Kickapoo High School is a high school in Springfield, Missouri famous for being the school attended by actor Brad Pitt. In 2002 it had 1,774 students and 96 teachers. Kickapoo officially opened its doors in October 1971, the fifth of Springfield's five public high schools. The school building was not completed during the summer of 1971 due to labor stoppage. At the start of classes the students of the new high school split shifts at cross-town rival Glendale for about six weeks, with Glendale's students going to classes from 6 a.m. until noon, and Kickapoo's using the Glendale campus from 1 p.m. until 7 p.m. It is named "Kickapoo" after its location in a part of Springfield known as the "Kickapoo Prairie" and after the Native American Tribe. The School property is historically believed to be on top of an ancient Kickapoo Indian Village and burial grounds. The School's mascot is the "Chief".