Ritenour High School

Ritenour High School is a public comprehensive high school in Breckenridge Hills, St. Louis County, Missouri that is part of the Ritenour School District. For the 2012–2013 school year the school had 1,871 students.[1]

Ritenour High School
Address
9100 St. Charles Rock Road

Breckenridge Hills
,
Missouri
63114

United States
Coordinates38.7116°N 90.3570°W / 38.7116; -90.3570
Information
School typePublic comprehensive high school[1]
Established1911[2][3]
School districtRitenour School District
SuperintendentChris Kilbride
NCES School ID292664001573[1]
PrincipalJeffrey Marker
Faculty93.07 (FTE)[1]
Grades9–12[1]
Enrollment1,820 (2017–18)[4]
Student to teacher ratio19.65[1]
CampusSuburban[1]
Color(s)Orange and Black
   
Athletics conferenceSuburban XII
MascotHusky
RivalPattonville High School
Websitewww.ritenour.k12.mo.us/Domain/14

Activities

For the 2013–2014 school year, the school offered 25 activities approved by the Missouri State High School Activities Association (MSHSAA): baseball, boys and girls basketball, sideline cheerleading, boys and girls cross country, dance team, 11-man football, boys and girls golf, music activities, boys and girls soccer, softball, speech and debate, boys and girls swimming and diving, boys and girls tennis, boys and girls track and field, boys and girls volleyball, and wrestling.[5] In addition to its MSHSAA-sanctioned activities, the school offers students an opportunity to participate in a variety of school-sponsored clubs. The school also maintains the only fully operational high school radio station in Missouri.[3]

Ritenour students have won several state championships, including:

  • Baseball: 1957, 1966, 1967
  • Boys track and field: 1985, 1989
  • Wrestling: 1948, 1949, 1950, 1951, 1952, 1953, 1954, 1955, 1956, 1957, 1958, 1959, 1960, 1961, 1963, 1974

The school also has produced one boys swimming and diving individual state champion, one girls track and field relay state champion.[6]

Ritenour High School is one of two high schools in the St. Louis Area to operate its own functional radio station, KRHS 90.1 FM.[7]

Alumni

References
  1. "Search for Public Schools - Ritenour (292664001573)". National Center for Education Statistics. Institute of Education Sciences. Retrieved January 9, 2020.
  2. Bosenbecker, Ray (2004). So, Where'd You Go to High School?. St. Louis, MO: Virginia Publishing. p. 48. ISBN 1-891442-30-9.
  3. Dillon, Dan (2007). So, Where'd You Go to High School? Vol. 2. St. Louis, MO: Virginia Publishing. p. 168.
  4. "RITENOUR SR. HIGH". National Center for Education Statistics. Retrieved January 9, 2020.
  5. MSHSAA: Ritenour
  6. MSHSAA: Championship Histories by Sport
  7. https://krhsmedia.podbean.com/author/krhsmedia/
  8. "Bob Scheffing Stats | Baseball-Reference.com". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved 7 August 2018. High School: Ritenour HS (St. Louis, MO)
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