Wellston School District
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Wellston School District was a school district
in the inner-ring suburb
of Wellston, Missouri
. It is home to 4 schools. The district has 633 students total. 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.
School district
School districts are a form of special-purpose district which serves to operate the local public primary and secondary schools.-United States:...
in the inner-ring suburb
Suburb
The word suburb mostly refers to a residential area, either existing as part of a city or as a separate residential community within commuting distance of a city . Some suburbs have a degree of administrative autonomy, and most have lower population density than inner city neighborhoods...
of Wellston, Missouri
Wellston, Missouri
Wellston is a city in St. Louis County, Missouri, United States, along the northwest border of the city of St. Louis. The population was 2,313 at the 2010 census.-History:...
. It is home to 4 schools. The district has 633 students total. 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.
Schools
- Eskridge High School is the only high schoolHigh schoolHigh school is a term used in parts of the English speaking world to describe institutions which provide all or part of secondary education. The term is often incorporated into the name of such institutions....
in the Wellston School District. It currently has 166 students and serves grades 9-12. - Bishop Middle School is the only middle schoolMiddle schoolMiddle School and Junior High School are levels of schooling between elementary and high schools. Most school systems use one term or the other, not both. The terms are not interchangeable...
in the Wellston School District. It serves grades 6-8. - Central Elementary School is Wellston School District's only elementary schoolElementary schoolAn elementary school or primary school is an institution where children receive the first stage of compulsory education known as elementary or primary education. Elementary school is the preferred term in some countries, particularly those in North America, where the terms grade school and grammar...
. It serves grades 1-5. - Wellston Early Childhood Center serves all of the kindergartenKindergartenA kindergarten is a preschool educational institution for children. The term was created by Friedrich Fröbel for the play and activity institute that he created in 1837 in Bad Blankenburg as a social experience for children for their transition from home to school...
ers.