Metro Academic and Classical

Metro Academic and Classical High School is a public high school in St. Louis, Missouri that is part of the St. Louis Public Schools. Metro is currently the top-ranking public high school in Missouri. Metro opened in 1972 in a five-room building at 2135 Chouteau Avenue as one of the first magnet schools in the St. Louis Public Schools. In the 1970s, the school moved to the Temple Israel building at 5017 Washington Boulevard, and in 1996, it moved to its current location in a purpose-built school building. In 1997, the school's founder and principal, Betty Wheeler, retired. Her replacement, Pamela Randall, served until 2003, when she entered district administration and later served as superintendent of the St. Louis Public Schools....