Parkway North High School

Parkway North High School
Parkway North High School
Location
	12860 Fee Fee Road; St. Louis County, Missouri 63146; United States
Coordinates	38°41′25″N 90°28′6″W / 38.69028°N 90.46833°W
Information
Type	Public
Motto	"Head North for Excellence!"
Established	1971
School district	Parkway School District
Principal	David Jones
Teaching staff	80.05 (FTE)
Enrollment	1,074 (2022-23)
Student to teacher ratio	13.42
Color(s)	Purple and White
Athletics conference	Suburban XII (South)
Mascot	Viking
Website	parkwayschools.net/Domain/33

Parkway North High School is a public high school in unincorporated^[2] St. Louis County, Missouri.

Demographics

The student body is about 51 percent White, 31 percent Black, and 9 percent Asian.^[3]

Building architecture

The school extensively used open classrooms, as the school was originally constructed without walls separating classrooms. This was a trend in architecture in 1971 when the building was constructed. However, the infeasibility of this design was discovered ten years later, and plaster walls were inserted between classrooms, resulting in an eclectic mix of architectural styling, as well as the logistical problems with these newly created rooms receiving proper HVAC ventilation. The new science department contains traditional classrooms with walls, moving the school away from its original architecture. The school features a main upper gym on the 1st floor and a smaller gym in the basement. Most of the classrooms are located in the 2nd floor.^{[citation needed]}

Activities

For the 2019–2020 school year, the school offered 27 activities approved by the Missouri State High School Activities Association (MSHSAA): baseball, boys and girls basketball, cheerleading, boys and girls cross country, dance team, football, boys and girls golf, girls lacrosse, music activities, scholar bowl, 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, water polo, and wrestling.^[4]

Notable alumni

Brad Edelman (1978), former NFL player
Ruth Harker (1981), soccer player for the U.S. women's national team^[5]
Randy and Jason Sklar (1990), twin comedians
Tommie Pierson Jr. (1991), state representative
Eric Greitens (1992), former governor of Missouri
Anne Valente (2000), novelist, short story writer
Metro Boomin, (2012), record producer
Sug Sutton, (2016), American basketball player
John Kelly (sportscaster), sports announcer for St. Louis Blues on Fox Sports Midwest
Living Things, band
Steve Savard, Voice of the St. Louis Rams, television news anchor and former NFL player.
Mary Koboldt (1982), 1988 Olympian, US Field Hockey. 1987 Pan American Field Hockey Team.