Ritenour High School

Ritenour High School
Location
9100 St. Charles Rock Road Breckenridge Hills , Missouri 63114 United States
Coordinates	38°42′42″N90°21′25″W / 38.7116°N 90.3570°W / 38.7116; -90.3570
Information
School type	Public comprehensive high school [1]
Established	1911 [2] [3]
School district	Ritenour School District
Superintendent	Chris Kilbride
NCES School ID	292664001573 [1]
Principal	Bruce Green
Faculty	100.35 (FTE) [1]
Grades	9–12 [1]
Enrollment	2,033 (2023–2024) [4]
Student to teacher ratio	20.26 [1]
Campus	Suburban [1]
Color(s)	Orange and Black
Athletics conference	Suburban XII
Mascot	Husky
Rival	Pattonville High School
Website	www.ritenour.k12.mo.us/Domain/14

Ritenour High School is a public high school in Breckenridge Hills, St. Louis County, Missouri that is part of the Ritenour School District.

The school district includes all of Breckenridge Hills, Edmundson, Overland, Sycamore Hills, and Woodson Terrace. It also includes most of most of Charlack and St. John, much of St. Ann and Vinita Park, and parts of Bridgeton. ^[5]

Activities

For the 2013–2014 school year, the school offered 25 activities approved by the Missouri State High School Activities Association (MSHSAA): baseball, boys and girls basketball, sideline cheerleading, boys and girls cross country, dance team, 11-man football, boys and girls golf, music activities, boys and girls soccer, softball, speech and debate, boys and girls swimming and diving, boys and girls tennis, boys and girls track and field, boys and girls volleyball, and wrestling. ^[6] In addition to its MSHSAA-sanctioned activities, the school offers students an opportunity to participate in a variety of school-sponsored clubs. The school also maintains the only fully operational high school radio station in Missouri. ^[3]

Ritenour students have won several state championships, ^[7] including:

• Baseball: 1957, 1966, 1967
• Boys track and field: 1985, 1989
• Wrestling: 1948, 1949, 1950, 1951, 1952, 1953, 1954, 1955, 1956, 1957, 1958, 1959, 1960, 1961, 1963, 1974

Ritenour High School is one of two high schools in the St. Louis Area to operate its own functional radio station, KRHS 90.1 FM. ^[8]

Alumni

• Ron Hunt: Major League Baseball player ^[3]
• Jerry Reuss: Major League Baseball player ^[3]
• Bill Chott: actor
• Justin Hicks, Missouri state representative elected in 2022
• Wendell Bryant: NFL player
• DeRon Jenkins: NFL player
• Cal Heeter: professional hockey player
• Bob Scheffing: Major League Baseball player ^[9]

References

1. "Search for Public Schools - Ritenour (292664001573)". National Center for Education Statistics . Institute of Education Sciences . Retrieved March 27, 2025.
2. Bosenbecker, Ray (2004). So, Where'd You Go to High School?. St. Louis, MO: Virginia Publishing. p. 48. ISBN   1-891442-30-9.
3. Dillon, Dan (2007). So, Where'd You Go to High School? Vol. 2. St. Louis, MO: Virginia Publishing. p. 168. ISBN   9781891442339.
4. "RITENOUR SR. HIGH". National Center for Education Statistics. Retrieved March 27, 2025.
5. Geography Division (January 12, 2021). 2020 CENSUS - SCHOOL DISTRICT REFERENCE MAP: St. Louis County, MO (PDF) (Map). U.S. Census Bureau. p. 2 (PDF p. 3/5). Archived (PDF) from the original on July 22, 2022. Retrieved June 8, 2025. - Text list
6. MSHSAA: Ritenour
7. "Championship Histories by Sport" (PDF). Missouri State High School Activities Association. Retrieved January 3, 2022.
8. "KRHSMedia".
9. "Bob Scheffing Stats | Baseball-Reference.com". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved August 7, 2018. High School: Ritenour HS (St. Louis, MO)