Wellston School District

Wellston School District was a school district in the inner-ring suburb of Wellston, Missouri. It was home to four schools. The district had 633 students total.^{[ citation needed ]}

The school district included the majority of Wellston and a portion of Hillsdale. ^[1]

History

It experienced prosperity until people moved away around the 1960s. The district student body had fewer White American students, and by 2010 was African-American. ^[2]

It had been accredited by the State of Missouri until 2003, when that status was removed. Since then, according to the Missouri Department of Elementary and Secondary Education, the district, in the words of the Columbia Daily Tribune , "posted little academic improvement". ^[3]

The district was closed at the end of the 2009-10 school year and merged into the Normandy School District by order of the Missouri State Board of Education. ^[4] The Normandy district took over the Wellston facilities. ^[3]

Schools

• Eskridge High School was the only high school in the Wellston School District. It had^{[ when? ]} 166 students and serves grades 9-12.
• Bishop Middle School was the only middle school in the Wellston School District. It served grades 6-8.
• Central Elementary School was Wellston School District's only elementary school. It served grades 1-5.
• Wellston Early Childhood Center served all of the kindergarteners.

References

1. Geography Division (January 4, 2011). SCHOOL DISTRICT REFERENCE MAP (2010 CENSUS): St. Louis County, MO (PDF) (Map). U.S. Census Bureau. p.  2 . Retrieved June 8, 2025. - Text list - Page 2 shows the detail of the school district and municipal boundaries.
2. Cambria, Nancy (May 22, 2010). "Wellston grads reluctantly end a tradition". St. Louis Post-Dispatch . Retrieved June 1, 2025.
3. "State to shut down school district". Columbia Daily Tribune . December 18, 2009. Retrieved June 1, 2025.
4. Singer, Dale (December 17, 2009). "Missouri school board votes to merge Wellston school district into Normandy". St. Louis Public Radio . Retrieved June 1, 2025.

Further reading

• Wellston/Normandy Merger Frequently Asked Questions at the Wayback Machine (archived 2010-05-27) - Missouri Department of Elementary and Secondary Education
• Hunn, David (March 2, 2010). "Wellston schools cut 12, step toward closing down district". St. Louis Post-Dispatch .
• "Wellston schools will close, merge with Normandy". St. Louis Post-Dispatch . December 17, 2009. Archived from the original on February 17, 2010.
• "Missouri to shut down Wellston School District near St. Louis". Columbia Missourian . Associated Press. December 17, 2009.

External links

• Wellston School District at the Wayback Machine (archive index)