Ferguson-Florissant School District

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Ferguson-Florissant School District
Ferguson-Florissant SD logo.png
Address
8855 Dunn Rd
Hazelwood
, St. Louis County , Missouri , 63042
United States
District information
GradesPK-12
SuperintendentDr. Joseph S. Davis [1]
Governing agency Missouri Department of Elementary and Secondary Education
Schools24
Budget$131.96 million (2015-2016) [2]
NCES District ID 2912010 [2]
Students and staff
Students10,562 (2017-2018) [2]
Teachers723.87 (2017-2018) [2]
Staff2632 (2017-2018) [2]
Other information
Website www.fergflor.org

The Ferguson-Florissant School District (FFSD) is a public school district located in Greater St. Louis and in Missouri. Its headquarters are in Hazelwood. [3] The district covers all or part of 11 municipalities, serving more than 11,000 students from preschool through 12th grade.

Contents

FFSD operates 17 elementary schools, four middle schools (one a STEAM and Gifted Academy), three A+ and NCA-CASI-accredited high schools and an alternative school. It also offers a comprehensive early education program, the Challenger Learning Center space education facility and the Little Creek Nature Area, a 97-acre nature preserve used for experiential learning on subjects such as biology, ecology and related areas of science.

Missouri Governor John Ashcroft and First Lady Barbara Bush with a Ferguson-Florissant "Parents as Teachers" group in October 1991. Mrs. Bush (in rocking chair) is reading Brown Bear Brown Bear to the children. Mrs. Bush and Missouri Governor John Ashcroft attend a Parents as Teachers parent-child group at the... - NARA - 186437.jpg
Missouri Governor John Ashcroft and First Lady Barbara Bush with a Ferguson-Florissant "Parents as Teachers" group in October 1991. Mrs. Bush (in rocking chair) is reading Brown Bear Brown Bear to the children.

History

On June 7, 1975, a U.S. district court ordered FFSD to annex the Berkeley School District and the Kinloch School District; therefore, the Ferguson-Florissant district began to serve Berkeley and Kinloch. [4]

In 2004, Berkeley High School closed, replaced by McCluer South-Berkeley High School. [4]

On December 8, 2010, the Board of Education named Dr. Art J. McCoy, II as Superintendent. He was the first African-American superintendent for the school district and at age 33 was one of the youngest in the state of Missouri and nation. [5]

On Jan. 30, 2015, the Board of Education unanimously approved Dr. Joseph Davis as superintendent of schools, effective July 1.[ citation needed ]

In 2018 the district formally closed its previous administration building, which it already moved out from. On a 4–2 vote, in which board members of different ethnic backgrounds voted different ways, the district closed or moved a different program into Airport Elementary, Mark Twain Alternative, and Vogt Elementary schools and converted McCluer South into a selective STEAM school. [6]

Boundary

The district includes all of Calverton Park and Kinloch, the majorities of Berkeley, Cool Valley, and Ferguson, about half of Florissant, and parts of Dellwood, Hazelwood, Jennings, and Normandy. It also includes a section of the Old Jamestown census-designated place. [7]

Operations

Previously the district headquarters were in Florissant. [8]

Schools

High schools
Middle schools
Sixth grade centers
Intermediate schools (grades 3–5)
Primary schools (grades PreK-2)
Alternative Programs
Former schools

Students with disabilities are referred to the Special School District of St. Louis County (SSD) facilities. Ferguson-Florrisant residents are zoned to Ackerman School (ages 5–13) and Northview High School (ages 14–21) in Florissant. The SSD district also maintains North Technical High School in Florissant. [9]

References

  1. ↑ "Superintendent's Corner / About Dr. Davis" . Retrieved December 16, 2019.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 "Search for Public School Districts – District Detail for Ferguson-florissant R-ii". National Center for Education Statistics . Institute of Education Sciences . Retrieved December 16, 2019.
  3. ↑ "Home". Ferguson-Florissant School District. Retrieved November 10, 2019. 8855 Dunn Rd. Hazelwood, MO 63042
  4. 1 2 Bosenbecker, Ray. So Where'd You Go to High School? Virginia Publishing Corporation. 2008. 94. Retrieved on 2009-06-13.
  5. ↑ "Art McCoy to become next Ferguson-Florissant School District Superintendent". KSDK. December 9, 2010. Archived from the original on January 27, 2013. Retrieved October 28, 2013.
  6. 1 2 3 4 Benchaabane, Nassim (October 11, 2018). "Ferguson-Florissant picks redistricting plan; McCluer South-Berkeley will be special academy, Vogt Elementary to close". St. Louis Post-Dispatch . Retrieved November 10, 2019.
  7. ↑ Geography Division (January 12, 2021). 2020 CENSUS - SCHOOL DISTRICT REFERENCE MAP: St. Louis County, MO (PDF) (Map). U.S. Census Bureau. p. 2 (PDF p. 3/5). Archived (PDF) from the original on July 22, 2022. Retrieved June 9, 2025. - Text list
  8. ↑ "Contact". Ferguson-Florissant School District. October 11, 1997. Archived from the original on October 11, 1997. Retrieved November 10, 2019. Superintendent's Office 1005 Waterford Drive Florissant, MO 63033-3694
  9. ↑ "All SSD Schools". Special School District of St. Louis County . Retrieved July 23, 2022. - Ackerman Profile, Northview Profile

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