West Jefferson High School (Louisiana)

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West Jefferson High School
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West Jefferson High School (Louisiana)
2200 8th Street

Harvey
,
Louisiana

United States
Coordinates 29°54′12″N90°04′27″W / 29.9033°N 90.0741°W / 29.9033; -90.0741
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TypePublic Secondary
Established1955
School district Jefferson Parish School District
DeanLamica Esteen, Willet Menard
PrincipalVanessa Brown-Lewis
Teaching staff67.30 (FTE) [1]
Grades9-12
GenderBoys and Girls
Enrollment1,465 (2018-19) [1]
Student to teacher ratio21.77 [1]
Color(s)Scarlet and Silver Grey   
Athletics American football, Baseball, Basketball, Soccer, Softball, Track, Volleyball, AFJROTC
Mascot Buccaneer
Nickname West Jeff, WJHS
Team nameBuccaneers
RivalHelen Cox, John Ehret, LW Higgins, East Jefferson
AffiliationNone
Website http://westjefferson.jpschools.org/

West Jefferson High School, also known as WJHS, and West Jeff is a public high school located in Harvey in unincorporated Jefferson Parish, Louisiana, United States, just outside New Orleans. [2] It was founded in 1955. This is one of the schools in Jefferson Parish that offered the Laptop one to one initiative program. West Jefferson also offers transportation for students to and from school for free. This is a Title I school [3]

Contents

It serves portions of several communities, [4] including Harvey, [2] Gretna, [5] and Timberlane. [6] All of Terrytown is in the West Jefferson attendance zone. [7]

History

The school was damaged by Hurricane Katrina in 2005.

In 2023 the school absorbed a portion of the attendance boundary of the closed Helen Cox High School. [8] [9] [10]

Enrollment

Students who live outside West Jefferson's specific school district may not be allowed to enroll in this school. West Jefferson has 1,398 students during this school year (2009–2010). Demographics show that the student body consists of 812 African American, 251 Hispanic, 240 Caucasian (non-Hispanic), 87 Asian/Pacific Islander, and 8 American Indian/Alaskan Native students. [11] There are 442 Freshmen (Ninth Graders), 380 Sophomores (Tenth Graders), 290 Juniors (Eleventh Graders), and 286 Seniors (Twelfth Graders). [11] The ratio of gender is approximately 1:1. [11]

Athletics

West Jefferson High athletics competes in the LHSAA.

Championships

Football Championships

Notable alumni

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  2. 1 2 "2020 CENSUS - CENSUS BLOCK MAP (INDEX): Harvey CDP, LA" (PDF). U.S. Census Bureau . Retrieved 2024-03-03.
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  3. ↑ Local School Directory localschooldirectory.com 30 January 2010
  4. ↑ "High School Districts 2023-2024 West Bank of Jefferson Parish" (PDF). Jefferson Parish Public Schools . Retrieved 2024-03-02.
  5. ↑ "Map" (Archive). City of Gretna. Retrieved on May 18, 2014.
  6. ↑ "2020 CENSUS - CENSUS BLOCK MAP: Timberlane CDP, LA" (PDF). U.S. Census Bureau . Retrieved 2024-03-02.
    "2010 CENSUS - CENSUS BLOCK MAP: Timberlane CDP, LA" (Archive). U.S. Census Bureau. Retrieved on May 18, 2014.
  7. ↑ "2020 CENSUS - CENSUS BLOCK MAP: Terrytown CDP, LA" (PDF). U.S. Census Bureau . Retrieved 2024-03-03.
    "2010 CENSUS - CENSUS BLOCK MAP (INDEX): Terrytown CDP, LA" (Archive). U.S. Census Bureau. Retrieved on May 18, 2014.
  8. ↑ "Approved 2023 Plan". Jefferson Parish Public Schools. Retrieved 2024-03-03. Helen Cox High School Students ⇒ WILL ATTEND ⇒ John Ehret High School and West Jefferson High School
  9. ↑ "High School Districts 2021-22 West Bank of Jefferson Parish Louisiana" (PDF). Jefferson Parish Public Schools . Retrieved 2021-05-20.
  10. ↑ "High School Districts 2023-2024 West Bank of Jefferson Parish" (PDF). Jefferson Parish Public Schools . Retrieved 2024-03-02.
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