No! We have students in our school from more than 37 different ZIP Codes around the St. Louis area, including St. Louis County, St. Charles County, and Illinois.
We serve children as young as 3 years old, all the way up to 6th Grade. Children need to turn 3 by July 31 in order to enroll.
Yes! 100% of our students receive scholarship support through generous donations by both individual donors and foundations. Tuition for the 2026-27 school year is $28,000. However, the average scholarship awarded is$23,000, bringing the average out-of-pocket cost to$5,000per family.
We have 244 students enrolled for the 2026-27 school year.
For the school as a whole, our student-to-teacher ratio is 8:1. Our 3- and 4-year-old classroom has a maximum of 16 students, with two teachers. All other grade levels have a maximum of 30 students in the class, with at least two teachers per grade level.
School starts each morning at 7:55 a.m. and ends at 3:30 p.m.
Yes! Extended Day Supervision allows students to arrive as early as 7:00 a.m. and leave as late as 6:00 p.m. for no additional cost. Alternatively, parents can opt for the Extended Day Programing which allows students to participate in various clubs and activities after school.
Yes! All students at City Academy learn Spanish.
Each City Academy 6th grader is required to apply to at least three Independent Secondary Schools. The majority of our 351 alumni have gone on to attend the following schools with an average financial award of $23,309 over the last five years:
- John Burroughs (54)
- MICDS (47)
- Crossroads (35)
- Whitfield (25)
- Westminster (25)
- Chaminade (20)
- Villa Duchesne (19)
- Priory (9)
- Thomas Jefferson (9)
- Visitation (9)
- Principia (3)
- The Fulton School (1)