Hazelwood Central High School
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Hazelwood Central High School is located at 15875 New Halls Ferry Road in unincorporated St. Louis County
, adjacent to the current northeast boundary of Florissant, MO. The school is one of three high schools in the district, the others being Hazelwood West High School
and Hazelwood East High School
. The school population is the second-largest in the state of Missouri with an enrollment of 2,365 according to the Missouri Department of Elementary and Secondary Education.
. The building is still in use as a school - Hazelwood East Middle School
. During the early 1960s, as farmland became subdivisions, more students enrolled in the district and a new high school was needed; the second Hazelwood High School was established in 1966 to deal with the rapid growth of the Hazelwood School District
during that time. The first year it held 2515 students who were in the 10th to 12th grades. It was the only high school in the district and it quickly became overcrowded as the "baby boomers" reached high school age. By the early 1970s, the Central designator appeared in the school's name, followed by East and West, indicating from which portion of the district students lived. The rapid growth of the district proved too much even for a building of Central's size, however, and in the 1970s, the school was forced to split the student body into two shifts, with one shift attending from 6:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m., and one from 1:05 p.m. to 7:05 p.m. In 1975, with the opening of two more high schools Hazelwood East High School
and Hazelwood West High School
, Hazelwood Central returned to a conventional day schedule.
, and in 2009/10 the latter high school now has the largest enrollment in the state.
St. Louis County, Missouri
St. Louis County is a county located in the U.S. state of Missouri. Its county seat is Clayton. St. Louis County is part of the St. Louis Metro Area wherein the independent City of St. Louis and its suburbs in St. Louis County, as well as the surrounding counties in both Missouri and Illinois all...
, adjacent to the current northeast boundary of Florissant, MO. The school is one of three high schools in the district, the others being Hazelwood West High School
Hazelwood West High School
Hazelwood West High School is a public high school in the Hazelwood School District located in North St. Louis County, Missouri.- History :Hazelwood West High School began on the current site of Hazelwood Central High School in the 1970s. Students from Hazelwood East High School and Hazelwood West...
and Hazelwood East High School
Hazelwood East High School
Hazelwood East High School is located at 11300 Dunn Road in St. Louis County. The school is one of three high schools in the Hazelwood School District, the others being Hazelwood West High School and Hazelwood Central High School.-History:...
. The school population is the second-largest in the state of Missouri with an enrollment of 2,365 according to the Missouri Department of Elementary and Secondary Education.
History
The first Hazelwood High School was completed in 1954, located at 1865 Dunn Road in unincorporated North St. Louis County; this area is also known locally as Spanish LakeSpanish Lake, Missouri
Spanish Lake is a census-designated place in St. Louis County, Missouri, United States. The population was 19,650 at the 2010 census.-Geography:Spanish Lake is located at ....
. The building is still in use as a school - Hazelwood East Middle School
Hazelwood East Middle School
Hazelwood East Middle School is located in the Hazelwood School District in Saint Louis, Missouri. This building opened in the 1950s as the only high school in the school district, Hazelwood High School. In the 1960s, overcrowding issues led to the building of the much-larger Hazelwood Central...
. During the early 1960s, as farmland became subdivisions, more students enrolled in the district and a new high school was needed; the second Hazelwood High School was established in 1966 to deal with the rapid growth of the Hazelwood School District
Hazelwood School District
Hazelwood School District is a school district covering a large portion of north St. Louis County, Missouri, including the cities of Florissant, Hazelwood, Black Jack, Spanish Lake, Ferguson, Bellefontaine Neighbors, and Bridgeton....
during that time. The first year it held 2515 students who were in the 10th to 12th grades. It was the only high school in the district and it quickly became overcrowded as the "baby boomers" reached high school age. By the early 1970s, the Central designator appeared in the school's name, followed by East and West, indicating from which portion of the district students lived. The rapid growth of the district proved too much even for a building of Central's size, however, and in the 1970s, the school was forced to split the student body into two shifts, with one shift attending from 6:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m., and one from 1:05 p.m. to 7:05 p.m. In 1975, with the opening of two more high schools Hazelwood East High School
Hazelwood East High School
Hazelwood East High School is located at 11300 Dunn Road in St. Louis County. The school is one of three high schools in the Hazelwood School District, the others being Hazelwood West High School and Hazelwood Central High School.-History:...
and Hazelwood West High School
Hazelwood West High School
Hazelwood West High School is a public high school in the Hazelwood School District located in North St. Louis County, Missouri.- History :Hazelwood West High School began on the current site of Hazelwood Central High School in the 1970s. Students from Hazelwood East High School and Hazelwood West...
, Hazelwood Central returned to a conventional day schedule.
2000-2001 School Year
By the 2000–2001 school year, Hazelwood Central's population was once again growing, this time in response to increasing subdivision development within the school district, land that had for decades been open farmland or otherwise vacant. By 2005, the student body population was once again approaching 3,000 students and overcrowding was becoming a problem.2006-2007 School Year
During the 2006–2007 school year, the district announced that it was redrawing the boundaries of the three high schools, effective fall 2008. The net effect of this change on Central is expected to be a reduction in enrollment from nearly 3,000 to approximately 2,500 while increasing the population at Hazelwood West High SchoolHazelwood West High School
Hazelwood West High School is a public high school in the Hazelwood School District located in North St. Louis County, Missouri.- History :Hazelwood West High School began on the current site of Hazelwood Central High School in the 1970s. Students from Hazelwood East High School and Hazelwood West...
, and in 2009/10 the latter high school now has the largest enrollment in the state.
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