Park Hill High School

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Park Hill High School
Location
Park Hill High School
7701 NW Barry Road

Kansas City
,
Platte County
,
Missouri
64152

United States
Coordinates 39°14′44″N94°40′10″W / 39.24552°N 94.66946°W / 39.24552; -94.66946
Information
School district Park Hill School District
PrincipalJames Bradford Kincheloe
Teaching staff109.69 (FTE) [1]
Grades9-12
Enrollment1,936 (2023-2024) [1]
Student to teacher ratio17.65 [1]
LanguageEnglish (may be subject to others)
Campus typesuburban
Color(s)  
Mascot Trojan
Rival Park Hill South Panthers
Liberty Blue Jays
Liberty North Eagles
Budget$108,339,420 (District)
Revenue$105,649,420 (District)
Website https://phhs.parkhill.k12.mo.us/

Park Hill High School is one of two high schools in the Park Hill School District, in Kansas City. The school is located in northern Kansas City, in Platte County. [2]

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Park Hill's teams are called the Trojans, and its colors are scarlet and white. Park Hill High School had an enrollment of 1,857 students in 2022-2023. [3]

In addition to portions of Kansas City, the school's attendance boundary includes Lake Waukomis, Platte Woods, and Weatherby Lake. [4] [5]

History

The original school building opened in 1952 and the current building opened in 1967. The original building became Park Hill Junior High and later Plaza Middle School, the district's 6th grade school. Plaza is now a 6-8 grade middle school.

In the late 1990s a new gymnasium was built on the west side of the building to replace the original gym, which is now used primarily for practices and school dances. Around this same time, an auditorium was also built adjacent to the new gym. [2]

Prior to the opening of Park Hill South High School in 1998, Park Hill HS had been housed in two buildings. One of them was converted into Congress Middle School after Park Hill South opened. All 12th graders, in 1998, remained at Park Hill High, while other grades were divided between the two high schools. [6]

Since 1998, Park Hill has won nine wrestling state championships, two volleyball state championships, and the 2003 football state championship, as well as a cheerleading state championship in 2014. The Lady Trojans won the 2018 girls soccer state championship.

Facilities

The school has a football complex, gymnasium, and auditorium. The Park Hill Aquatic Center is located next to the football complex. It houses the Park Hill and Park Hill South boys' and girls' swim teams.

Notably, students at both Park Hill and Park Hill South High Schools have the option to attend Lead Innovation Studio a high school program, located in Line Creek.

In the original 1952 facility, the library was in two classrooms that were redone into a library. [7]

Notable alumni

References

  1. 1 2 3 "PARK HILL HIGH". National Center for Education Statistics. Retrieved December 22, 2024.
  2. 1 2 "Home - Park Hill High School". phhs.parkhill.k12.mo.us. Retrieved October 6, 2018.
  3. ↑ "Search for Public Schools - School Detail for PARK HILL HIGH". nces.ed.gov. National Center for Education Statistics . Retrieved May 9, 2024.
  4. ↑ Geography Division (January 12, 2021). 2020 CENSUS - SCHOOL DISTRICT REFERENCE MAP: Platte County, MO (PDF) (Map). U.S. Census Bureau. Archived (PDF) from the original on July 24, 2022. Retrieved June 7, 2025. - Text list
  5. ↑ 2025-26 Approved Boundaries (Map). Park Hill School District. p. 4. Retrieved June 8, 2025. - Compare to the census school district map.
  6. ↑ Kennedy, Mike (August 23, 1998). "New school ready for opening". Kansas City Star . pp.  B-1, B-4 – via Newspapers.com.
  7. ↑ "Park Hill Prays for Bonds: Road to College in Library". The Kansas City Times . Kansas City, Missouri. May 9, 1967. p.  4 – via Newspapers.com.
  8. ↑ "Royals take Platte County's Mitchell in MLB Draft; Park Hill grad goes to Rangers". June 21, 2017.
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