Proviso West High School

Proviso West High School
Address
Map
4701 W. Harrison Street

,
60162

United States
Coordinates41°52′03″N 87°54′00″W / 41.8675°N 87.9°W / 41.8675; -87.9
Information
School typePublic secondary
Opened1958
School districtProviso Twp. HS Dist. 209
SuperintendentDr. James L. Henderson [1]
PrincipalDr. Albert Brass Jr.[2]
Faculty99.35 (FTE)[3]
Grades9–12
GenderCo-ed
Enrollment1,956 (2022–23)[3]
Average class size19.0[4]
Student to teacher ratio18.65[3]
CampusSuburban
Colour(s)  Red
  White[5]
Athletics conferenceWest Suburban Conference
NicknamePanthers[5]
NewspaperThe Profile
YearbookMural[6]
WebsiteProviso West High School

Proviso West High School (PWHS) is a public high school located in Hillside, Illinois, United States. It is a part of Proviso Township High Schools District 209, and was opened in 1958. Its sister schools are Proviso East High School and Proviso Mathematics and Science Academy.

The school is located approximately ten miles (16 km) west of metropolitan Chicago in Proviso Township. While the school's address is on Harrison Street, most of the school's property is adjacent to Wolf Road, while the southern part of the property lies along Roosevelt Road – which is also Illinois Route 38 at that point. The school is less than one mile from the interchange between I-290 and I-88 (referred to locally as the Hillside Strangler).

Proviso West High School serves seven villages within the township: Bellwood, Berkeley, Broadview, Hillside, part of Northlake, Stone Park, Westchester, and part of Melrose Park.

The current principal is Dr. Albert Brass Jr.[2]

  1. ^ "Office of the Superintendent | Proviso Township High Schools District 209". Archived from the original on 2017-06-27. Retrieved 2017-07-15.
  2. ^ a b "Proviso West High School / Homepage".
  3. ^ a b c "Proviso West High School". National Center for Education Statistics. Retrieved July 11, 2020.
  4. ^ Cite error: The named reference Class of 2008 school report card was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  5. ^ a b Proviso West HS information; ihsa.org; accessed 24 July 2009
  6. ^ List of activities at PWHS; accessed 24 July 2009 Archived 11 February 2009 at the Wayback Machine