West High School (Utah)

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Public secondary school in Salt Lake City, Utah, United States

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
Teaching staff| 112.82 (FTE)[2]
Grades| 9–12 (7-8 for ELP)
Number of students| 2,505 (2023–2024)[2]
Student to teacher ratio| 22.20[2]
Color(s)| Red and black  [3]
Athletics conference| Region 2
Mascot| Panthers[3]
Newspaper| The Red & Black
Website| Official website

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.

## Athletics

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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]

## Notable alumni

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* Parley Baer, American actor
* Paul Bloomquist, American pilot and officer
* Shannon Bryner Hale, Author
* Clayton Christensen, Harvard Business School professor and bestselling author
* Nathan Chen, Figure skater
* Tony Finau, PGA golfer
* Helen Foster Snow, American journalist
* Earl Holding, Owner of Sinclair Oil and Grand America
* Tom C. Korologos, US Ambassador
* Leonidas Ralph Mecham, U.S. Court Administrator
* Thomas S. Monson, Former president of the LDS Church
* Dick Nemelka, Professional basketball player in the ABA
* Harold Ross, Co-founder of the New Yorker magazine
* George Von Elm, Voted the 10th most important amateur golfer in U.S. history
* D. Frank Wilkins, Utah Supreme Court Justice
* Mark H. Willes, CEO of the LA Times and General Mills
* Dan Wells, author

## See also

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* List of high schools in Utah
* List of school districts in Utah

## Notes

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1. ^ West High School Handbook
2. ^ a b c "Search for Public Schools - West High". National Center for Education Statistics. Retrieved December 28, 2024.
3. ^ a b "West High School". Utah High School Activities Association. Retrieved April 17, 2024.
4. ^ Salt Lake City School District - West High School
5. ^ "UHSAA Title IX". Utah High School Activities Association. Retrieved September 12, 2022.
6. ^ "Athletic Hall of Fame". West High School. Retrieved September 12, 2022.

## External links

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* West High School official website

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