| Staples High School | |
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 Main building, December 2011 | |
| Location | |
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70 North Avenue , Connecticut 06880 United States | |
| Coordinates | 41°09′14″N 73°19′41″W / 41.154°N 73.328°W |
| Information | |
| Type | Public high school |
| Established | April 26, 1884 |
| School district | Westport Public Schools |
| CEEB code | 070920 |
| Principal | Stafford Thomas Jr.[1] |
| Teaching staff | 175.00 (FTE)[2] |
| Grades | 9-12 |
| Enrollment | 1,686 (2022-23)[2] |
| Student to teacher ratio | 9.63[2] |
| Color(s) | Navy blue and white |
| Mascot | Construction worker named "the Wrecker" |
| Nickname | Wreckers |
| Publication | Soundings |
| Newspaper | Inklings |
| Yearbook | Stapleite |
| Website | shs |
Staples High School is a public high school in Westport, Connecticut, United States. It is named after Horace Staples, who founded the school on April 26, 1884.[3][4] Westport is one of eight school districts in District Reference Group A (along with Darien, Easton, New Canaan, Redding, Ridgefield, Weston, and Wilton).[5]
- ^ "Main Office - Staples High School". shs.westportps.org. Retrieved 4 March 2019.
- ^ a b c "Staples High School". National Center for Education Statistics. Retrieved August 19, 2024.
- ^ Woody Klein; Westport Historical Society (Conn.) (May 2000). Westport, Connecticut: the story of a New England town's rise to prominence. Greenwood Press. p. 126. ISBN 978-0-313-31126-0. Retrieved 29 November 2011.
- ^ Charles Melbourne Selleck (1896). Norwalk: v. 1 and supplement. The author. p. 74. Retrieved 21 November 2011.
- ^ "WCGMF-Discovery | Communities: By DRG". Archived from the original on 2007-02-24. Retrieved 2007-03-06. Web page titled "Find a Community: By Educational Reference Group (DRG)" at the "Discovery 2007 / An initiative of the William Caspar Graustein Fund" Web site. Retrieved March 25, 2007.