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. The total operating revenue is $49.9 mil. with $50.2 mil. operating expensses. Ladue spends $11,903 per student, and pays an average of $62,697 per teacher ($41,000-$101,542). According to Newsweek (June 19, 2011 issue), Ladue ranks in the top 2% of public schools in the nation. It serves an area encompassing 19 sq. mi. with more than 27,000 residents. 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.
Contents
- Map of Ladue School District MO USA
- Ladue Horton Watkins High School
- Student activities
- Administration
- Distinguished alumniae
- Ladue Middle School
- Ladue Fifth Grade Center
- Elementary schools
- Conway Elementary
- Old Bonhomme Elementary
- Reed Elementary
- Spoede Elementary
- References
Map of Ladue School District, MO, USA
Ladue Horton Watkins High School
Ladue High School has 1,306 students in the 2013-14 school year. Ladue High School has a 99% graduation rate, of which 92% continue on to higher education in 2-4 year institutions. In standardized testing, Ladue scores above both the state and national average. 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).
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. In May 2014 it was named National School of Character.
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. In the 2015-2016 school year, there were 342 students enrolled.
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. 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.
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.
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.