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.