Hazelwood East High School
Public high school in St Louis, Missouri · Hazelwood School District · Grades 9–12
Hazelwood East High School serves 1,310 students in grades 9–12 in St Louis (St. Louis County). It is one of 31 schools in Hazelwood School District. By enrollment it is the 70th largest of 558 public high schools in Missouri (median 268 students). With 25.5 students per full-time teacher, it has more students per teacher than the typical Missouri high school (12.2).
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25. Rank and medians compare all 558 Missouri high schools with enrollment listed on this site.
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25. Students per teacher = students ÷ 51.34 full-time-equivalent teachers.
School facts
| School type | Regular School |
| Level | High |
| Grades | 9–12 |
| District | Hazelwood School District |
| County | St. Louis County |
| Area type | Suburb, large |
| School meals | Free meals for every student (Community Eligibility Provision) |
| NCES school ID | 291383002696 |
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25 directory and school characteristics; area type from NCES EDGE locale codes.
Compared with the district and Missouri
| This school | Hazelwood | Missouri high schools (median) | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Students | 1,310 | 16,321 | 268 |
| Students per teacher | 25.5 | 16.6 | 12.2 |
| Free or reduced-price lunch eligible | – | 100% | 46.2% |
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25. District figures add up its schools. 99% of Missouri high schools have fewer students per teacher than this school (share of schools with a lower ratio). State test results aren't published here yet.
Hazelwood East High School in context
Size
Of the 3 high schools in Hazelwood School District, Hazelwood East High School is the smallest, with 8% of the district's students. Its 8 closest high schools sit a median 3.6 miles away with a median enrollment of 77; Hazelwood East High School is larger than most of them.
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25 enrollment and school type. Share of district students = this school's students ÷ the district's students. Nearest schools by straight-line distance between NCES EDGE locations.
Grades
Its largest grade is grade 11 with 353 students, and its smallest is grade 10 with 312, against an average of 328 per grade. Its first and last grades are close in size: 314 in grade 9 and 331 in grade 12.
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25 membership by grade.
Students
The largest group is Black students: 94.4% here and 82.1% across Hazelwood. Students from 6 of the 7 race and ethnicity groups NCES reports are enrolled.
47% are directly certified for free meals, meaning their families take part in programs such as SNAP or TANF, so no application was needed. Under the Community Eligibility Provision, every student can eat breakfast and lunch at no charge, and families fill out no meal application.
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25 membership and school lunch program data. District shares weight each school by its enrollment.
Teachers
With 51.34 full-time-equivalent teachers for 1,310 students, Hazelwood East High School has 25.5 students per teacher. At the median Missouri high school ratio of 12.2, a school with 1,310 students would have about 107.4 teachers, so Hazelwood East High School has 56.1 fewer.
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25. Expected teachers = this school's students ÷ the median students per teacher of Missouri high schools (12.2).
Location
Hazelwood East High School is in an urbanized area of 250,000 people or more, outside its principal city, which NCES calls suburb, large. The nearest other high school is Riverview Gardens Senior High School, 1.9 miles away in Riverview Gardens School District. Within 10 miles there are 27 other high schools, 11 of them within 5 miles.
Source: NCES EDGE school locations and locale codes, 2024-25. Distances are straight lines.
Students by race and ethnicity
| Black | 94.4% |
| Hispanic | 1.9% |
| White | 1.5% |
| Two or more races | 1.3% |
| American Indian or Alaska Native | 0.5% |
| Asian | 0.4% |
53.3% of students are girls and 46.7% are boys.
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25 membership.
Students by grade
| Grade 9 | 314 |
| Grade 10 | 312 |
| Grade 11 | 353 |
| Grade 12 | 331 |
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25 membership.
Location and contact
11300 Dunn Rd, St Louis, MO 63138
Phone: (314)953-5600
Locations: NCES EDGE. Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors.
Red: Hazelwood East High School. Blue: the nearest high schools.
Nearby high schools
| School | District | Distance | Students | Per teacher | Free/reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Riverview Gardens Senior High School | Riverview Gardens | 1.9 mi | 1,246 | 16 | 53.3% |
| North Technical | Specl. School Dst. St. Louis County | 3.2 mi | 833 | 23.1 | 24.5% |
| Northview | Specl. School Dst. St. Louis County | 3.3 mi | 132 | 3.7 | 100% |
| Jennings High School | Jennings | 3.5 mi | 666 | 14.4 | 100% |
| Bissell Hall | Division of Youth Service | 3.7 mi | 22 | 22 | 86.4% |
| Lewis and Clark Hall | Division of Youth Service | 3.7 mi | 14 | 14 | 78.6% |
| Twin Rivers | Division of Youth Service | 3.7 mi | 10 | 10 | 70% |
| Fort Bellefontaine Campus | Division of Youth Service | 3.7 mi | 12 | 6 | 75% |
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25. Distance in a straight line between NCES EDGE locations.