE SCHOOL OF MED/BIO → CENTRAL VISUAL/PERF. ARTS HIGH → GATEWAY SCIENCE ACADEMY HIGH →📋 At a glance
- 📚 6 AP courses offered — Strong
- ✅ Dual-enrollment program (college credit while in HS)
- ✅ Gifted & talented program
- 🎓 AP rigor: 58th percentile nationally
- 📝 SAT/ACT participation: Bottom 50% by test-taker volume
- 🎓 4-yr grad rate: 92% (60th percentile nationally)
Composed from federal CRDC offerings, EDFacts ACGR, and other public data. Full breakdowns below.
How CARNAHAN SCH. OF THE FUTURE compares for families
Solid mid-tier academic profile.
- ▸ StatewideAP rigor at the 58th percentile nationally with 6 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: St Mary'S High School, ROOSEVELT HIGH, MCKINLEY CLASS. LEADERSHIP AC. and 5 more. See the sidebar to compare side-by-side.
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🎓 Academic rigor
AP + advanced-course offerings
Strong — solid AP program + advanced courses
58th percentile nationally
✅ Gifted/talented program
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 · 2020-21Bottom 50% 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?
60th percentile nationally
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.
👩🏫 Teacher workforce · federal CRDC
Teacher experience & reliability
Source: federal Civil Rights Data Collection (CRDC 2017-18 — the most recent vintage that publishes per-school teacher quality fields; the 2020-21 sweep had them suppressed). "Inexperienced" = teachers in their first or second year. "Chronic absence" = teachers absent 10+ days/year.
Chronic absenteeism
Why this matters to enrollment: Chronic absence is the most reliable early indicator that a student will leave a school — either by transferring out, dropping out, or matriculating to a charter or private alternative. At this level, today's absentees become next year's enrollment loss and the year-after's revenue loss. 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 ÷ 2023 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 -51.1%/year, projecting from 2023's 54 students:
A small or specialty program — naive trend math doesn't capture the school's full picture. Read the trend as directional, not predictive.
An extrapolation of the recent trajectory, not a forecast of the school's plans; ignores one-off shocks.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| St Mary'S High School Saint Louis |
Private | 1.3 | 271 | -19.3% |
| ROOSEVELT HIGH ST LOUIS |
Public | 1.3 | 734 | +77.7% |
| MCKINLEY CLASS. LEADERSHIP AC. ST LOUIS |
Public | 2.0 | 254 | +1.2% |
| MO School for the Blind - HS ST LOUIS |
Public | 2.0 | 35 | — |
| LIFT FOR LIFE ACADEMY HIGH SCH ST LOUIS |
Public · charter | 2.4 | 383 | +2.1% |
| COLLEGIATE SCHOOL OF MED/BIO ST. LOUIS |
Public | 2.7 | 332 | +5.4% |
| CENTRAL VISUAL/PERF. ARTS HIGH ST LOUIS |
Public | 2.7 | 314 | -19.3% |
| GATEWAY SCIENCE ACADEMY HIGH ST. LOUIS |
Public · charter | 2.9 | 461 | +29.5% |