Waconia High School

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Waconia High School
Address
Waconia High School
1650 Community Drive

Waconia
,
Minnesota
55387

United States
Coordinates 44°50′10″N93°49′10″W / 44.8360°N 93.8195°W / 44.8360; -93.8195
Information
TypePublic secondary
School district Waconia Public Schools
PrincipalPaul Sparby
Teaching staff72.84 (FTE) [1]
Grades9–12
Enrollment1,342 (2023–2024) [1]
Student to teacher ratio18.42 [1]
Color(s)Purple and gold    [2]
Athletics conference Metro West Conference
Nickname Wildcats [2]
Website www.isd110.org/our-schools/waconia-high-school

Waconia High School is a public high school located in Waconia, Minnesota, United States. A part of Waconia Public Schools, the school has an enrollment of approximately 1,200 students in grades 9 through 12 and serves the communities of Waconia, St. Bonifacius, Minnetrista, Victoria and New Germany.

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History

After a previous 2011 referendum failed, [3] a November 2014 referendum to expand Clearwater Middle School and turn it in to a new high school passed. [4]

Demographics

WHS is 92% white, 4% Hispanic, 1% black and 1% Asian. 1% of students also identify as a part of two or more races. [5]

Academics

Advanced Placement program classes are offered at Waconia. About forty percent of WHS students take at least one AP class at some point in high school. [6]

Athletics

After previously competing in the Wright County Conference, Wildcat teams moved to the Metro West Conference in advance of the 2020–2021 school year. [7]

Team State Championships

Individual State Championships

Performing arts

Waconia has two competitive show choirs: the Varsity-level "Power Company", the Junior varsity-level mixed group "The Current", and formerly, the Junior varsity-level women's group "Illuminations". [16] The show choir program also hosts the annual Waconia Star Power show choir competition the third weekend of February. [17]

The band program hosts The Lake Waconia Band Festival every year in the third week of June. [18]

Notable alumni

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Waconia High School". National Center for Education Statistics. Retrieved January 6, 2025.
  2. 1 2 "Waconia High School". Minnesota State High School League. Retrieved April 7, 2024.
  3. ↑ "Waconia voters reject school land referendum". StarTribune. May 17, 2011. Retrieved August 17, 2020.
  4. ↑ Johnson, Brian (November 5, 2014). "Voters approve $438M in school projects". Finance&Commerce. Retrieved August 17, 2020.
  5. ↑ "Student Body". U.S. News & World Report . Retrieved February 17, 2019.
  6. ↑ "Test Scores". U.S. News & World Report . Retrieved February 17, 2019.
  7. ↑ Kraushar, Eric (June 10, 2020). "Metro West Conference adds New Prague, Orono and Waconia". SWNewsMedia. Retrieved August 17, 2020.
  8. ↑ "State Baseball Tournament Winners: 1947-2020" (PDF). Minnesota State High School League. Retrieved August 17, 2020.
  9. ↑ "State Dance Team Tournament Place Winners: 1975-2000" (PDF). Minnesota State High School League. Retrieved August 17, 2020.
  10. ↑ "Boys Golf Team Champions 1943-2000" (PDF). Minnesota State High School League. Retrieved August 17, 2020.
  11. ↑ "Minnesota Golf: Ninety Years of Tournament History by James E. Kelley" (PDF).
  12. ↑ "Waconia High School Yearbook, 1980" (PDF).
  13. ↑ "Augustana College".
  14. ↑ "Augustana College".
  15. ↑ "McEnelly joins wrestling royalty with fourth state title in 4 years". The Waconia Patriot. Retrieved March 9, 2023.
  16. ↑ "Waconia High School". showchoir.com. Retrieved February 17, 2019.
  17. ↑ "Waconia's Star Power is a singing success". www.southwestmetromag.com. Retrieved February 17, 2019.
  18. ↑ "Lake Waconia Marching Band Festival". Explore Minnesota. Retrieved December 31, 2019.
  19. ↑ "Maxx Williams - Football". University of Minnesota . Retrieved June 1, 2019.
  20. ↑ "Jenn Bostic: From Waconia to Nashville". Southwest Metro Magazine . Retrieved December 31, 2019.
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