St. Louis Public Schools is thinking about closing some schools. This is because there are fewer students and less money. The school district has more than twice the schools it needs now.
St. Louis, 25 Sep 2025
St. Louis Public Schools is thinking about closing some schools. This is because there are fewer students and less money. The school district has more than twice the schools it needs now.
Why Schools Might Close
Many cities in America are closing schools. This is happening because fewer babies are being born and more families are choosing different kinds of schools. Some cities like Philadelphia, Boston, and Houston are thinking about closing schools too. From 2019 to 2023, about 1 in 12 public schools lost many students. Experts say this trend will continue for many years.
Problems with Closing Schools
Closing schools can cause problems. In Chicago, when they closed 50 schools in 2013, students had a hard time. They got into more fights at their new schools. Their test scores went down too. In St. Louis, people are worried about losing schools that are important to their community. One school that might close, Sumner High School, has famous alumni like Tina Turner and Chuck Berry. Thomasina Clarke has watched school after school close in her once thriving St. Louis neighborhood, which was hit by a tornado this spring and whose population has plummeted in recent decades. “It’s like a hole in the community,” Clarke said. She fears a new round of closure discussions could strip the historically Black community of a storm-damaged high school, whose…
It's like a hole in the community
The St. Louis school board will decide soon about which schools to keep open. Follow The Rising News for more verified updates.
Updated 25 Sep 2025, 08:09 IST; source: link
