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Clayton School District, MO: schools, enrollment and spending
Clayton School District runs 6 public schools with 2,367 students in grades PK to 12. Its ratio of 9.9 students per teacher is 3.1 lower than the Missouri figure of 13.0.Listed in NCES data as "CLAYTON".
At a glance
- Schools
- 6
- Students
- 2,367
- Teachers (FTE)
- 240
- Students per teacher
- 9.9
- MO: 13.0 · US: 15.3
- Address
- #2 Mark Twain Circle, Clayton, MO 63105
- Phone
- (314)854-6000
- County
- St. Louis County
- Locale
- Suburb: Large
- Grades offered
- PK to 12
- Agency type
- Regular local school district
- NCES district ID
- 2909720
- State district ID
- MO-096102
- Total staff (FTE)
- 463
- School counselors (FTE)
- 11.0About 215 students per counselor.
- School administrators (FTE)
- 9.0
Students per teacher compared
This district9.9
Missouri13.0
United States15.3
2020 finance data
From the F-33 School District Finance Survey for fiscal year 2020, in nominal dollars. Enrollment used for per-pupil figures is the finance survey count (2,514), which can differ from 2024-25 enrollment.
- Total revenue
- $77.9 million
- Federal revenue
- $1.3 million
- State revenue
- $1.7 million
- Local revenue
- $74.8 million
- Total spending
- $58.2 million
- Spending per pupil
- $23,167
- Salaries
- $34.4 million59.0% of total spending.
- Long-term debt (end of year)
- $55.8 million
Where revenue came from
- Federal: 1.7%
- State: 2.2%
- Local: 96.1%
Missouri overall
- Federal: 11.8%
- State: 28.7%
- Local: 59.5%
Spending per pupil compared
This district$23,167
Missouri$14,065
United States$16,826
Schools in Clayton School District
By level: 1 high, 1 middle, 3 elementary, 1 prekindergarten. A CEP school serves free meals to all students.
| Clayton High | High | 9 to 12 | 788 | 10.0 |
| Family Ctr. | Prekindergarten | PK | 0 | |
| Glenridge Elementary | Elementary | K to 5 | 321 | 10.4 |
| Meramec Elementary | Elementary | K to 5 | 368 | 11.5 |
| Ralph M. Captain Elementary | Elementary | K to 5 | 286 | 9.2 |
| Wydown Middle | Middle | 6 to 8 | 604 | 9.4 |
Nearby and related
Other districts in St. Louis County
- Rockwood R-Vi School District 19,597 students
- Parkway C-2 School District 16,759 students
- Hazelwood School District 16,321 students
- Mehlville R-Ix School District 10,018 students
- Ferguson-Florissant R-Ii School District 8,809 students
- Lindbergh Schools 7,602 students
- Ritenour School District 6,579 students
- Pattonville R-Iii School District 6,201 students
- Kirkwood R-Vii School District 5,982 students
- Riverview Gardens School District 5,116 students
- Ladue School District 4,624 students
- Webster Groves School District 4,312 students
- Specl. Sch. Dst. St. Louis Co. 3,576 students
- University City School District 2,853 students
- Affton 101 School District 2,619 students
More in Missouri
Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 and F-33 finance 2020, via the Urban Institute Education Data Portal. Last reviewed October 2026. Finance figures are 2020 finance data in nominal dollars, not adjusted for inflation. Blank values are not available, not applicable or suppressed in the source. See the methodology.