It also includes most of Cottleville, and portions of Dardenne Prairie, O'Fallon, St. Charles, St. Peters, and the Defiance census-designated place.
While annual fluctuations in growth rates are likely, enrollment projections indicate that student population during the next five years will continue its slow and gradual decline.
[6] This led to Francis Howell district parents voicing concerns against the transfer of students even though they would pay out-of-district tuition.
[8][9] Other parents drew similarities between their current controversy and that of desegregation busing during the Civil Rights Movement.
[12] All five voting in favor were elected in April with the financial backing of a conservative political action committee called Francis Howell Families.
[16] Steven Blair and Carolie Owens would defeat the Francis Howell Families-backed Adriana Kuhn and Sam Young with a five percentage point margin in the 2024 school board elections.
[17][18] In August 2024, the board passed resolutions to ban books containing sexual references, alcohol or drug use, profanity, or violence, institute a process which allows any district resident to remove books, a policy that restricts teachers from speaking about gender or sexuality, and a policy that prohibits “values judgments on human sexuality.”[19] The district's superintendent is Kenneth Roumpos.