[Missouri] District Deep Dive — Rockwood School District
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Rockwood R-VI in western St. Louis County pairs a 90.0 percent state performance score and a 96.9 percent graduation rate with a decade of enrollment decline, a last-place county pay fight, and a 500-vote voter rejection of its first operating levy request since 1994 — the good, the bad, and the complicated, whole. Sources: Missouri Department of Elementary and Secondary Education (DESE) Annual Performance Report 2024-25, Exemplary School Library Program list, and Due Process Decisions list; U.S. Department of Education, Office of Special Education Programs, IDEA Section 618 child count and educational environments data 2024-25 (via the Special Education Observatory district compilation); Rockwood School District Annual Report 2025-26, 2025-26 Budget Message (June 17, 2025), 2026-27 Annual Budget, Annual Comprehensive Financial Report FY2025, Proposition 3 dashboard, Proposition S certified results (St. Louis County Nov. 10, 2025; Jefferson County Nov. 7, 2025), Material Challenges / Regulation 6241, RNEA Negotiations Update (Mar. 27, 2025), and board reporting (rsdmo.org); National Center for Education Statistics district record (NCES 2926850); Rockwood demographic study and Capital Planning Advisory Committee materials (Sept. 23, 2025); Rockwood National Education Association agreement 2025-28 and salary schedules; PRiME Center, Saint Louis University, St. Louis County district history (Sept. 2026); The 74, Missouri demographic coverage (2026); AASA National Superintendent of the Year announcement (Feb. 17, 2022); School Library Journal censorship roundup on Missouri SB 775 removals (2022); West Newsmagazine (Feb. 21, 2024); student journalism — The Lancer Feed (Lafayette HS), The Talon (Rockwood Summit HS), EHS Hub (Eureka HS), Marquette Messenger, Mid Rivers Insider. AI Generated
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