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West Valley High School | |
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Address | |
3800 Geist Road 99709 United States | |
Coordinates | 64°51′05″N 147°49′29″W / 64.85139°N 147.82472°W |
Information | |
Type | Public secondary |
Motto | N/A |
Established | 1975 |
School district | Fairbanks North Star |
CEEB code | 020028 |
Principal | Mark Winford |
Teaching staff | 54.18 (FTE)[1] |
Grades | 9–12 |
Enrollment | 979 (2018–19)[1] |
Student to teacher ratio | 18.07[1] |
Color(s) | Red and gold |
Athletics | Most sports |
Athletics conference | ASAA Mid-Alaska (baseball, basketball, ice hockey, soccer, swimming/diving, volleyball, wrestling), ASAA Railbelt (football, softball) |
Mascot | Wolf pack |
Rival | Lathrop High School |
Newspaper | The Howler |
Yearbook | Aurora |
Website | www |
West Valley High School (WVHS) is a public high school in Fairbanks, Alaska, United States, one of four standalone high schools and one of ten schools offering instruction in grades nine through twelve in the Fairbanks North Star Borough School District. Physically located adjacent to the University of Alaska Fairbanks (UAF) campus in the census-designated place boundaries of College, WVHS and crosstown rival Lathrop High School cover a combined attendance area encompassing the majority of the urban core and outskirts of Fairbanks, with WVHS's attendance area serving the westernmost portions of that area. The Alaska Department of Education & Early Development reported the school's enrollment at 1,027 on October 1, 2015.[2] The school mascot is the Wolfpack and its colors are red and gold. WVHS is highly regarded as a school that possesses one of the most rigorous educational experiences that can be found anywhere in the state of Alaska. Teachers, students, and administrators have received a myriad of awards that have confirmed West Valley's position as an educationally advanced institution.