Platte County High School
Platte County R-3 High School is located in Platte City, Missouri. It is the sole high school of Platte County School District Number 3. The school district includes portions of Kansas City, as well as Ferrelview, Platte City, Tracy, and the Platte County portion of Smithville.
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The building itself has been expanded several times from its original configuration, with additional wings built over the years, including an auditorium and choir/band room. In the summer of 2005, a new middle school was built, and the district's original middle school, which was attached to the high school via a single narrow hallway, was incorporated into the high school. A new main entrance, library, and atrium were built in what was formerly an open courtyard between the high school and middle school. Also in the summer of 2009, there was a new choir room acoustically built for the choir members.The building has three offices: a technology department, an attendance office, and a central office. The campus itself also has three basketball courts, a field house, an auxiliary gym, a football field, two weight training rooms a theater, two acoustic rooms for choir and band practice, A softball field, a baseball field, and a multi-purpose room mostly used for wrestling. In the fall of 2009 the north annex, the old central office, was added to the campus located to the north of the main high school building. In the fall of 2016 the south annex, formerly Paxton elementary school was added to the campus. The building has expanded once again starting construction in 2021, with a 73 million no-tax increase, opening phase one of two of the new high school. Construction started in 2021 and ended in December 2022 and opened up to students in January. The new building featured a wide variety of new amenities including a brand new field house, auxiliary gym, and brand-new weight room.