Sumner High School (St. Louis)

Sumner High School
Sumner High School and football field, October 2012
Location
4248 Cottage Avenue St. Louis, Missouri 63113 United States
Coordinates	38°39′35″N 90°14′21″W / 38.6597°N 90.2391°W / 38.6597; -90.2391
Information
Type	Public high school
Established	1875
School district	St. Louis Public Schools
NCES School ID	2929280[2]
Principal	Sean Nichols [1]
Faculty	18.60 FTEs[2]
Grades	9-12
Enrollment	264 (as of 2022–23)[2]
Student to teacher ratio	14.19[2]
Color(s)	Maroon and White
Athletics conference	Public High League
Nickname	Bulldogs
Publication	The Collegiate (defunct)
Website	School website
Charles Sumner High School
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Location	4248 W. Cottage Avenue St. Louis, Missouri
Area	5.5 acres (2.2 ha)
Built	1908 (1908)
Architect	William B. Ittner
Architectural style	Colonial Revival Georgian Revival
NRHP reference No.	88000469[3]
Added to NRHP	April 19, 1988

Sumner High School is a St. Louis public high school that was the first high school for African-American students west of the Mississippi River in the United States. Together with Vashon High School, Sumner was one of only two public high schools in St. Louis City for African-American students and was segregated. Established in 1875 only after extensive lobbying by some of St. Louis' African-American residents, Sumner moved to its current location in 1908. It has historically also been known as Charles H. Sumner High School, and Sumner Stone High School.

As of the 2018–19 school year, the school had an enrollment of 267 students and 26.3 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 10.2:1. There were 264 students (98.9% of enrollment) eligible for free lunch and 0 (0.0% of students) eligible for reduced-cost lunch.^[2]