Hazelwood West High School

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Hazelwood West High School
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Hazelwood West High School
1 Wildcat Lane

Hazelwood
,
Missouri
63042-1178

United States
Coordinates 38°47′10″N90°22′55″W / 38.78611°N 90.38194°W / 38.78611; -90.38194 (Hazelwood West High School)
Information
School type Public high school
Established1969 (Howdershell Jr. High)
1975 (Hazelwood West Jr./Sr. High)
2002 (Hazelwood West Middle/High School)
2007 (Hazelwood West High)
School district Hazelwood School District
NCES District ID 291383000625 [1]
SessionSemester
PrincipalDemetrius Adams
Faculty130
Teaching 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 day7
Color(s)   Red and Black
Fight song "On, Wisconsin!"
Athletics conference Suburban XII (North)
MascotWillie/Wanda the Wildcat
Nickname Wildcats
AccreditationMSIP Accreditation current as of 2017
NewspaperWest Gazette
YearbookFocus
Graduates
308 (2005) [2]
  • 369 (2004)
  • 359 (2003)
Website www.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.

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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.

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