Liberty High School (O'Fallon, Missouri)

Liberty High School
Liberty's logo
Location
2275 Sommers Rd, Lake St Louis, MO 63367 United States
Coordinates	38°45′29″N90°47′12″W / 38.7581°N 90.7868°W / 38.7581; -90.7868
Information
Motto	Be Responsible, Be Respectful, and act with Integrity
Established	2013
School district	Wentzville School District
Superintendent	Danielle Tormala
Principal	Edgar Nelson
Teaching staff	92.09 (FTE) [1]
Grades	Public co-ed secondary
Enrollment	1,669 (2023-2024) [1]
Student to teacher ratio	18.12 [1]
Color(s)	Navy and scarlet    [2]
Team name	Eagles [2]
Newspaper	The Ledger
Feeder schools	Wentzville Frontier Middle School
Website	www.wentzville.k12.mo.us/LHS

Liberty High School is a public high school in O'Fallon, Missouri. ^[3] It has a "Lake St. Louis, Missouri" postal address. ^[4]

It is the third high school built in the Wentzville School District in Missouri, United States. The building opened for its first year in 2013. ^[5] The enrollment for the first year was under 300 students, and consisted of a freshman class due to graduate in May 2017. Liberty has now grown to all grade levels. ^[6]

Academics

Liberty has an Academic Assist program after school for those struggling in classes. Students can get help from teachers with one-on-one assistance. Liberty also participates in the Missouri A+ program. Students who achieve the seven A+ state requirements are eligible for tuition reimbursement and general fee reimbursement to attend any community college or technical school in the state of Missouri. Liberty offers Advanced Placement (AP) courses that allow students an early glimpse of the college experience. The school also offers a range of elective classes, such as Industrial Technology, Family and Consumer Science classes, Fine Arts, and Project Lead the Way classes. ^[7]

Background

Liberty High School was established in 2013 as the Wentzville School District's third high school. The school's first principal, Phil Ragusky, had been the principal of the feeder school, Frontier Middle School. ^[7]

During the 2013–2014 school year, the school only consisted of freshmen. ^{[5] [6]} Each consecutive year another class has been added. The 2016–2017 school year was the first with all four classes present in the building.

For the 2015–2016 school year, Liberty hired a new principal and assistant principal, Edgar Nelson and Steven Pryor. ^[8] Nelson was previously an Assistant Principal at Holt High School, and now serves as Liberty's Head Principal. Pryor previously served as an Assistant Principal at Washington High School. For the 2016–2017 school year, Liberty and the Wentzville School District announced that teachers Lindsay Sutherlin and Matthew Keisel would become assistant principals.

References

1. "LIBERTY HIGH SCHOOL". National Center for Education Statistics. Retrieved February 8, 2025.
2. "Wentzville Liberty High School". Missouri State High School Activities Association. Retrieved March 19, 2024.
3. O'Fallon Education (PDF) (Map). City of O'Fallon. Retrieved June 13, 2025.
4. "Home". Liberty High School. Retrieved June 14, 2025. 2275 Sommers Road Lake St. Louis, MO 63367 - The City of Houston stated in 1996: "The U.S. Postal Service establishes ZIP codes and mailing addresses in order to maximize the efficiency of their system, not to recognize jurisdictional boundaries."
5. "$40M Liberty High School Opens in Wentzville, Mo. | Patch". Wentzville, MO Patch. Retrieved January 2, 2016.
6. "Wentzville opens new Liberty High School". FOX2now.com. Retrieved January 2, 2016.
7. "Ribbon Cutting and Dedication of Liberty High School in the Wentzville R-IV School District". Western St Charles County Chamber. Retrieved January 2, 2016.
8. "Edgar Nelson Named Principal at Wentzville School District's Liberty High School". 70 West Sentinel. Retrieved January 2, 2016.