Fort Zumwalt West High School
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Fort Zumwalt West High School, the third high school established in the Fort Zumwalt School District
Fort Zumwalt School District
Fort Zumwalt School District is headquartered in O'Fallon, Missouri, United States.The school district serves Saint Paul and portions of O'Fallon, Saint Peters, and Dardenne Prairie.-High schools:* Comprehensive** Fort Zumwalt North High School...

, is located in O'Fallon, Missouri
O'Fallon, Missouri
O'Fallon is a suburban city along Interstate 70 between Lake St. Louis and St. Peters in Saint Charles County, Missouri. It is part of the St. Louis Metropolitan Statistical Area. As of the 2010 census population of 79,329, it is the seventh largest city in the state and the largest in St. Charles...

. First opened for the 1998–1999 school year, the school now has an approximate enrollment of 2,282 students. The average daily attendance rate is nearly 97%. The building was expanded in the early 2000s. There used to be a group of trailor parks called Trailorville, but were removed in the 2011-2012 year. They built a new wing to replace it.
The district's first high school, now known as Fort Zumwalt North High School
Fort Zumwalt North High School
Fort Zumwalt North High School, the first high school established in its Fort Zumwalt School District, is located in O'Fallon, Missouri, United States. Established in 1960 as Fort Zumwalt High School, the school moved to its current location in 1976...

, was established in 1960. The second high school to be established in the district was South High
Fort Zumwalt South High School
Fort Zumwalt South High School, also known as FZS, is in the Fort Zumwalt School District in Saint Peters, Missouri, United States.It is located near the western border between Saint Peters and O'Fallon and enrolls students from both cities. In 1987, FZS was the second high school to be founded in...

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At the beginning of the 2007 school year, Fort Zumwalt East High School
Fort Zumwalt East High School
Fort Zumwalt East High School, also known as FZE, is the fourth high school in the Fort Zumwalt School District, and is located in Saint Peters, Missouri, United States....

 was opened to freshman and sophomore students. This helped relieve North and South High of excess students, and is expected to eventually balance the district's high schools enrollment.

Academics

The school's ACT scores averaged 21.9 in 2006, with 75.3% of graduates taking the test. The graduation rate remains around 91%, with 42% attending four year college/university, and 32% attending two year college/university. The dropout rate is 1.9%, as opposed to 4.0% at the state level.

With a little more than 100 teachers, around 63% have a master's degree or higher, and more than 96% have regular teaching certificates. They average 9.3 years of teaching experience. There is an average of 25 students per classroom.

Sports

Sports programs at the high school include Baseball, Basketball, Cross Country, Golf, Soccer, Softball, Swimming, Tennis, Track, Volleyball, Wrestling, and Football. The Fort Zumwalt West Womens soccer team won the schools first state title in the 2008 season.

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