West High School (Utah)

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West High School-Salt Lake City
Main entrance from 300 West
Address
241 N 300 W Salt Lake City , Utah United States
Coordinates	40°46′29″N 111°54′02″W / 40.77472°N 111.90056°W / 40.77472; -111.90056
Information
Type	Public secondary
Motto	The School of Scholars and Champions[1]
Established	1890
Oversight	Salt Lake City School District (SLCSD)
Principal	Jared Wright
Faculty	117.67 (FTE)[2]
Grades	9–12 (7-8 for ELP)
Number of students	2,600 (2022–23)[2]
Student to teacher ratio	22.10[2]
Color(s)	Red and black     [3]
Athletics conference	Region 2
Mascot	Panthers[3]
Newspaper	The Red & Black
Website	west.slcschools.org

West High School is the oldest public high school in the U.S. state of Utah. It was founded in 1890, and it is part of the Salt Lake City School District.^[4] Its original name was Salt Lake High. The school colors are red and black and the school mascot is a black panther. It has a current enrollment of 2,840.

West High has had multiple state sports championships, most prominently twenty-one for football (1898, 1899, 1900, 1901, 1902, 1903, 1904, 1905, 1908, 1909, 1911, 1912, 1913, 1915, 1925, 1927, 1973, 1975, 1980, 1984 and 1992); nine for boys' track (1912, 1922, 1929, 1932, 1933, 1951, 1953, 1954 and 1957); and four for boys' tennis (1992, 1996, 1997 and 2002).^[5]

The school maintains a Hall of Fame for prominent athletes.^[6]

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