Summary:
Hazelwood Central High is a public high school located in Florissant, Missouri, serving grades 9-12 with a total enrollment of 1,628 students. The school is part of the Hazelwood School District, which is ranked 343 out of 386 districts in Missouri and has a 1-star rating from SchoolDigger.
Hazelwood Central High consistently ranks in the bottom half of Missouri high schools, with a ranking between 255 and 361 out of 361-521 schools over the past 10 years. The school's performance on state assessments (MAP tests) is significantly below the state and district averages across all subject areas, with proficiency rates ranging from 12% to 39% compared to state averages of 35.1% to 54.9%. Hazelwood Central High's performance is particularly low for African American and disabled student subgroups, ranking in the top 10-20 and bottom 87-125 out of 105-129 Missouri high schools, respectively. The school also has a 4-year graduation rate of around 81%, which is lower than the state and district averages, and a very high chronic absenteeism rate, ranging from 38.2% to 54.5% over the past few years, significantly higher than the state and district averages.
Interestingly, Hazelwood West High, another high school in the same district, performs slightly better than Hazelwood Central High on academic measures, graduation rates, and chronic absenteeism, but still lags behind state averages. The nearby schools in the Division of Youth Service district (Bissell Hall, Twin Rivers, and Lewis and Clark Hall) serve a much smaller student population (11-24 students) and have very low chronic absenteeism rates, but their academic performance data is limited. McCluer High and McCluer North High, in the neighboring Ferguson-Florissant R-II district, also struggle with low academic performance, high chronic absenteeism, and high percentages of economically disadvantaged students, similar to Hazelwood Central High.
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Detail:
Public 9-12
District:
Hazelwood
SchoolDigger Rank:
317th of 378 Missouri High Schools
Per Pupil Expenditures: $12,556
Student/teacher ratio: 21.9
Number of students: 1,782
Racial breakdown:
African American:
88.1%
White:
3.8%
Hispanic:
3.8%
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Two or more races:
3.3%
Asian:
0.8%
American Indian:
0.2%
Pacific Islander:
0.1%
Free/discounted lunch recipients: 55.2%
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