University City High School (Missouri)

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University City High School
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Address
University City High School (Missouri)
7401 Balson Avenue


United States
Coordinates 38°39′54″N90°19′45″W / 38.6651°N 90.3293°W / 38.6651; -90.3293
Information
Type Comprehensive public high school
Founded1930 [1]
PrincipalMike Peoples
Staff61.87 (FTE) [2]
Grades9–12
Number of students811 (2023–2024) [2]
Student to teacher ratio13.11 [2]
Color(s)Black and gold
  
MascotLions (formerly Indians)
Website ucityschools.org

University City High School (UCHS) is a public high school in University City, Missouri, United States, that is part of the School District of University City.

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The district includes all of University City and small portions of Overland, Vinita Park and Wellston. [3]

As part of the University City Education District, the high school building was listed, along with nearby Jackson Park Elementary School and Hanley Junior High School, in the National Register of Historic Places on January 31, 1985. [4] [5]

Notable alumni

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Dave Garroway
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Ken Holtzman
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Tennessee Williams

See also

Notes

  1. "University City High School Building History". www.ucityschools.org. Retrieved October 24, 2023.
  2. 1 2 3 "UNIVERSITY CITY SR. HIGH". National Center for Education Statistics. Retrieved February 16, 2025.
  3. 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
  4. "University City Education District". NPGallery Asset Detail, National Park Service, U.S. Department of the Interior. Retrieved November 30, 2021.
  5. "National Register of Historic Places Inventory-Nomination Form: University City Education District" (PDF). MOStateparks.com. United States Department of the Interior, National Park Service. November 15, 1984.
  6. 1 2 3 4 5 6 "University City HS (University City, MO)". baseball-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved June 4, 2012.
  7. 1 2 Perkins, Terry (June 9, 1999). "Lion Tamers". Riverfront Times. Archived from the original on September 26, 2011.
  8. "2002 Hall of Fame Inductee: Carl Dennis" (PDF). The School District of University City. Retrieved June 9, 2023.
  9. Hampel, Paul (April 3, 2011). "Norman Goldberg dies; music was his passion". St. Louis Post-Dispatch. Retrieved March 5, 2019.
  10. Friswold, Paul; Gray, Guy; Hays, Anna Teekell; Whitney, Christine (October 5, 2005). "It Was Twenty Years Ago Today". Riverfront Times. Retrieved June 9, 2023.
  11. Brown Jr., Sylvester, "It'll be great St. Louis jazz – and it'll be in St. Louis", St. Louis Post-Dispatch, January 25, 2007, Section C, page 1.
  12. "St. Louisans Return to Open Civic Season". St. Louis Post-Dispatch . October 25, 1964. p. 34. Retrieved May 21, 2021 via Newspapers.com.
  13. "Representative Marlene Terry". house.mo.gov. Retrieved February 12, 2021.