Maplewood-Richmond Heights High School

Reviews

• Submitted by parent on October 10, 2023
  We love the MRH school district! Both of our boys have taken and are taking AP classes. It’s a safe learning environment for all.
• Submitted by other on January 26, 2016
  Great AP program and an expanding middle class. The area is on the rebound as young families are moving back into the district. We are not Brentwood or Webster yet but on the way. Made national news in a favorable way over elimination of football.
• Submitted by parent on June 22, 2014
  If you feel good about a progressive libral minded education, this is the place for you. If you want a broader, more challenging environment with lots of choices in cirriculum, you should look beyond this district. Good people, good intentions, nice families, just lacking depth.
• Submitted by parent on May 15, 2014
  The drop out rate is very high. And lots of students put in alternate programs for low preformers. The class (grade) sizes so small there is not much variety in academics. The coaches in sports play favorites and let some kids sit on bench. Even when not in official fames. Took my kids out to private school.
• Submitted by parent on October 27, 2013
  Great physical facilities, but high schoolers not prepared to start college. Teachers tend to show favoritism in dealing with students. Check stats on scores and dropout rates. Not impressed with the curriculum or the staff.
• Submitted by parent on October 07, 2013
  When moving to St. Louis we were determined to send our children to private schools. As we were perusing the different options within our area, a neighbor approached and asked if we had considered the local public school. They went on and on about the district and the amazing school and so we decided to go, just to say we went. We were BLOWN away. It was better than the highest end private schools we were considering. There were small classroom sizes, teachers that were awarded MO teacher of the year awards (Heather Bailey), gardens the children tended, farm animals and classes on sustainability. The actual building was of the highest notch architecture. It was open, light and bright with floor to ceiling windows. When meeting the principal, I noted that she knew every child's name in the entire school all 250 something of them! The icing was that everyday the children's lunches consisted of a locally grown and harvested fruit or vegetable. The playground focussed on imaginative play with little buildings depicting a small village and push peddle cars and trikes to navigate the "town". Four years later...we are still thrilled.
• Submitted by other on July 30, 2012
  MRH approaches education with a lot of new ideas, which I think is important. From bringing farm animals and raising chickens, to taking field trips and job shadowing, there is an emphasis on taking learning beyond the classroom. Add this with the fact that technology is widely used in the school, and every student get a laptop to use for homework, and MRH seems like a private school for a public school price.
• Submitted by student on October 24, 2011
  After many many years in the school district I liked it here and there, but when the high schoolers play around they act as if they are bullying each other but it is playing. This is a major concern because if some one is to be bullied people will just think that its a joke. After 12 years ( Pre-K though 10th grade I'm sick of it i just flat out don't like it. To me it is like college they give you the work, don't explain it then tell you to just do it. I have dyslexia and yes i did have to find out how to spell it but they gave me no help what so ever with it.

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