Hazelwood West High School

Public school in St. Louis County, Missouri

38°47′10″N 90°22′55″W / 38.78611°N 90.38194°W / 38.78611; -90.38194 (Hazelwood West High School)InformationSchool typePublic high schoolEstablished1969 (Howdershell Jr. High)
1975 (Hazelwood West Jr./Sr. High)
2002 (Hazelwood West Middle/High School)
2007 (Hazelwood West High)School districtHazelwood School DistrictNCES District ID291383000625^[1]SessionSemesterPrincipalDemetrius AdamsFaculty130Teaching staff111.06^[1] (on an FTE basis)Grades

9–12 (2007–present)

7–12 (1975–2007)
7–9 (1969–1975)

Enrollment2,144^[1] (2021–22)Student to teacher ratio19.30^[1]Hours in school day7Color(s) Red and BlackFight song"On, Wisconsin!"Athletics conferenceSuburban XII (North)MascotWillie/Wanda the WildcatNicknameWildcatsAccreditationMSIP Accreditation current as of 2017NewspaperWest GazetteYearbookFocusGraduates

308 (2005) ^[3]

369 (2004)
359 (2003)

Websitewww.hazelwoodschools.org/westhigh

Hazelwood West High School is a public high school located in Hazelwood, Missouri. It is one of three high schools in Hazelwood School District (HSD) in St. Louis County, Missouri, the others being Hazelwood Central High School and Hazelwood East High School.

History

Hazelwood West High School began in 1974, with the first graduating class in 1975. Due to overcrowding of Hazelwood Senior High School (now known as Hazelwood Central), students attended classes on split shift in afternoons. The building that would partially become Hazelwood West opened in 1969 as a junior high school, Howdershell Jr. High. A greatly expanded building opened as a six-year facility in the fall of 1975, housing students in grades seven through twelve. In 2002, all district junior high schools were renamed middle schools. In 2005, two new building additions were added, a band room near the main entrance and a three-story classroom wing in the rear of the former middle school section. With the completion of six new middle schools in 2007; Central Middle, North Middle, Northwest Middle, East Middle, Southeast Middle, and West Middle; Hazelwood West was designated solely as a high school.

Notable alumni

Lamark Brown 2007, NFL player

Morgan Burkhart 1990, MLB player

Trevor Gaylor 1996, NFL player^[4]

Kyle McClellan 2002, MLB player

Al Nipper 1977, MLB player^[5]

Pat O'Connor 1978, Missouri House of Representatives

David Phelps 2005, MLB player

Rob Riti 1995, All-American football player

Justin Robinson 2020, track and field athlete

Tom Sandoval 2001, Model, Actor, Television Personality

Devin Williams 2013, MLB player^[6]

Matt Winer 1987, sports journalist and television personality^[5]

Jeffrey Wittmer 2003, Olympic weightlifter^[7]

Clint Zweifel 1991, treasurer of Missouri^[8]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d "Search for Public Schools - HAZELWOOD WEST HIGH (291383000625)". National Center for Education Statistics. Institute of Education Sciences. Retrieved Jan 15, 2024.
^ American College Test (ACT) - Missouri Dept. of Elementary and Secondary Education Archived 2006-10-15 at the Wayback Machine
^ Graduation rates - Missouri Dept. of Elementary and Secondary Education Archived 2006-10-15 at the Wayback Machine
^ "Trevor Gaylor". NFL.com.
^ ^a ^b Dillon, Dan (2005). So, Where'd You Go to High School? Vol. 2, p.86-87. Virginia Publishing, St. Louis. ISBN 1-891442-33-3.
^ Latsch, Nate (June 15, 2013). "Hazelwood West standout pitcher Williams signs with the Brewers | High School Baseball". stltoday.com. Retrieved June 30, 2019.
^ "Weightlifter competes for berth in Beijing". stltoday.com. 2008-05-16. Retrieved 2008-12-07. ^{[dead link]}
^ "Hazelwood West High marching band to perform at gubernatorial event". Hazelwood School District. Archived from the original on April 17, 2009. Retrieved 2009-01-13.

External links

Official website

Statistical data about Hazelwood West from the Missouri Dept. of Elementary and Secondary Education

Hazelwood School District homepage

Education in St. Louis County, Missouri

This includes institutions outside of the city limits of St. Louis which have "St. Louis, MO" postal addresses.
Note multiple places with "St. Louis, MO" postal addresses are not in the St. Louis city limits.

K-12

School districts

Special district

Special School District of St. Louis County

Public
high schools

Closed	Berkeley Douglass Kinloch

Private
high schools

Barat Acad
John Burroughs
Chaminade College Prep
CBC HS
Cor Jesu Acad
De Smet Jesuit HS
Logos HS
Incarnate Word Acad
Nerinx Hall HS
Notre Dame HS
Principia
St. John Vianney HS
St. Joseph's Acad
Saint Louis Priory
Ursuline Acad
Villa Duchesne
Visitation Acad
Westminster Christian Acad
Whitfield School

Closed	Trinity Catholic

Tertiary institutions
Four-year	Fontbonne University Maryville University Missouri Baptist University Washington University in St. Louis Webster University
Community college	St. Louis Community College
Seminaries	Covenant Theological Seminary

Supplementary education
Weekend schools	St. Louis Japanese School

This list may be incomplete

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