Fern Ridge High School - Creve Coeur, Missouri/MO

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Fern Ridge High School

13157 N Olive Spur Rd, Creve Coeur, MO, 63141-6174 -

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Definition of Terms

Fern Ridge High School

School Level

High school

Grades Offered

Grades 9 - 12

County

St. Louis County, MO

Students & Faculty

Total Students

83 students

% Male / % Female

52% / 48%

Total Classroom Teachers

11 teachers

Students by Grade

Grade 9 - 10 students

Grade 10 - 13 students

Grade 11 - 30 students

Grade 12 - 30 students

This School

(MO) School Average

Teacher : Student Ratio

1:8

1:14

Students by Ethnicity

This School

(MO) School Average

% American Indian	n/a	n/a
% Asian	2%	1%
% Hispanic	1%	3%
% Black	19%	20%
% White	77%	73%
% Unknown	1 %	3%

Additional Student Information

This School

(MO) School Average

% Eligible for Free Lunch

37%

% Eligible for Reduced Lunch

% Migrant Students Enrolled

n/a

n/a

(MO) Statewide Testing Performance

School Statewide Performance

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School District Name

Parkway C-2 School District

This School's Agency

(MO) District Average

Number of Schools Managed	28	2
Number of Students Managed	19,234 students	650 students
District Total Revenue	$193,334,000	$4,993,000
District Expenditure	$199,079,000	$4,827,000
District Revenue / Student	$10,052	$8,360
District Expenditure / Student	$10,350	$8,269
District Graduation Rates	95%	97%

Fern Ridge High School is a non-traditional high school in Creve Coeur, St. Louis County, Missouri. The school's motto is "Because it matters." The Parkway School District operates the alternative high school and ensures that individual attention is provided. Students must choose to come to Fern Ridge. They cannot be sent by their parents, the court system, or district officials. In their applications and interviews for admission, prospective students must demonstrate needs that can't be met at a regular school. Every student is assigned a mentor, with each faculty member acting as a mentor to about ten students (this group is referred to as a "huddle").
Student life: On every Friday, the school has a Blow-Pop assembly. During this assembly, each teacher recognizes 4 or 5 students who have done something such as achieved a big goal, received a passing grade. The student of the week is also introduced. The student of the week gets to take any staff/faculty member out to lunch at an area restaurant. The student also gets their picture put on the wall near the office and gets money for one free soda from the soda vending machine everyday for the next week. Another thing the school does is instead of ringing a bell to signal the beginning and end of class, the secretary plays music over the loudspeaker (A bell was recently installed outside of the school to get all students who are outdoors to come in.) The school also has two trips a year that are community service. The students sign-up to volunteer at a certain site and then go to that site for about 1.5 hours. The students at the school also have off-campus lunch privileges if their parents permit this (The school does check to make sure they are permitted to.) They can go off-campus and pick up lunch at an area restaurant as long as they are back by the end of lunch. One down-side of Fern Ridge is that there are not as many elective choices as at the districts four traditional high schools because the school is so small and there aren't as many teachers as that at a regular high school.
Philosophy: The school bases its approach on constructivism, which is founded on the premise that learning is initiated and directed by the student, not the teacher. The school also uses Multiple Intelligences, a psychological and educational theory.
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About This Zip Code (63141)

School Zip (63141)

(MO) State Average

Population (Approximate)

20,025 people

5,327,261 people

% (age 25+) w/College Degree

67%

18%

Population Average Age

43 years old

35 years old

Average Household size

2.4 persons

2.3 persons

Median Household Income

$81,180

$41,244

Avg. # of Rooms in Household

7 rooms

5.5 rooms

Median Age of Housing Structure

36 years old

40 years old

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% Owning / % Renting

77% / 23%

69% / 31%

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