McKinley Classical Leadership Academy

McKinley Classical Leadership Academy
McKinley High School in 1910
Location
2156 Russell Street St. Louis, MO 63104 United States
Coordinates	38°37′N 90°13′W / 38.61°N 90.22°WCoordinates: 38°37′N 90°13′W / 38.61°N 90.22°W
Information
Type	Magnet high school
Established	1904
School district	St. Louis Public Schools
Superintendent	Kelvin Adams
Principal	Steve Warmack
Faculty	40
Grades	9–12
Enrollment	110 [HS]; 345 [MS]
Campus type	Urban
Color(s)	Black and gold
Mascot	Goldbugs
Information	[phone]
Vice Principal	Simone Taylor
Website	School web site

McKinley Classical Leadership Academy (also known as McKinley High School) is a public high school for gifted and talented students in St. Louis, Missouri that is part of the St. Louis Public Schools. McKinley opened in 1904 as the first comprehensive public high school in south St. Louis, then closed in 1988^[1] and operated as a magnet middle school in the 1990s and 2000s.^[2] In 2007, it reopened as a high school for gifted and talented students, and in May 2011 it graduated nine students.^[3]

References

1. Kim Bell (May 12, 1988). "School Board Plans Transfer of Freshmen". St. Louis Post-Dispatch.
2. Dillon, Dan (2005). So, Where'd You Go to High School? The Baby Boomer Edition. St. Louis, Missouri: Virginia Publishing Company. pp. 128–129. ISBN 1-891442-33-3.
3. Crouch, Elisa (May 21, 2011). "McKinley high school graduates its first class". St. Louis Post-Dispatch. Retrieved December 27, 2011.