📍 4248 Cottage Ave, St Louis, St. Louis city, 63113
Sumner High is a State/Public serving high age pupils, located in St Louis, St. Louis city. The school has 264 pupils enrolled. It is part of the St. Louis City school district. It serves grades 9–12 in an urban setting. The school employs 18.6 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 14.2:1. The four-year graduation rate is 57%. The school offers dual enrollment, a gifted and talented program. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.
Sumner High enrolls 264 students across grades 9–12. The student body is 55% male and 45% female. A teaching staff of 18.6 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 14.2:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 98% Black or African American, 1.1% Hispanic or Latino and <1% White.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Black or African American | 258 | 98% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 3 | 1.1% |
| White | 2 | <1% |
| Asian | 1 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
261 of the school's 264 students (99%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 261 qualify for free lunch and 0 for a reduced price. The school participates in the National School Lunch Program. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility is a widely used indicator of the share of students from lower-income households.
Sumner High is located in an urban setting (NCES locale: City, Large). The school runs a schoolwide Title I program, which provides federal funding to support students from low-income families. For civic and policy purposes, the school sits in congressional district MO-10, state senate district 5, state house district 77.
Sumner High is one of 68 schools in ST. LOUIS CITY, based in ST LOUIS, Missouri. The district serves 17,933 students district-wide and employs 1,353 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 264 students, Sumner High is close to the district average of about 264 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: City - Large