Total enrollment
16,321
-152 (-1%) vs SY 2020-21
33 schools in HAZELWOOD
Missouri · 16,321 students · 4 cities
Inside HAZELWOOD (Missouri), 33 public K-12 schools enroll roughly 16,321 students (around 495 per school).
4-year change in HAZELWOOD
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25School count
31
-1 (-3%) vs SY 2020-21
Source: NCES Common Core of Data, enrollment-weighted demographic averages
How HAZELWOOD ranks
Among districts| Measure | This district | In Missouri | In the US |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 45.8% | #149 of 225 | N/A |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 16,321 | #11 of 290 | #504 of 9,234 |
| Number of schools ranked most first | 31 | #5 of 290 | N/A |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.6:1 | #286 of 289 | #6,858 of 9,044 |
| Free or reduced-price lunch share ranked highest first | 100.0% | #12 of 290 | #56 of 8,164 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 31.4% | #82 of 173 | #4,700 of 6,853 |
Districts need at least 2 schools and 500 students to be ranked. Test proficiency is ranked within the state only, since each state gives a different test. Each rank links to the full list.
Inside HAZELWOOD
State test results across the district's 25 scored schools run from GARRETT ELEM. at 80.0% proficient to NORTH MIDDLE at 14.4%, a gap of 65.7 points. That is the 10th widest gap among 95 Missouri districts with four or more scored schools.
Since 2017-18, the 31 district schools that reported both years went from 17,506 to 16,321 students (down 7%) and from 1,145 to 982 full-time teachers (down 14%), as of 2024-25.
Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across each school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25; schools with fewer than 100 students and schools serving specialized populations are left out. Staffing figures come from the NCES Common Core of Data and count only schools that reported students and teachers in both years.
About HAZELWOOD
As a middle-population district in Missouri, HAZELWOOD educates 16,321 students across 33 schools.
On the school-mix side, HAZELWOOD is built around 23 elementary, 6 middle, 3 high schools, and 1 combined or other.
On a per-school basis, HAZELWOOD runs about 495 students per school, 30% meaningfully above the state mean of roughly 382.
Looking at the last 4 years. Total public-school enrollment in HAZELWOOD has stayed largely flat since SY 2020-21, moving from about 16,473 students to 16,321. HAZELWOOD now counts 31 public schools, down from 32 in SY 2020-21.
On this page, the community for HAZELWOOD discusses enrollment trends, district policy changes, and bus-route updates. Posts come from current and former families, staff, and alumni.