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{{Short description|School district in Missouri, United States}}
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{{Infobox school district
| name = {{PAGENAMEBASE}}
| address = 9703 Conway Road
| city = St. Louis
| state = Missouri
| zipcode = 63124
| country = United States
| type = Public
| grades = PreK–12<ref name="nces_dist" />
| us_nces_district_id = {{NCES District ID|2917820|district_name=LADUE|access_date=2022-03-05}}
| students = 4,325<ref name="nces_dist" />
| teachers = 331.5<ref name="nces_dist" />
| staff = 176.9<ref name="nces_dist" />
| ratio = 13.05<ref name="nces_dist" />
| website = {{URL2|http://www.ladueschools.net}}
}}
The '''Ladue School District''' is a public school district in [[Ladue, Missouri]], with four elementary, one middle, and one high school, with a special Fifth Grade Center. The district serves 4,180 total students, and employs 280 full-time classroom teachers.<ref name="district">{{cite web |url=http://beta.ladue.k12.mo.us/district/content/our-district/district-overview.shtml |title=Ladue Schools - District Overview (2013-2014) |publisher=Ladue Schools |accessdate=October 18, 2013 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20131019102912/http://beta.ladue.k12.mo.us/district/content/our-district/district-overview.shtml |archivedate=October 19, 2013 }}</ref> The total operating revenue is $49.9 mil. with $50.2 mil. operating expenses.<ref name="2012 annual">{{cite web |url=http://docs2.ladue.k12.mo.us/docushare/dsweb/Get/Document-2948/Annual%20Report%202011.pdf |format=PDF |title=2012 Ladue Schools Annual Report |publisher=Ladue Schools |year=2012 |page=7 |accessdate=December 24, 2012 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120704042911/http://docs2.ladue.k12.mo.us/docushare/dsweb/Get/Document-2948/Annual%20Report%202011.pdf |archivedate=July 4, 2012 }}</ref> Ladue spends $11,903 per student, and pays an average of $62,697 per teacher ($41,000-$101,542).<ref name="district" /> According to [[Newsweek]] (June 19, 2011 issue), Ladue ranks in the top 2% of public schools in the nation.<ref name="district" /> It serves an area encompassing 19 sq. mi. with more than 27,000 residents.<ref name="district" /> It includes all or part of 10 communities including Ladue, [[Creve Coeur, Missouri|Creve Coeur]], [[Crystal Lake Park, Missouri|Crystal Lake Park]], [[Frontenac, Missouri|Frontenac]], [[Huntleigh, Missouri|Huntleigh]], [[Olivette, Missouri|Olivette]], [[Richmond Heights, Missouri|Richmond Heights]], [[Town and Country, Missouri|Town and Country]], [[St. Louis County, Missouri|Unincorporated St. Louis County]], and [[Westwood, Missouri|Westwood]].<ref name="super">{{cite news |url=http://docs2.ladue.k12.mo.us/docushare/dsweb/Get/Document-4442/120312%20pm%20Ladue%20Schools%20Acting%20Superintendent%20Decided.pdf |format=PDF |title=Ladue Schools Acting Superintendent Decided |publisher=Ladue Schools |date=December 3, 2012 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130203063148/http://docs2.ladue.k12.mo.us/docushare/dsweb/Get/Document-4442/120312%20pm%20Ladue%20Schools%20Acting%20Superintendent%20Decided.pdf |archivedate=February 3, 2013 }}</ref>
==History==
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As the City of Ladue was incorporated in 1936, Spoede Elementary and Ross Elementary were built in the 1930s. The Ladue School District was first organized in 1939.<ref>[https://www.ladueschools.net/history/ History — Ladue Schools].</ref>
In U.S. v Ladue School District, a case the U.S. Department of Justice brought in 1978, the federal government charged Ladue with discrimination in hiring of faculty and staff.<ref>School Desegregation Report, National Institute of Education.</ref> In 1999, Ladue exited the Voluntary Interdistrict Choice Corporation (VICC), a city-county school desegregation program.<ref>[https://m.riverfronttimes.com/stlouis/st-louis-desegregation-transfer-program-is-winding-down-yet-no-one-has-any-idea-what-might-come-next/Content?oid=23305900 School Desegregation Program Winds Down], Riverfront Times, 2018.</ref>
[[File:LHWHS Jahnke Entrance.jpg|thumb|alt=Ladue Horton Watkins High School Jahnke Entrance|Ladue Horton Watkins High School Jahnke Entrance]]
==Ladue High School==
{{main|Ladue Horton Watkins High School}}
Ladue High School had 1,306 students in the 2013–14 school year.<ref name="district" /> Ladue High School has a 99% graduation rate, of which 92% continue on to higher education in 2-4 year institutions.<ref name="99.0" /> In standardized testing, Ladue scores above both the state and national average.<ref name="district" /> ''[[Newsweek]]'' in 2013, ranked the public school 166th best in the nation (up from 188th in 2011–12), and first in Missouri (up from fourth).<ref name="99.0">{{cite magazine |url=http://www.thedailybeast.com/newsweek/2013/05/06/america-s-best-high-schools.html |title=America's Best High Schools 2013 |page=7 |magazine=[[Newsweek]] |date=May 6, 2013 |accessdate=July 1, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130508145653/http://www.thedailybeast.com/newsweek/2013/05/06/america-s-best-high-schools.html |archive-date=May 8, 2013 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
===Administration===
* Superintendent: Dr. Jim Wipke<ref name="Wipke">{{cite web |url=https://www.myleaderpaper.com/news/wipke-to-leave-fox-super-job-for-one-at-ladue/article_b8ec7854-e3a6-11e8-9ddc-83904ae48187.html/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181109052637/https://www.myleaderpaper.com/news/wipke-to-leave-fox-super-job-for-one-at-ladue/article_b8ec7854-e3a6-11e8-9ddc-83904ae48187.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=November 9, 2018 |format=PDF |title=Wipke to leave Fox super job for one at Ladue|publisher=Ladue Schools |date=February 26, 2013 |accessdate=July 1, 2013 }}</ref><!--Dr. Judy Sclair (Acting, effective Jan. 2, 2013) <ref name="super">{{cite news |url=http://docs2.ladue.k12.mo.us/docushare/dsweb/Get/Document-4442/120312%20pm%20Ladue%20Schools%20Acting%20Superintendent%20Decided.pdf |format=PDF |title=Ladue Schools Acting Superintendent Decided |publisher=Ladue Schools |date=December 3, 2012}}</ref> (Dr. Marsha Chappelow on paid leave from November 30, 2012-June 30, 2013) <ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.stltoday.com/news/local/education/retiring-ladue-superintendent-won-t-finish-out-the-school-year/article_042547d8-fb9e-5c9d-b635-066f355709f2.html |title=Retiring Ladue superintendent won't finish out the school year |newspaper=[[St. Louis Post-Dispatch]] |date=December 1, 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.stltoday.com/news/local/education/ladue-board-saying-little-on-departing-superintendent-s-paid-leave/article_b2debebd-7822-5cd5-a38e-317d6d81f91e.html |title=Ladue board saying little on departing superintendent's paid leave |newspaper=[[St. Louis Post-Dispatch]] |date=December 3, 2012}}</ref> -->
* Principal: Brad Griffith <small>(effective July 1, 2013)</small> <ref name="Brad">{{cite web |url=http://docs2.ladue.k12.mo.us/docushare/dsweb/Get/Document-4557/Ladue%20Schools%20Appoints%20Griffith%20High%20School%20Principal%20031213.pdf |format=PDF |title=Ladue Schools Appoints Griffith Principal of Ladue Horton Watkins High School |publisher=Ladue Schools |date=March 12, 2013 |accessdate=July 1, 2013 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20141107111648/http://docs2.ladue.k12.mo.us/docushare/dsweb/Get/Document-4557/Ladue%20Schools%20Appoints%20Griffith%20High%20School%20Principal%20031213.pdf |archivedate=November 7, 2014 }}</ref><!-- Dr. Bridget Hermann (to resign at the end of the 2012-13 academic year) <ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.stltoday.com/news/local/ladue-principal-says-differing-view-led-to-decision-to-resign/article_398391aa-9e7b-5bc3-9ea7-931c262524de.html |title=Ladue principal says 'differing view' led to decision to resign |newspaper=[[St. Louis Post-Dispatch]] |date=November 13, 2012}}</ref> -->
==Ladue Middle School==
Originally called "East Ladue Junior High School," Ladue Middle School teaches children from sixth through eighth grades, total of 976 students in 2013–14.<ref name="district" /> In May 2014 it was named [[Character Education Partnership|National School of Character]].<ref>{{Cite web|title = LMS Named National School of Character {{!}} Spotlight On Ladue Schools|url = http://www.ladueschools.net/spotlight/2014/05/15/lms-named-national-school-of-character/|website = www.ladueschools.net|accessdate = 2015-12-03}}</ref>
=== Ladue Fifth Grade Center ===
Built on property bought by the district in 1959 and used as a secondary middle school until 1980, when it was sold to the [[Westminster Christian Academy (Missouri)|Westminster Christian Academy]]. In 2010, the property was re-purchased by the district to construct the Fifth Grade Center. Construction ended in time for its first semester in Fall 2013.<ref>{{Cite web|title = School History|url = http://www.ladueschools.net/elementary/index.php/2013-07-16-23-35-04/school-history|website = www.ladueschools.net|accessdate = 2015-12-03}}</ref> In the 2015–2016 school year, there were 342 students enrolled.<ref>{{Cite web|title = Ladue Schools - District Overview|url = http://www.ladueschools.net/district/content/our-district/district-overview.shtml|website = www.ladueschools.net|accessdate = 2015-12-03|archive-date = September 29, 2016|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20160929211942/http://www.ladueschools.net/district/content/our-district/district-overview.shtml|url-status = dead}}</ref>
All four Ladue Elementary Schools teach children in kindergarten through fourth grades.
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Conway Elementary is located in Ladue, MO, at 9900 Conway Road. In 2013–14 Conway Elementary had 339 students.<ref name="district" /> This school has the smallest number of students throughout the district. Conway enrolled its first black students in 1965.<ref>[https://law.justia.com/cases/federal/district-courts/FSupp/321/1245/2597104/ Blount v. Ladue School District. The Conway mascot is a ram. (E.D. Mo. 1970).]</ref>
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Old Bonhomme School is an elementary school in [[Olivette, MO|Olivette, Missouri]], with a total of 383 students in 2013–14.<ref name="district" />
=== Reed Elementary ===
Located in the middle of Ladue near the intersection of Ladue Road and McKnight Road, with a total of 421 students in 2013–14.<ref name="district" />
=== Spoede Elementary ===
Spoede Elementary is located in Creve Coeur, on the west side of Spoede Road, with a total of 430 students in 2013–14. This school's mascot is a turtle.<ref name="district" />
==References==
{{Reflist}}
==External links==
*[http://www.ladueschools.net Ladue Schools]
*[http://www.ladue.k12.mo.us/lhwhs Ladue High School]
*[http://www.ladue.k12.mo.us/ Ladue School District]
*[http://www.laduealum.com/ Ladue High School Alumni Association]
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20131019102912/http://beta.ladue.k12.mo.us/district/content/our-district/district-overview.shtml Ladue Schools - Overview]
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20120704042911/http://docs2.ladue.k12.mo.us/docushare/dsweb/Get/Document-2948/Annual%20Report%202011.pdf 2012 Ladue Schools Annual Report]
{{Education in St. Louis County, Missouri}}
{{Creve Coeur, Missouri}}
{{Town and Country, Missouri}}
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[[Category:School districts in St. Louis County, Missouri]]
[[Category:School districts established in 1939]]
[[Category:1939 establishments in Missouri]]
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