St. Louis

===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.