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How has HAZELWOOD CENTRAL HIGH changed in the last five years, for better or worse?
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Enrollment
1,718
High
DISTRICT 1,674 · STATE 501
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·HAZELWOOD·NCES 291383000622
HAZELWOOD CENTRAL HIGH
15875 NEW HALLS FERRY RD, FLORISSANT, MO 63031 · (314) 953-5400 · St. Louis County
GRADES 09–12HIGH21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL1,718 STUDENTS
C
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Scored higher than 29% of Missouri public high schools
- C-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B+Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- DThree-year trend Change in reading and math proficiency over the last three test years.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Missouri public high schools
Student : Teacher
27.9:1
62 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 24.5:1 · STATE 12.2:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
100%
1,718 students
DISTRICT 100% · STATE 54%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other high schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 9 | 368 | 21% |
| Grade 10 | 427 | 25% |
| Grade 11 | 453 | 26% |
| Grade 12 | 470 | 27% |
Student demographics
20%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 32% · STATE 52% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
MAP 2024-25 . % Proficient + AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
36.8%
MO avg 44.9% . -4.7pp since 2021
Math
17.5%
MO avg 43.8% . -14.0pp since 2021
What this means: On the MAP, Missouri's statewide test, about 37 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 18 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Missouri schools, those numbers are about 45 and 44. Reading and writing scores are down about 5 points since 2021, while math scores are down about 14 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Advanced | Proficient | Basic | Below Basic |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 4.6% | 32.2% | 34.7% | 28.3% |
| Math | 4.6% | 12.9% | 26.6% | 55.7% |
Share of tested students at each MAP level. Each student counts in one level, so a row adds to about 100%.
MAP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 36.8% | 17.5% |
| 2023-24 | 32.1% | 14.4% |
| 2022-23 | 40.0% | 32.8% |
| 2021-22 | 41.5% | 31.5% |
% Proficient + Advanced, all students and all tested grades.
Source: MAP. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
22.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
22.4%
based on MO schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-0.1pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 22% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 22% typical for Missouri schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Missouri's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like HAZELWOOD CENTRAL HIGH
HAZELWOOD CENTRAL HIGH's state test result (22.3% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| HAZELWOOD CENTRAL HIGH this school | 1,718 | 100.0% | 22.3% |
| MCCLUER NORTH HIGH FLORISSANT | 1,059 | 100.0% | 20.9% |
| MCCLUER HIGH FLORISSANT | 1,075 | 100.0% | 12.6% |
| NORMANDY HIGH ST LOUIS | 688 | 100.0% | 5.4% |
| UNIVERSITY CITY SR. HIGH UNIVERSITY CITY | 874 | 100.0% | 30.7% |
| JENNINGS HIGH JENNINGS | 666 | 100.0% | 11.8% |
Matched among Missouri high schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where HAZELWOOD CENTRAL HIGH ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In Missouri | In St. Louis County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 22.3% | #377 of 443 | #24 of 31 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 17.5% | #389 of 453 ▲ 14 | #29 of 34 ▼ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 36.8% | #298 of 382 ▲ 18 | #27 of 35 ▲ 1 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -9.4pp | #22 of 231 | #4 of 22 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 1,718 | #34 of 561 | #7 of 45 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 27.9:1 | #343 of 343 | #34 of 34 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 19.9% | #192 of 343 | #30 of 34 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 100% | #32 of 455 | #6 of 36 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -9.0% | #82 of 187 | #10 of 21 |
Ranked against other public high schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
1,718
-42 (-2%) vs 2020
-24% since 1990-91, when it was 2,256
Student : Teacher
27.9:1
was 18.3:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 1,718 | 61.7 | 27.9:1 | 100% (1,718) |
| 2023-24 | 1,782 | 81.3 | 21.9:1 | 55% (984) |
| 2022-23 | 1,628 | 85.5 | 19.0:1 | 52% (845) |
| 2020-21 | 1,760 | 96 | 18.3:1 | 59% (1,046) |
| 2017-18 | 1,887 | 114.9 | 16.4:1 | 58% (1,096) |
| 2015-16 | 1,964 | 124 | 15.8:1 | 51% (993) |
| 2010-11 | 2,180 | 147 | 14.8:1 | 45% (978) |
| 2000-01 | 2,470 | 133 | 18.6:1 | 13% (332) |
| 1990-91 | 2,256 | 136 | 16.6:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for HAZELWOOD CENTRAL HIGH.
Since 2017-18: students down 9% (1,887 to 1,718); teachers down 46% (114.9 to 61.7).
About HAZELWOOD CENTRAL HIGH
Federal records list HAZELWOOD CENTRAL HIGH as a high school in FLORISSANT, Missouri. Its enrollment is 1,718 students, spread over grades 9 through 12. High schools in Missouri average about 501 students, which makes this school 243% above average.
HAZELWOOD enrolls 16,321 students in 31 schools, including HAZELWOOD CENTRAL HIGH.
The share of Black students at HAZELWOOD CENTRAL HIGH is 89%. Enrollment also includes 4% Hispanic, 3% White, and 3% multiracial. The school's Black share is 65 points above the 24% share among St. Louis County residents. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 20%.
There are about 27.9 students for every full-time-equivalent teacher at HAZELWOOD CENTRAL HIGH, which has 61.7. High schools in Missouri average 12.2:1, 15.7 fewer students per teacher than here. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility at HAZELWOOD CENTRAL HIGH is about 100%. On average, public schools in St. Louis County report 43%.
HAZELWOOD CENTRAL HIGH earns a C on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 29% of Missouri public high schools.
On the allk12 BeatsExpectations measure, HAZELWOOD CENTRAL HIGH is within a point of the average proficiency rate across its state test results predicted for its free or reduced-price lunch share: 22.3% actual, 22.4% predicted. That is outside both the top and bottom 10% in Missouri.
In the surrounding county, St. Louis County, median household income comes to about $82,936, about 47% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 7%. The county's public schools total 275, with about 134,601 students.
CENTRAL EARLY CHILDHOOD CENTER sits about 0.2 miles from HAZELWOOD CENTRAL HIGH. HAZELWOOD CENTRAL HIGH has at least 8 other public schools within five miles. The school's 22.3% average proficiency ranks 7th among 8 nearby schools.
On the NCES locale scale, the school is Suburb: Large.
The student count changed little between 2020-21 (1,760) and 2024-25 (1,718). Federal data show the ratio rising from 18.3:1 to 27.9:1.
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St. Louis County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
995,569
Census ACS
Median income
$82,936
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
47%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
7%
Below federal line
Schools in county
275
134,601 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in HAZELWOOD
- HAZELWOOD WEST HIGHHigh · 1,994 students
- HAZELWOOD EAST HIGHHigh · 1,310 students
- NORTHWEST MIDDLEMiddle · 770 students
- WEST MIDDLEMiddle · 724 students
- NORTH MIDDLEMiddle · 702 students
- CENTRAL MIDDLEMiddle · 692 students
Other schools in FLORISSANT
- MCCLUER HIGHHigh · 1,075 students
- MCCLUER NORTH HIGHHigh · 1,059 students
- NORTH TECHNICALHigh · 833 students
- NORTHWEST MIDDLEMiddle · 770 students
- NORTH MIDDLEMiddle · 702 students
- CENTRAL MIDDLEMiddle · 692 students
Nearby schools
- CENTRAL EARLY CHILDHOOD CENTER0.2 mi · 113
- BROWN ELEM.0.2 mi · 441
- COLD WATER ELEM.0.6 mi · 449
- BARRINGTON ELEM.1.1 mi · 515
- WEDGWOOD 6TH GRADE CENTER1.5 mi · 268
- NORTH MIDDLE1.6 mi · 702
Frequently asked questions
About HAZELWOOD CENTRAL HIGHHow large is HAZELWOOD CENTRAL HIGH?
HAZELWOOD CENTRAL HIGH enrolls approximately 1,718 students in grades 09-12.
What age range does HAZELWOOD CENTRAL HIGH serve?
HAZELWOOD CENTRAL HIGH serves students from grade 09 through grade 12.
What is the student-teacher ratio at HAZELWOOD CENTRAL HIGH?
The student-to-teacher ratio at HAZELWOOD CENTRAL HIGH is approximately 27.9:1 (62 FTE teachers).
How diverse is HAZELWOOD CENTRAL HIGH?
HAZELWOOD CENTRAL HIGH reports a student body of 3% White, 4% Hispanic, 89% Black, 0% Asian, 3% Two or more.
Who oversees HAZELWOOD CENTRAL HIGH?
HAZELWOOD CENTRAL HIGH is overseen by HAZELWOOD in St. Louis County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.