Editing Clayton, Missouri (section)

== Education ==

=== Higher education ===
[[File:Clocktower on s40.jpg|thumb|upright|The clocktower in the center of the South 40]]
The city was home to [[Fontbonne University]] until it closed in early May 2025 and open higher institutions include [[Concordia Seminary]] of the [[Lutheran Church–Missouri Synod]]. A portion of Washington University's [[Danforth Campus]], the South 40, is located in eastern Clayton and primarily consists of student housing.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Teresa |date=2018-10-29 |title=South 40 Residential Colleges |url=https://students.wustl.edu/south-40-residential-colleges-first-second-year-students/ |access-date=2022-11-14 |website=Students |language=en-US}}</ref> Washington University's West Campus is located in downtown Clayton and houses offices for the library, information technology, and other university departments.<ref>{{Cite web |title=West Campus |url=https://wustl.edu/about/campuses/west-campus/ |access-date=2022-11-14 |website=Washington University in St. Louis |language=en-US}}</ref> In 2007, Washington University acquired its South Campus in the DeMun neighborhood which is used primarily by intramural and club sports programs in addition to community theater groups.<ref>{{Cite web |title=South Campus |url=https://wustl.edu/about/campuses/south-campus/ |access-date=2022-11-14 |website=Washington University in St. Louis |language=en-US}}</ref>

===Primary and secondary schools===
The city's public schools are operated by the [[School District of Clayton]], which includes the entire city.<!--UNI 09720--><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www2.census.gov/geo/maps/DC2020/PL20/st29_mo/schooldistrict_maps/c29189_st_louis/DC20SD_C29189.pdf|title=2020 CENSUS - SCHOOL DISTRICT REFERENCE MAP: St. Louis County, MO|publisher=[[U.S. Census Bureau]]|access-date=2024-06-17|pages=2, 4 (PDF p. 3, 5/5)}} - [https://www2.census.gov/geo/maps/DC2020/PL20/st29_mo/schooldistrict_maps/c29189_st_louis/DC20SD_C29189_SD2MS.txt Text list]</ref> Its three public elementary schools are Glenridge Elementary School in the Moorlands neighborhood, Captain Elementary School in the DeMun neighborhood, and Meramec Elementary School in Davis Place. These schools feed into Wydown Middle School on Wydown Boulevard which in turn feeds into [[Clayton High School (Missouri)|Clayton High School]], next to Shaw Park near downtown Clayton. In 2021 the district's enrollment was 2,412 students.<ref name=":3" />

Several of Clayton's elementary schools have been closed or repurposed. Bellevue School served one year as the Seventh Grade Center and was ultimately sold, demolished, and replaced with a medical office building connected to St. Mary's Hospital across Bellevue Avenue. Gay School is now the Clayton Family Center; Maryland School has been repurposed into a Centene training center;<ref>{{Cite web |last=Post-Dispatch |first=Samantha Liss St Louis |title=Centene to buy Maryland School in Clayton |url=https://www.stltoday.com/business/local/centene-to-buy-maryland-school-in-clayton/article_6bcf298c-4fae-5ff5-8899-6acf2e7b7b91.html |access-date=2022-11-14 |website=STLtoday.com |language=en}}</ref> DeMun School burned in a fire and was replaced by Ralph M. Captain Elementary; and, after ''[[Brown v. Board of Education]]'' abolished segregated schools, [[Crispus Attucks]] School in downtown Clayton was demolished and replaced with an office building.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Post-Dispatch |first=Richard H. Weiss Special to the |title=Clayton was once home to a thriving African American community |url=https://www.stltoday.com/news/local/govt-and-politics/clayton-was-once-home-to-a-thriving-african-american-community/article_54e752d5-49c3-5c1d-861c-a5eea8dfcbcf.html |access-date=2022-11-14 |website=STLtoday.com |language=en}}</ref>

===Public libraries===
The [[St. Louis County Library]] operates the Mid-County Branch in Clayton, which was rebuilt and reopened on September 4, 2020.<ref name="Claytonmap">"[http://factfinder.census.gov/servlet/MapItDrawServlet?geo_id=16000US2914572&_bucket_id=50&tree_id=420&context=saff&_lang=en&_sse=on Clayton city, Missouri] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090906013625/http://factfinder.census.gov/servlet/MapItDrawServlet?geo_id=16000US2914572&_bucket_id=50&tree_id=420&context=saff&_lang=en&_sse=on|date=2009-09-06}}." ''[[U.S. Census Bureau]]''. Retrieved on June 13, 2009.</ref><ref>"[http://www.slcl.org/branches/mc/ Mid-County Branch] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090729005059/http://www.slcl.org/branches/mc/ |date=2009-07-29 }}." [[St. Louis County Library]]. Retrieved on August 18, 2009.</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=Henderson|first=Jane|title=New Mid-County library to open Sept. 4 in Clayton|url=https://www.stltoday.com/entertainment/books-and-literature/book-blog/new-mid-county-library-to-open-sept-4-in-clayton/article_56c72ac8-c1c0-5da4-8969-a49c297dbc6d.html|access-date=2020-10-19|website=STLtoday.com|language=en}}</ref>