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McKinley Classical Leadership Academy

Coordinates: 38°36′36″N 90°13′12″W / 38.61000°N 90.22000°W / 38.61000; -90.22000
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McKinley Classical Leadership Academy
Photograph of McKinley High School in 1910
McKinley High School in 1910
Address
Map
2156 Russell Street

,
63104

United States
Coordinates38°36′36″N 90°13′12″W / 38.61000°N 90.22000°W / 38.61000; -90.22000
Information
TypeMagnet middle/high school
Established1904
School districtSt. Louis Public Schools
SuperintendentKelvin Adams
PrincipalNakia King
Teaching staff41.10 (on an FTE basis)[1]
Grades6–12[1]
Enrollment583 (2017-18)[1]
Student to teacher ratio14.18[1]
Campus typeUrban
Color(s)   Black and gold
MascotGoldbug
Websitewww.slps.org/mckinleycla

McKinley Classical Leadership Academy (also known as McKinley High School) is a public high school and middle school for gifted and talented students in St. Louis, Missouri that is part of the St. Louis Public Schools. McKinley opened in 1904 as the first comprehensive public high school in south St. Louis, then closed in 1988[2] and operated as a magnet middle school in the 1990s and to present day .[3] In 2007, it reopened as a high school for gifted and talented students, and in May 2011 it graduated nine students.[4]

References

  1. ^ a b c d "MCKINLEY CLASS. LEADERSHIP AC". National Center for Education Statistics. Retrieved March 27, 2020.
  2. ^ Kim Bell (May 12, 1988). "School Board Plans Transfer of Freshmen". St. Louis Post-Dispatch.
  3. ^ Dillon, Dan (2005). So, Where'd You Go to High School? The Baby Boomer Edition. St. Louis, Missouri: Virginia Publishing Company. pp. 128–129. ISBN 1-891442-33-3.
  4. ^ Crouch, Elisa (May 21, 2011). "McKinley high school graduates its first class". St. Louis Post-Dispatch. Retrieved December 27, 2011.