{{Short description|Public school in Missouri, United States}} {{Use American English|date=July 2025}} {{Use mdy dates|date=January 2025}} {{Infobox school | name = Pattonville High School | image = File:Pattonville_High_School_mascot.png | caption = Pirate Pete | motto = That All Will Learn<ref>{{Cite web |title=Points of Pride - Pattonville R-III School District |url=https://www.psdr3.org/about/points-of-pride |access-date=2024-10-10 |website=www.psdr3.org |language=en-US}}</ref> | established = 1933 | type = Public High School | affiliation = | campus_type = Suburban | district = Pattonville School District | grades = 9–12<ref name="stltoday">{{Cite web |last=STLtoday.com |first=St Louis Post-Dispatch & |date=2020-02-17 |title=St. Louis School Guide from the St. Louis Post-Dispatch |url=https://graphics.stltoday.com/apps/education/schools/pattonville-r-iii-school-district/pattonville-senior-high/ |access-date=2024-10-10 |website=St. Louis school guide |language=en}}</ref> | principal = Teisha Ashford<ref>{{Cite web |title=Administration - Pattonville High School |url=https://phs.psdr3.org/our-school/administration |access-date=2024-10-10 |website=phs.psdr3.org |language=en-US}}</ref> | teaching_staff = 126.86 (FTE)<ref name=NCES/> | ratio = 15,33<ref name=NCES/> | staff = 226<ref>{{Cite web |title=Staff Directory - Pattonville High School |url=https://phs.psdr3.org/our-school/staff-directory |access-date=2024-10-10 |website=phs.psdr3.org |language=en-US}}</ref> | enrollment = 1,945 (2024–2025)<ref name=NCES>{{cite web|url=https://nces.ed.gov/ccd/schoolsearch/school_detail.asp?Search=1&DistrictID=2923700&ID=292370001421|title=PATTONVILLE SR. HIGH|publisher=National Center for Education Statistics|access-date=February 17, 2026}}</ref> | us_nces_school_id = 292370001421<ref name=NCES>{{cite web|url=https://nces.ed.gov/ccd/schoolsearch/school_detail.asp?Search=1&DistrictID=2923700&ID=292370001421|title=PATTONVILLE SR. HIGH|publisher=National Center for Education Statistics|access-date=December 28, 2024}}</ref> | fight_song = [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZXnUNn0NBFg On Wisconsin!] | athletic_conference = Suburban XII | colors = {{Color box|green|border=darkgray}}{{Color box|white|border=darkgray}} Green and white | mascot = Pirate Pete | rival = Ritenour High School | feeder_schools = Pattonville Heights Middle School, Holman Middle School, Academy of Innovation at Remington | newspaper = Pattonville Today <ref>{{cite web|url=http://pattonvilletoday.com/|title=PattonvilleTODAY – The Student News Site of Pattonville High School}}</ref> | yearbook = Echo<ref>{{Cite web |title=Activities & Clubs - Pattonville High School |url=https://phs.psdr3.org/athletics-activities/activities |access-date=2024-10-10 |website=phs.psdr3.org |language=en-US}}</ref> | location = 2497 Creve Coeur Mill Rd<br>Maryland Heights, Missouri 63043 | website = {{URL|phs.psdr3.org}} | coordinates = {{Coord|38.74163|-90.45450|format=dms|display=inline,title|type:edu_region:US-MO}} }}
'''Pattonville High School''' is a public high school located in Maryland Heights, Missouri. It is the only high school in the Pattonville School District.
==History== In 1937, Pattonville High School's first graduating class consisted of two girls. In 1938, the graduating class grew to four boys and one girl. The original high school was located at the current site of Holman Middle School, behind Pattonville Learning Center at 11055 Saint Charles Rock Road, before relocating to its current campus behind the Champ Landfill.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.stltoday.com/suburban-journals/metro/news/pattonville-high-school-to-honor-first-male-graduate/article_9522745d-bbed-5f90-bbf0-1147dd6119b6.html |title=Pattonville High School to honor first male graduate |last=Bandle |first=Scott |website=stltoday.com |language=en |access-date=2019-01-03}}</ref> In December 1994, the high school was incorporated into Maryland Heights, Missouri, following a boundary exchange with the village of Champ.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.psdr3.org/about/history/by-the-years#fs-panel-33588 |title=History: By the Years |website=Pattonville School District |access-date=August 4, 2025 |at=From 1962 to end of the Century}}</ref>
==Achievement== As of 2018, the average ACT score is 21.8 and 89% of students graduate.<ref name="stltoday"/> 68% of graduating students go on to college after graduating, with 43% of graduates going to a 4-year University and 25% going to a 2-year Community College.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://apps.dese.mo.gov/WebLogin/Login.aspx?ReturnUrl=%2fMCDS%2fhome.aspx%3frp%3aSchoolYear%3d2017%26rp%3aSchoolYear%3d2016%26rp%3aSchoolYear%3d2015%26rp%3aSchoolYear%3d2014%26rp%3aDistrictCode%3d096090%26rp%3aSchoolCode%3d1050&rp:SchoolYear=2017&rp:SchoolYear=2016&rp:SchoolYear=2015&rp:SchoolYear=2014&rp:DistrictCode=096090&rp:SchoolCode=1050|title=DESE Web Log In|website=apps.dese.mo.gov|access-date=2019-01-03}}</ref>
==Curriculum== All students are required to complete 50 hours of community service in order to receive a diploma.<ref>{{cite web |title=Community Service - Pattonville High School |url=https://phs.psdr3.org/student-support/community-service |website=phs.psdr3.org |access-date=8 August 2025}}</ref> Students at PHS have the opportunity to participate in the Missouri A+ schools program, allowing 2 years of free tuition at any community college in the state of Missouri if grades and attendance requirements are met. PHS offers a variety of Honors and AP Classes that give college credit.
==Demographics==
Demographics as of 2020:<ref>{{Cite web|url= https://www.usnews.com/education/best-high-schools/missouri/districts/pattonville-r-iii/pattonville-sr-high-11838/student-body|title= Pattonville HIgh School|website=USNews|access-date=24 January 2020}}</ref>
{| class="wikitable" !White !African American !Asian American !Latino !Two or More Races |- |49% |33% |3% |9% |5% |}
==Activities== Students at Pattonville High School have the opportunity to participate in activities:<ref>{{cite web|url=https://sites.google.com/psdr3.org/phspirates/clubs-activites|title=PHS Pirates - Clubs & Activities|publisher=Pattonville High School|access-date=29 June 2020}}</ref> Pattonville fields a competitive marching band,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://phs.psdr3.org/cms?/HighSchool/News/I0B0C8E36|title=Pattonville High School News|date=September 23, 2019}}</ref> and has had success at the national level in jazz band, jazz ensemble, cheerleading, and robotics.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://phs.psdr3.org/cms?/District/News/I0B0C7582|title=Pattonville High School News|date=April 15, 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://phs.psdr3.org/cms?/District/News/I0B0C2181|title=Pattonville High School News|date=March 16, 2018}}</ref>
==Athletics== Pattonville High School offers various sports at freshman, junior varsity and varsity levels. {{div col|colwidth=20em}} '''Boys Athletics''' *Baseball *Basketball *Cross Country *Football *Golf *Soccer *Swimming and Diving *Tennis *Track and Field *Volleyball *Water Polo (co-ed) *Wrestling '''Girls Athletics''' *Basketball *Cross Country *Field Hockey *Golf *Lacrosse *Soccer *Softball *Swimming and Diving *Tennis *Track and Field *Volleyball *Water Polo (co-ed) *Wrestling {{div col end}}
===State championships=== *1986 Class 4A Baseball<ref name="MSHAA Record Book">{{cite web| title=MSHAA Record Book| url=https://www.mshsaa.org/MySchool/SchoolChampionships.aspx?s=165 |publisher=Missouri State High School Activities Association |access-date=March 22, 2023}}</ref> *1994 Class 4A Softball<ref name="MSHAA Record Book"/> *2012 FTC Robotics<ref name="patch.com">{{cite web| title=Pattonville Robotics Team Takes State Honors| url=https://patch.com/missouri/crevecoeur/pattonville-robotics-team-takes-state-honors |access-date=March 27, 2024}}</ref> *2021 FTC Robotics<ref name="FTC Events">{{cite web| title=FTC Events| url=https://ftc-events.firstinspires.org/team/2867 |publisher=FIRST Robotics |access-date=March 27, 2024}}</ref> *2022 FTC Robotics<ref name="FTC Events"/> *2024 HOSA<ref name="2024-05-14 Board Meeting">{{Cite web |title=Students, staff recognized at the May 14 board meeting |url=https://www.psdr3.org/post-details-dbpp/~board/district-news/post/students-staff-recognized-at-the-may-14-board-meeting |access-date=2024-10-10 |website=www.psdr3.org |language=en-US}}</ref> *2024 Drill Team<ref name="2024-05-14 Board Meeting"/> *2024 TSA<ref name="2024-05-14 Board Meeting"/> *2025 MORENet Missouri High School Cyber Security Challenge<ref name="2024-03-11 Board Meeting">{{Cite web |title=Students, staff recognized at the May 14 board meeting |url=https://www.psdr3.org/post-details-dbpp/~board/district-news/post/students-staff-recognized-at-the-march-11-2025-board-meeting |access-date=2025-03-23 |website=www.psdr3.org |language=en-US}}</ref> *2025 WWT Stem Student Forum<ref>{{Cite web |last=Prasad |first=Namratha |date=2025-03-12 |title=St. Louis region high school students use AI-based software to curb breaches to cyber security |url=https://www.stlamerican.com/news/local-news/st-louis-region-high-school-students-use-ai-based-software-to-curb-breaches-to-cyber-security/ |access-date=2025-03-24 |website=St. Louis American |language=en-US}}</ref>
===National Championships=== * 2025 National Poison Prevention Week Poster Contest<ref name="2024-03-11 Board Meeting"/>
===World Championships=== *2012 FTC Robotics World Championship<ref name="patch.com"/> *2017 FTC Robotics World Championship<ref>{{cite web| title=Team 2867 @PHSRobotics went to FTC Worlds| url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lxAFzJqU5Kg&t=245s |access-date=March 27, 2024}}</ref>
== Notable alumni == * Robert L. Behnken '88: NASA astronaut and mission specialist<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://mycnews.com/from-pattonville-to-the-stars/|title=From Pattonville to the stars|date=2018-08-29|website=Community News|language=en-US|access-date=2019-01-03}}</ref> * Matthew P. Brookman '86: Attorney * Scott Cooper '86: former Major League Baseball player * Lavell Crawford '86: Comedian, best known for his recurring role as Huell on AMC's ''Breaking Bad'' * Kaleb Eleby '18: Professional football quarterback<ref>{{cite web |title=Kaleb Eleby - Football |url=https://wmubroncos.com/sports/football/roster/kaleb-eleby/11822 |website=Western Michigan University Athletics |language=en}}</ref> * John Fulgham: Major League Baseball player * Janet Jones: Actress * Ken Jones: National Football League player * Jeannie Kendall: Singer in the father/daughter country music duo The Kendalls * Gayle McCormick: Lead singer of Smith band and a solo artist * Chuck McKinley: Wimbledon champion & 1963 Davis Cup-winning professional tennis player * Sue Meredith '84: three-term Missouri representative from district 71 * Scott Miller '89: Missouri representative from district 69 * Bryan Oelkers: Former MLB player (Minnesota Twins, Cleveland Indians) * Miguel Pérez '23: MLS player * Blake Strode: Professional tennis player * Kimberly Thompson: Professional musician; Former drummer of The 8G Band on ''Late Night with Seth Meyers''
== References == {{Reflist}} {{Suburban Conference (St. Louis)}} {{Education in St. Louis County, Missouri}} {{St. Louis Metro Area High Schools}}
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