Rockwood School District
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Rockwood School District is in St. Louis County, Missouri
St. Louis County, Missouri
St. Louis County is a county located in the U.S. state of Missouri. Its county seat is Clayton. St. Louis County is part of the St. Louis Metro Area wherein the independent City of St. Louis and its suburbs in St. Louis County, as well as the surrounding counties in both Missouri and Illinois all...

, United States.
The Rockwood School District is St. Louis County's largest public school system, serving about 22,000 students.

Covering 150 square miles (388.5 km²) in parts of western St. Louis and northern Jefferson counties, Rockwood serves an estimated 150,000 residents in 50,000 households. Eleven distinct communities are within Rockwood's boundaries, including all or parts of Ballwin, Chesterfield, Clarkson Valley, Ellisville, Eureka, Fenton, Manchester and Wildwood. Rockwood is one of the well known award winning schools in Missouri.

High schools

  • Lafayette High School
    Lafayette High School (Wildwood, Missouri)
    Lafayette High School, located in Wildwood, Missouri, United States is a secondary school in the Rockwood School District.Lafayette High School opened September 7, 1960, in one small building in Ellisville. To handle the growing student body, the school moved in 1989 to Wildwood...

  • Marquette High School
  • Rockwood Summit High School
  • Eureka High School
    Eureka High School (Missouri)
    Eureka High School, located in Eureka, Missouri, is a secondary school in the Rockwood School District.-Student body:Eureka has a co-educational student body of nearly 2000...

  • Individualized Learning Center

Crestview Middle School

Crestview Middle School is a middle school
Middle school
Middle School and Junior High School are levels of schooling between elementary and high schools. Most school systems use one term or the other, not both. The terms are not interchangeable...

 in Clarkson Valley
Clarkson Valley, Missouri
Clarkson Valley is a city in St. Louis County, Missouri, United States. The population was 2,632 at the 2010 census.-Geography:Clarkson Valley is located at ....

, Missouri. It is housed in the building formerly used by Lafayette High School, another school within Rockwood District.

Lasalle Springs Middle School

Lasalle Springs Middle School is a middle school in Wildwood, Missouri
Wildwood, Missouri
Wildwood is a third-ring suburb of St. Louis, located in far western St. Louis County, Missouri, United States. As of the 2010 census, the population was 35,517....

 Built halfway through the 1993 school year on January 24, Lasalle Springs enrolls over 800 students every year. Students enrolling in Lasalle go on to attend )|Eureka High School]].

At Lasalle, the average amount of years of experience for teachers is 13.1 years. 98.4% of teachers have regular certificates, and 69.7% have advanced degrees.

Lasalle Springs Pride, the school's newspaper, POIO

Rockwood South Middle School

Rockwood South Middle School is a middle school in Fenton
Fenton, Missouri
Fenton is a city in St. Louis County, Missouri, United States, and a suburb of St. Louis. The population was 4,022 at the 2010 census.-History:Due to its proximity to fertile land and the Meramec River, the Fenton area has been inhabited for over 1,000 years...

, Missouri. Its alumni advance to Rockwood Summit unless they choose private school.

Rockwood Valley Middle School

Rockwood Valley Middle School is a middle school in Wildwood, Missouri
Wildwood, Missouri
Wildwood is a third-ring suburb of St. Louis, located in far western St. Louis County, Missouri, United States. As of the 2010 census, the population was 35,517....

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Selvidge Middle School

Morgan Selvidge Middle School is a middle school in Ballwin
Ballwin, Missouri
Ballwin is a second-ring western suburb of St. Louis, located in St. Louis County, Missouri, United States. The population was to be 30,404 as of the 2010 census. It was named by Money Magazine in 2005 as 64th on the list of the 100 best cities in America. It is the only city in America named...

, St. Louis, Missouri
Missouri
Missouri is a US state located in the Midwestern United States, bordered by Iowa, Illinois, Kentucky, Tennessee, Arkansas, Oklahoma, Kansas and Nebraska. With a 2010 population of 5,988,927, Missouri is the 18th most populous state in the nation and the fifth most populous in the Midwest. It...

. The school was established in 1968. Its namesake
Namesake
Namesake is a term used to characterize a person, place, thing, quality, action, state, or idea that has the same, or a similar, name to another....

 is Morgan Selvidge, who was superintedent of the school district during the years of 1949–1970. In 2008, the school received an award called Recognized ASCA Model Program (RAMP) from the American School Counselor Association. It is Missouri's second school to receive this recognition. As of 2008, the school has an enrollment of 714 students. Most of the students who attend Selvidge Middle School matriculate to Marquette High School.

Wildwood Middle School

Wildwood Middle School is a middle school in Wildwood, Missouri
Wildwood, Missouri
Wildwood is a third-ring suburb of St. Louis, located in far western St. Louis County, Missouri, United States. As of the 2010 census, the population was 35,517....

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Elementary schools

  • Babler Elementary School
  • Ballwin Elementary School
  • Blevins Elementary School
  • Bowles Elementary School
  • Center for Creative Learning
  • Chesterfield Elementary School
  • Ellisville Elementary School
  • Eureka Elementary School
  • Fairway Elementary School
  • Geggie Elementary School
  • Green Pines Elementary School
  • Kehrs Mill Elementary School
  • Kellison Elementary School
  • Pond Elementary School
  • Ridge Meadows Elementary School
  • Stanton Elementary School
  • Uthoff Valley Elementary School
  • Westridge Elementary School
  • Wild Horse Elementary School
  • Woerther Elementary School

Early Childhood Centers

  • Early Childhood Center at Clarkson Valley
  • Early Childhood Center at Vandover Campus
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