Ladue Horton Watkins High School

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Ladue Horton Watkins High School
Address
Ladue Horton Watkins High School
1201 South Warson Road

Ladue, Missouri

United States
Coordinates 38°38′22″N90°23′48″W / 38.6394°N 90.3966°W / 38.6394; -90.3966
Information
Type Comprehensive public high school
Established1952
School district Ladue School District
PrincipalBrad Griffith
Teaching staff94.20 (FTE) [1]
Enrollment1,325 (2023-2024) [1]
Student to teacher ratio14.07 [1]
Campus typeSuburban
Color(s)   Blue and white
Athletics conference Suburban Central Conference
Nickname Rams
Rivals Clayton High School
USNWR ranking166th (2013)
NewspaperPanorama
Feeder schoolsLadue Middle School
Website lhwhs.ladueschools.net
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Ladue Horton Watkins High School is a public high school in Ladue, Missouri, United States, that is administered by the Ladue School District. Its namesake, Horton Watkins, was vice president of the International Shoe Company and died in 1949. The family of Horton Watkins donated the 28-acre (11 ha) tract of land on South Warson Road to the school for the high school site as a memorial.

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Demographics

The racial/ethnic breakdown of the 1,313 students enrolled for the 2012–2013 school year was:

The male/female ratio for 2012-13 was:

In addition, 12% of the students were eligible for free or reduced lunch.

Activities

For the 2011–12 school year, the school offered 26 activities approved by the Missouri State High School Activities Association (MSHSAA): baseball, boys and girls basketball, cheerleading, boys and girls cross country, dance team, field hockey, football, boys golf, girls lacrosse, orchestra, band and vocal music, scholar bowl, boys and girls soccer, girls softball, speech and debate, boys' and girls' swimming and diving, boys' and girls' tennis, boys and girls track and field, girls volleyball, water polo, and wrestling. [3] In addition to its MSHSAA activities, the school offers students an opportunity to participate in a variety of other school-sponsored clubs.

The Ladue Rams have won several state championships: [4] [5]

In 2013 Ladue's Scholar Bowl team won the National Scholastics Championship. [7]

Student activities:

* Football

Notable alumni

References

  1. 1 2 3 "LADUE HORTON WATKINS HIGH". National Center for Education Statistics. Retrieved December 10, 2024.
  2. ↑ "Search for Public Schools - School Detail for Ladue Horton Watkins High". ed.gov. Retrieved August 13, 2015.
  3. ↑ LANIT Consulting. "::MSHSAA::Ladue Horton Watkins High School". mshsaa.org. Retrieved August 13, 2015.
  4. ↑ "MSHSAA: Championship Histories by Sport" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on February 23, 2012. Retrieved March 18, 2012.
  5. ↑ "MSHSAA State Championships". Missouri State High School Activities Association. Retrieved March 22, 2023.
  6. ↑ "Champions".
  7. ↑ "Quizbowl Research Database".
  8. ↑ "St. Louisan Todd Armstrong Starred in JASON AND THE ARGONAUTS in 1963". December 19, 2013. Retrieved May 10, 2014.
  9. ↑ "Distinguished Alumni". Ladue Horton Watkins High School. Archived from the original on October 11, 2018. Retrieved December 5, 2020.
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