1838 - First public school opens

1853 - First public high school opens

1866 - First public school for Black students opens

1875 - First public high school for Black students opens

1877 - First Black teachers are hired

1950 - Peak city population of 856,000 residents

1954 - Brown v. Board of Education rules segregated schools are unconstitutional

1967 - Peak enrollment of 115,543 students

1972 - Liddell vs. St. Louis Board of Education filed

1976 - First magnet schools open

1983 - Voluntary Interdistrict Transfer Program begins

1999 - First charter schools open

2007 - SLPS loses state accreditation. Special Administrative Board given governance authority over SLPS

2012 - sudden closure of Imagine charter schools, thousands of students return to SLPS

2017 - SLPS regains state accreditation

2019 - SLPS regains elected governance and the SAB's authority ends

2021 - SLPS and Board of Aldermen pass resolutions calling for a  moratorium on new schools

2022 - Population falls under 300,000 for the first time