West Jordan High School

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West Jordan High School
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Location
West Jordan High School
8136 S 2700 W
West Jordan, Utah 84088

United States
Coordinates 40°36′11″N111°57′36″W / 40.603°N 111.960°W / 40.603; -111.960
Information
TypePublic
Established1981
School district Jordan School District
PrincipalMichael Hutchings
Faculty83.16 (FTE) [1]
Grades10 - 12
Enrollment1,870 (2023-2024) [1]
Student to teacher ratio22.49 [1]
Color(s)   Black and Columbia Blue
Team nameJaguars
Website Official website

West Jordan High School is a public high school located southwest of Salt Lake City in West Jordan, Utah. It enrolls around 1,800 students. [2]

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History

The school opened in 1981 with an expected enrollment of 1,298. [3] The Jordan School District paid over $15 million (equivalent to $57.24 million in 2024) for the contract to build West Jordan High. [4]

In 2023, a former teacher from the school was charged by police with 19 felony counts including rape, forcible sexual abuse, and obstruction of justice. [5] [6] He is accused of raping a female student in his classroom multiple times. [7]

Extracurriculars

The men's varsity basketball team won the 2001 state championship, [8] as well as the 2009 State championship against Lone Peak High School, the two-time defending champion. [9]

West Jordan is well known for its music program. It has one of the largest choir programs of any public school in the state, [10] with a record enrollment of over 300 students. The band and orchestra programs also consistently score well in competitions. [11] [12]

Notable alumni

References

  1. 1 2 3 "West Jordan High". National Center for Education Statistics. Retrieved February 3, 2025.
  2. ↑ "West Jordan High". Jordan School District. Retrieved March 11, 2023.
  3. ↑ "Schools expect over 51,000 next Thursday". The Jordan Valley Sentinel. August 20, 1981. p. 1 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. ↑ "Economic Development, Birth Rate, Help Industry". The Salt Lake Tribune . March 2, 1980. p. 7. Retrieved April 4, 2023– via Newspapers.com.
  5. ↑ Graves, Lincoln; Jacobson, Matthew (March 3, 2023). "West Jordan High School teacher arrested, accused of sexually assaulting student". KUTV . CBS . Retrieved April 4, 2023.
  6. ↑ Fox, Derick (March 8, 2023). "Former West Jordan teacher charged after alleged sexual relations with student". ABC4 Utah . Retrieved April 4, 2023.
  7. ↑ Reavy, Pat (March 8, 2023). "West Jordan teacher faces 19 felonies in sex abuse of student in his classroom". KSL-TV . NBC . Retrieved April 4, 2023.
  8. ↑ UHSAA. "UHSAA Boys Basketball Champions". Archived from the original on February 20, 2009. Retrieved March 23, 2013.
  9. ↑ UHSAA. "UHSAA Boys Basketball 2009 Results" (PDF). Retrieved July 19, 2009.
  10. ↑ Utah Actors Association (December 5, 2013). "UAA Spotlight - Kelly DeHaan". Youtube.com. Archived from the original on December 21, 2021. Retrieved June 28, 2018.
  11. ↑ "Chelle Leyva: Jordan School District". Deseretnews.com. September 4, 2000. Archived from the original on March 3, 2014. Retrieved June 28, 2018.
  12. ↑ "Interview with Jenna Baumgart, Part 1 - String Visions, from Ovation Press". Stringvisions.ovationpress.com. July 12, 2011. Retrieved June 28, 2018.
  13. ↑ "Backstreet Boys?". The Salt Lake Tribune. Salt Lake City, Utah. August 3, 2000. p. D2. Retrieved May 1, 2022– via Newspapers.com.
  14. ↑ "John Penisini". UtahUtes.com. University of Utah. Retrieved December 14, 2020.
  15. ↑ Kragthorpe, Kurt (January 31, 2017). "Super Bowl: Utah State alum D.J. Tialavea shares record catch with family". Salt Lake Tribune.


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