Arvada West High School | |
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11595 Allendale Drive , Colorado 80004 United States | |
Coordinates | 39°48′38″N105°07′34″W / 39.81056°N 105.12611°W |
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School type | Public secondary |
Opened | 1963 |
School district | Jefferson County Public Schools |
CEEB code | 060057 |
Principal | Micah Porter |
Teaching staff | 88.99 (FTE) [1] |
Grades | 9–12 |
Enrollment | 1,777 (2018-19) [1] |
Student to teacher ratio | 19.97 [1] |
Campus size | 23 acres (9.3 ha) |
Campus type | Suburban |
Color(s) | Purple and white |
Slogan | Excellence is our expectation |
Athletics | CHSAA 5A |
Athletics conference | Jefferson County League |
Mascot | Willie the Wildcat |
Nickname | Wildcats |
Newspaper | Wind |
Yearbook | The Claw |
Website | arvadawest |
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Arvada West High School, nicknamed A-West, is a public secondary school in Arvada, Colorado, United States. Opened in 1963, it is one of four high schools in Arvada. It is part of the Jefferson County School District.
Arvada West High School was contracted in 1961 and opened in 1963. [4]
By the late 1990s, Arvada West was serving so many students it was on a split schedule. Ralston Valley High School, which opened in 2000, relieved the overcrowding. [5]
The school's athletic teams, known as the Arvada West Wildcats, compete in CHSAA class 5A in the Jefferson County League. Teams are fielded in interscholastic competition in baseball, basketball, cheerleading and poms, cross country, football, golf, gymnastics, soccer, softball, swimming and diving, tennis, and volleyball.
State championship titles held by the school include: [6]
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