McKinley Classical Leadership Academy

McKinley Classical Leadership Academy (also known as McKinley High School) is a magnet middle and high school for gifted and talented students in St. Louis, Missouri. It is part of the St. Louis Public Schools district. McKinley opened in 1904 as the first comprehensive public high school in south St. Louis and closed in 1988.^[2] The school has been operating as a magnet middle school since the 1990s.^[3] It reopened as a high school in 2007. It graduated nine students in May 2011.^[4]

McKinley Classical Leadership Academy
McKinley High School in 1910
Location
2156 Russell Street St. Louis , Missouri 63104 United States
Coordinates	38°36′36″N 90°13′12″W
Information
Type	Magnet school
Established	1904
School district	St. Louis Public Schools
Superintendent	Millicent Borishade
Principal	La’Ron Haymore
Teaching staff	40.00 (on an FTE basis)[1]
Grades	6–12[1]
Enrollment	559 (2022-23)[1]
Student to teacher ratio	13.98[1]
Campus type	Urban
Color(s)	Black and gold
Athletics conference	Public High League
Mascot	Goldbug
Website	www.slps.org/mckinleycla

Notable alumni

• Jim Kekeris – NFL player, attended while the school was a public high school
• Stillman Rouse – NFL player, attended while the school was a public high school
• Jo Jo White – Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Famer, attended while the school was a public high school
• "Classy" Freddy Blassie - WWE Hall of Fame attended while the school was a public high school