St. Louis

==Education==
{{Main|Education in St. Louis}}
{{for|education in the region|Education in Greater St. Louis}}

===Colleges and universities===
[[File:WUBrookings.JPG|alt=|thumb|[[Brookings Hall]] at [[Washington University in St. Louis]]]]
The city is home to three national research universities, [[Washington University in St. Louis]], [[Saint Louis University]]<!-- DO NOT CHANGE; the university ALWAYS is referred to as "Saint Louis University" and is never abbreviated -->, as classified under the [[Carnegie Classification of Institutions of Higher Education]]. [[Washington University School of Medicine]] in St. Louis has been ranked among the top 10 medical schools in the country by ''[[U.S. News & World Report]]'' for as long as the list has been published, and as high as second, in 2003 and 2004. ''U.S. News & World Report'' also ranks the undergraduate school and other graduate schools, such as the [[Washington University School of Law]], in the top 20 in the nation.<ref name="huffingtonpost.com"/><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.usnews.com/best-colleges/washington-university-in-st-louis-2520 |title=Overview of Washington University in St. Louis |work=[[U.S. News & World Report]] |access-date=December 19, 2019 |archive-date=July 4, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190704014936/https://www.usnews.com/best-colleges/washington-university-in-st-louis-2520 |url-status=live}}</ref>

St. Louis Metropolitan Region is home to [[St. Louis Community College]]. It is also home to several other four-year colleges & universities, including [[Harris–Stowe State University]], a [[Historically black colleges and universities|historically black]] [[public university]], Fontbonne University, Webster University, Missouri Baptist University, University of Health Sciences & Pharmacy (the former Saint Louis College of Pharmacy), Southern Illinois University-Edwardsville (SIUE), and Lindenwood University.

In addition to Catholic theological institutions such as [[Kenrick-Glennon Seminary]] and [[Aquinas Institute of Theology]] sponsored by the [[Dominican Order|Order of Preachers]], St. Louis is home to three [[Protestant]] seminaries: [[Eden Theological Seminary]] of the [[United Church of Christ]], [[Covenant Theological Seminary]] of the [[Presbyterian Church in America]], and [[Concordia Seminary]] of the St. Louis-based [[Lutheran Church–Missouri Synod]].

===Primary and secondary schools===
[[File:SLUH.JPG|thumb|[[St. Louis University High School]] was founded in 1818. Their current building pictured here was built in 1924.]]

The [[St. Louis Public Schools]] (SLPS), which covers the entire city,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www2.census.gov/geo/maps/DC2020/PL20/st29_mo/schooldistrict_maps/c29510_st_louis/DC20SD_C29510.pdf|title=2020 census - school district reference map: St. Louis city, MO|publisher=[[U.S. Census Bureau]]|accessdate=July 22, 2022|archive-date=July 22, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220722203746/https://www2.census.gov/geo/maps/DC2020/PL20/st29_mo/schooldistrict_maps/c29510_st_louis/DC20SD_C29510.pdf|url-status=live}} - [https://www2.census.gov/geo/maps/DC2020/PL20/st29_mo/schooldistrict_maps/c29510_st_louis/DC20SD_C29510_SD2MS.txt Text list] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220722203641/https://www2.census.gov/geo/maps/DC2020/PL20/st29_mo/schooldistrict_maps/c29510_st_louis/DC20SD_C29510_SD2MS.txt |date=July 22, 2022 }}</ref> operate more than 75 schools, attended by more than 25,000 students, including several [[magnet schools]]. SLPS operates under provisional [[accreditation]] from the state of Missouri and is under the governance of a state-appointed [[school board]] called the Special Administrative Board, although a local board continues to exist without legal authority over the district. Since 2000, [[charter schools]] have operated in the city of St. Louis using authorization from Missouri state law. These schools are sponsored by local institutions or corporations and take in students from [[kindergarten]] through high school.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.slps.org/ |title=Slps.org |publisher=Slps.org |access-date=March 14, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090501181951/http://www.slps.org/ |archive-date=May 1, 2009 |url-status=live }}</ref>  In addition, several private schools exist in the city, and the [[Archdiocese of St. Louis]] operates dozens of [[parochial schools]] in the city, including parochial high schools. The city also has several private high schools, including secular, [[The Fulton School|Montessori]], [[Catholic school|Catholic]] and [[Lutheran school]]s. [[St. Louis University High School]] – a Jesuit preparatory high school founded in 1818 – is the oldest secondary educational institution in the U.S. west of the Mississippi River.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.sluh.org/about/history|title=Private Catholic School - Chesterfield - History|website=Sluh.org|access-date=January 15, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170118043309/https://www.sluh.org/about/history|archive-date=January 18, 2017|url-status=live}}</ref> The state-operated K-12 boarding school [[Missouri School for the Blind]] is in St. Louis.