Westmoore High School | |
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Location | |
12613 South Western Avenue , Oklahoma 73170 United States | |
Coordinates | 35°20′35″N97°32′03″W / 35.343135°N 97.534304°W |
Information | |
Type | 4-year comprehensive |
Established | 1988 |
School district | Moore Public School District |
CEEB code | 372-697 |
Principal | Danny Reed [1] |
Staff | 125.99 (FTE) [2] |
Grades | 9–12 [3] |
Number of students | 2,596 (2022-23) [2] |
Student to teacher ratio | 20.60 [2] |
Campus | suburban |
Color(s) | Red, Black, and Silver |
Mascot | Jaguar |
Website | Westmoore High |
Westmoore High School is an American four-year public high school located in south Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. The school was founded in 1988 and serves the ninth through the twelfth grades as part of the Moore Public School District. Westmoore was the second high school in the district after Moore High School. Southmoore High School, which opened in the 2008–2009 academic year, is the third.
On May 3, 1999, tornadoes severely damaged the campus, and its auditorium, and a nearby elementary school. The remainder of the school year for the approximately 2,000 students was finished at Oklahoma City Community College. [4] [5]
Academically, Westmoore offers a program in which 11th or 12th grade students may apply to take morning or afternoon courses as offered at Moore Norman Technology Center. [1] Seventeen Advanced Placement courses are offered by Westmoore in several topics including AP Music Theory, AP Studio Art, and AP Psychology. [3]
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