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{{Infobox school
| name = Greenwood Laboratory School
| logo = Greenwood-logo-nav.jpg
| motto = Civitas Discendo
| motto_translation = Citizenship through Learning
| director = Ron Snodgrass
| established = 1908
| type = [[Laboratory school]]
| grades = K–12
| address = 901 S. National Ave.
| city = [[Springfield, Missouri|Springfield]]
| state = [[Missouri]]
| country = United States
| coordinates = {{Coord|37.20210|-93.27953|format=dms|display=inline,title|type:edu_region:US-MO}}
| enrollment = 396 (2023–2024)<ref name=NCES>{{cite web|url=https://nces.ed.gov/surveys/pss/privateschoolsearch/school_detail.asp?Search=1&Zip=65737&Miles=50&SchoolPageNum=3&ID=A9707052|title=Greenwood Laboratory School|publisher=National Center for Education Statistics|access-date=December 16, 2024}}</ref>
| faculty = 36
| campus_type = [[Urban area|Urban]]
| mascot = Blue Jays<ref name=colors/>
| colors = Blue and white {{colorbox|blue}} {{colorbox|white}} <ref name=colors>{{Cite web|title=Greenwood Laboratory School|url=https://www.mshsaa.org/MySchool/?s=567|access-date=2024-03-18|website=Missouri State High School Activities Association|language=en-US}}</ref>
| free_label = Conference
| free_text = [[Greater Ozarks Conference]]
| website = {{url|https://www.greenwood.missouristate.edu/}}
| picture =
}}
'''Greenwood Laboratory School''' is a comprehensive K–12 [[laboratory school]] affiliated with, and located on the campus of, [[Missouri State University]] in [[Springfield, Missouri|Springfield]], [[Missouri]], United States.

==Enrollment==
The school has an enrollment of approximately 374 students, and about 30 or so faculty members. As of 2011, approximately 120 students were enrolled in the high school. The average graduating class is about 30 students.

==Academics==
The school provides education for children aged from [[kindergarten]] through to [[grade 12]]. From 2002 to 2008, the average [[ACT (test)|ACT]] scores have ranged between 25 and 26, exceeding state and national averages by 4 to 6 points.<ref name="College Profile">{{Cite web|url=http://education.missouristate.edu/assets/greenwood/college_profile.pdf|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110720000237/http://education.missouristate.edu/assets/greenwood/college_profile.pdf|archive-date=2011-07-20|access-date=2008-12-02}}</ref> Greenwood states that 100% of graduates go on to attend college.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Greenwood Laboratory School|url=https://education.missouristate.edu/greenwood/|access-date=2020-06-17|website=education.missouristate.edu|language=en}}</ref>

==Activities==
The Greenwood Lab School [[mascot]] is the Blue Jay and the school colors are blue and white, with black or red serving as accent colors. Activities offered include speech & debate, basketball, golf, soccer, tennis, baseball, cross country, track & field, concert band, concert choir, cheerleading, Spanish club, math club, International Culture Club, National Honors Society, Science Olympiad, fencing, archery, and student council. Football was formerly a sport until the early 1990s when soccer was given preference over football. Girls Soccer was started in 2007.

===Boys soccer===
Soccer has been Greenwood's most notable sport since its inception in 1990 when it began as a club team.<ref name="Greenwood Boys Soccer">Greenwood Soccer's Official Page http://www.bluejaysoccer.com/boys/</ref> In the 1990s, boys soccer was coached by former [[Missouri State Bears]] player Jan Stahle, himself a Greenwood alum. From 1992 to 1999 Greenwood boys soccer fielded a team in the District Championship Game with 7 consecutive District Championships from 1992 to 1998.<ref name="Greenwood Boys Soccer"/> In 1992 and 1998 the team made it to the state quarterfinals.<ref name="Greenwood Boys Soccer"/> From 1993 to 1997, Greenwood boys soccer made it to the State Championship round, placing 4th in 1993, 3rd in 1994, and 2nd in 1995–1997.<ref name="Greenwood Boys Soccer"/> During the 1996 season, Greenwood boys soccer had a national record of 23 consecutive shutouts.<ref name="Greenwood Boys Soccer"/> In 2005, Greenwood boys soccer returned to its old form posting a 15-9-4 record, a District Championship, and a 3rd place finish in the State Championship round.<ref name="Greenwood Boys Soccer"/>

==Notable alumni==
* [[Joe Haymes]], American jazz bandleader and arranger<ref>{{cite web |title=Famous Alumni |url=https://education.missouristate.edu/greenwood/alumni/famous-alumni.htm |website=education.missouristate.edu |access-date=28 November 2020 |language=en}}</ref>
* [[Billy Long]], 7th District Congressman from Missouri, auctioneer and politician<ref>{{cite web |title=Celebration at Greenwood for state title and awards |url=http://www.ozarkssportszone.com/2019/03/19/celebration-at-greenwood-for-state-title-and-awards/ |website=Ozarks Sports Zone |access-date=28 November 2020}}</ref>
* [[Payne Stewart]], professional golfer,<ref>''Remember Payne'' Nov. 3, 1999 by Michael Ingram
Glendale High School newspaper
http://sps.k12.mo.us/ghs/news/archive/9911/990311payne.html {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110717185606/http://sps.k12.mo.us/ghs/news/archive/9911/990311payne.html |date=2011-07-17 }}</ref> competed on the school's football, basketball and golf teams.<ref name="ozarksfairways.com">''Payne Stewart biography'' Ozarks Fairways.com http://www.ozarksfairways.com/biography21.aspx {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080918200837/http://www.ozarksfairways.com/biography21.aspx |date=2008-09-18 }}</ref>
* [[Aminu Mohammed (basketball)|Aminu Mohammed]], Professional basketball player for the [[Delaware Blue Coats]] of the [[NBA G League]]

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
*[http://education.missouristate.edu/greenwood/ http://education.missouristate.edu/greenwood/]
{{Missouri State University}}

[[Category:Public middle schools in Missouri]]
[[Category:Public elementary schools in Missouri]]
[[Category:Public high schools in Missouri]]
[[Category:Schools in Springfield, Missouri]]
[[Category:Missouri State University]]
[[Category:Educational institutions established in 1908]]
[[Category:High schools in Greene County, Missouri]]
[[Category:1908 establishments in Missouri]]

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imported>DMacks: Restored revision 1275933373 by HandsomeGum (talk): I don't see him listed in top 10 on the usual ratings sites. See WP:MMABIO and WP:WTAF