Mehlville School District

Points of Pride

• Mehlville School District has nationally recognized high schools. Mehlville and Oakville high were named “best high schools” by U.S. News & World Report. Both schools are also ranked in the top 10 percent of high schools in Missouri by Niche.com
  
  
• Our Early Childhood Center received the FutureBuilders Early Childhood Program of the Year award from the Missouri School Boards’ Association.
  
  
• We are a National District of Character, and many of our schools are also recognized as National Schools of Character.
  
  
• Assistant principal of Bernard Middle School, Lauren Cumming, was awarded the Missouri Assistant Principal of the Year from the Missouri Association of Secondary School Principals.
  
  
• The Mehlville Board of Education received the 2018 Governance Team Award by the Missouri School Boards’ Association.
  
  
• Dr. Chris Gaines, superintendent, is a national advocate for students and schools, serving in 2018-2019 as the national president of AASA, the School Superintendents Association.
  
  
• District curriculum is focused on personalized learning as showcased through MyPath, a high school course that students design around their own interests; participation in Project Lead The Way and the St. Louis Centers for Advanced Professional Studies; project-based learning; STEM education; and MOSAIC Elementary, a school of innovation.
  
  
• We are committed to continuous classroom improvement, a systems-based approach to improved achievement, in elementary schools.
  
  
• Mehlville School District is fully accredited by Missouri Department of Elementary and Secondary Education.