Metro Academic and Classical High School

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Metro Academic and Classical High School
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Metro Academic and Classical High School
4015 McPherson Avenue

St. Louis
,
Missouri
63108

United States
Coordinates 38°38′27″N90°14′36″W / 38.6409°N 90.2432°W / 38.6409; -90.2432
Information
Type Magnet public high school
Established1972
School district St. Louis Public Schools
SuperintendentKelvin Adams
CEEB code 262994
PrincipalDr. Tina Hamilton [1]
Faculty23.00 (on an FTE basis) [2]
Grades9–12
Enrollment369 (as of 2019-20) [2]
Student to teacher ratio16.04 [2]
Campus typeUrban
Color(s)   Black and White
Athletics conferencePublic High League
Mascot Panthers
Website www.slps.org/metro

Metro Academic and Classical High School is a magnet public high school in St. Louis, Missouri, United States, that is part of the St. Louis Public Schools school district.

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As of the 2018–19 school year, the school had an enrollment of 377 students and 24 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 15.7:1. There were 374 students (99.2% of enrollment) eligible for free lunch and none eligible for reduced-cost lunch. [2]

Metro is notable for being one of two International Baccalaureate World Schools in Missouri. [3] Their IB Diploma Programme is coordinated by Sharleta Williams. [4]

History

Metro opened in 1972 in a five-room building at 2135 Chouteau Avenue as an alternative public high school. It became one of the first magnet schools in the St. Louis Public Schools district in 1981. [5] In the early 1980s, the school moved to the Temple Israel building at 5017 Washington Place and in 1996, it moved to its current location in a purpose-built school building. [6] [5]

In 1997, the school's founder and principal, Betty M. Wheeler, retired (and, in 2022, the former Kennard Junior Classical Academy was re-named the Betty Wheeler Classical Junior Academy, in her honor). [7] [8] [9] Her replacement, Pamela Randall, served until 2003, when she entered district administration and later served as superintendent of the St. Louis Public Schools. [10] Randall's replacement, Wilfred Doug Moore, was principal from 2003 to 2017, followed by Steven Lawler. [11] In 2022, Lawler retired as the principal of Metro, and Dr. Tina Wallace-Hamilton became Metro's principal at the start of the 2022-23 school year. [12] [13]

All Metro students are required to perform 200 hours of community service prior to graduation. [14] [15]

Metro has been ranked among the top public high schools by Newsweek and has won national and state-level awards for quality. For the 2003–2004 school year, Metro was named a Missouri Gold Star school and a national Blue Ribbon school. [16] It was again named a Missouri Gold Star school and Blue Ribbon school in 2007–2008. [16] In 2012, Newsweek ranked the school as 125 out of the top 1,000 public high schools in the United States. [17] In 2016, the school earned the top scores for Missouri end-of-course exams in English, science, and social studies in the state. [18] In May 2018, Metro earned the top ranking in the state. [19] [ failed verification ] In May 2020, Metro was ranked #1 high school in state of Missouri and #114 nationally by U.S. News & World Report. [20] In May of 2021, Metro was again ranked #1 high school in the state of Missouri, by U.S. News & World Report, and ranked #137 in National rankings. [21]

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  1. ↑ "Dr. Tina Hamilton - Principal / Principal's Corner".
  2. 1 2 3 4 School data for Metro High, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed August 23, 2020.
  3. ↑ "Metro Academic and Classical High School". International Baccalaureate®. Retrieved April 21, 2019.
  4. ↑ "Metro's International Baccalaureate Program / Metro's I.B. Program". www.slps.org. Retrieved April 21, 2019.
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