Established 1952 Teaching staff 86.74 (FTE) Student to teacher ratio 14.65 Number of students 1,271 (2012–2013) | Principal Brad Griffith Enrollment 1271 (2012-2013) Phone +1 314-993-6447 Average ACT scores 26.4 | |
Address 1201 Warson Rd, St. Louis, MO 63124, USA Similar Kirkwood High School, Ladue School District, John Burroughs School, Webster Groves High Sch, Mary Institute And St Lo | ||
Ladue Horton Watkins High School is a public high school in Ladue, Missouri, that is part of the Ladue School District. Its namesake, Horton Watkins, was vice president of the International Shoe Company and died in 1949. The family of Horton Watkins donated the 28-acre (110,000 m2) tract of land on South Warson Road to the school for the high school site as a memorial.
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The high school has a 97% graduation rate, of which 92% continue on to higher education in 2–4-year institutions.
Ladue HS was listed for 2013 as the 166th-best public high school in America and best in the state based by Newsweek. In the 2014 list it was unranked.
Activities
For the 2011–12 school year, the school offered 26 activities approved by the Missouri State High School Activities Association (MSHSAA): baseball, boys and girls basketball, cheerleading, boys and girls cross country, dance team, field hockey, football, boys golf, girls lacrosse, orchestra, band and vocal music, scholar bowl, boys and girls soccer, girls softball, speech and debate, boys' and girls' swimming and diving, boys' and girls' tennis, boys and girls track and field, girls volleyball, water polo, and wrestling. In addition to its MSHSAA activities, the school offers students an opportunity to participate in a variety of other school-sponsored clubs.
The Ladue Rams have won several state championships:
In 2013 Ladue's Scholar Bowl team won the National Scholastics Championship.
Demographics
The demographic breakdown of the 1,271 students enrolled for the 2012–2013 school year was:
In addition, 12.2% of the students were eligible for free or reduced lunch.