| Definition of Terms |
Western Hills High School |
| School Level |
High school |
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| Grades Offered |
Grades 9 - 12 |
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| County |
Tarrant County, TX |
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| Total Students |
1607 students |
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| % Male / % Female |
54% /
46% |
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| Total Classroom Teachers |
87 teachers |
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| Students by Grade |
| Grade 9 - 499 students | | Grade 10 - 423 students | | Grade 11 - 381 students | | Grade 12 - 304 students |
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| Teacher : Student Ratio |
1:18 |
1:14 |
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| Students by Ethnicity |
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| % American Indian |
n/a |
n/a |
| % Asian |
1% |
2% |
| % Hispanic |
23% |
37% |
| % Black |
17% |
13% |
| % White |
59% |
46% |
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| Additional Student Information |
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| % Eligible for Free Lunch |
23% |
32% |
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| % Eligible for Reduced Lunch |
4% |
6% |
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| % Migrant Students Enrolled |
n/a |
1% |
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| School District Name |
Fort Worth Independent School District |
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| Number of Schools Managed |
147 |
5 |
| Number of Students Managed |
80,480 students |
1,220 students |
| District Total Revenue |
$650,826,000 |
$11,313,000 |
| District Expenditure |
$627,236,000 |
$11,189,000 |
| District Revenue / Student |
$8,087 |
$9,273 |
| District Expenditure / Student |
$7,794 |
$9,171 |
| District Graduation Rates |
71% |
97% |
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- Western Hills High School is a secondary school located in Benbrook, Texas, United States.
- The school, which serves grades 9 through 12, is a part of the Fort Worth Independent School District.
- Western Hills serves portions of western Fort Worth and all of the city of Benbrook.
- School history
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The Western Hills community encompasses the urban area surrounding the school, the Benbrook city area, and the rural section west to the Tarrant County line. Formerly, the city of Benbrook had its own school system. In 1954, all Benbrook students above the sixth grade were transferred to the Fort Worth ISD. In 1962, the Benbrook School District was consolidated into the Fort Worth system, busing the high school students to North Side High School or Arlington Heights High School and its junior high schools to J.P. Elder or William Monnig Junior High. Western Hills was first opened on the campus of Arlington Heights High School in the fall of 1968 with 714 students crowded into thirteen temporary buildings. In January 1969, this student body proudly moved into its new home on the twenty-five acre tract in West Fort Worth at 3600 Boston Avenue. In 1972, the steady growth and development of the district is reflected by the increase in enrollment from the original 714 to 2,243 due to the recent employment of many families working at Lockheed Martin which gave West Fort Worth a boost in population and also gave the school a population boom because of this. The student body was housed not only in the main building with one level but also in 23 portable buildings. In 1980, the student population started a steady decline to 2,052. At the beginning of the 1980-1981 school year, the school building was expanded to two floors and eliminated the portable buildings. In 1991, the decline of student enrollment had tapered off to 1503 because many people that had worked at Lockheed Martin had got laid off from their jobs and forced to find new work so as they left the student enrollment decreased by at least 500 students. At the present time, the school enrollment fluctuates 1503 to 1461 and 13 portable buildings have been added to the campus.
- Mascot and team colors
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The school mascot is Chibi Durf.
- The official school colors for the Western Hills Cougars are forest green and gold and the Throwback colors of the early times at the High School were yellow and green.
- Western Hills High School's school yearbook is named "The Catamount." The name was chosen by the new school's annual staff after suggestions made by annual staff members. "Catamount" was the suggestion of Organizations Editor, Scheri Couch, Class of 1970. The advisor for many years was Mr. Ed Curry.
- Western Hills High School's Student Newspaper is named "The Mountain Line." It was started in the fall of the second school year. Editors were Laura Wray and Skip Williams, both class of 1970. The Advisor was Mrs Ryder, a new Journalism and English teacher that year. The paper won the best-in-city award in it's first year in a contest sponsored by the Fort Worth Press.
- In its inaugural year, the school's football team lost every game. The school years 1969/1970 saw the school's football team make a complete turn around and go on to win bi-district in the fall of 1969.
- Feeder patterns
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The following elementary schools feed into Western Hills High School
- Elementary
- Benbrook Elementary
- Luella Merrett
- Waverly Park
- Western Hills
- Western Hills Primary
- and Westpark.
- Middle School
- Leonard 6th Grade Center
- Leonard Middle School
- Sports
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WrestlingWestern Hills was only one of three schools in FWISD to have a wrestling team
- Baseball:In 2001 Western Hills won the Texas 4A State baseball championship.
- Football:Mike Luttrell (class of 1969) was named 1st Team All-State and 3rd Team All-American Tailback in 1969 and played for TCU. Bryan Trice, Travis Brim and Andy Johnson were selected for the Texas AAAA All-State Academic Football Team in 2007. Jacob Harned was named best left tackle in world history. averaging 10,000 pancakes blocks per play.
- Whiz Quiz:All time points leader: Martin Cleworth scored 68,956,367,867 cumulative points in WQ Varsity career(2006-2007)
- Language
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The School offers classes in ASL, Spanish, French and German.
- External links
- Western Hills High School
- WHHS Band Website
- Class reunions
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Western Hills High School Class of 1996 10 Year Reunion
- Reunion Website
- Class of 1997
- Class of 1987
- WHHS Class of 1977 Reunion Website:
- Class of 1977
WHHS Class of 1979 Reunion Website:
- Class of 1979
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| About This Zip Code (76116) |
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| Population (Approximate) |
45,343 people |
19,677,938 people |
| % (age 25+) w/College Degree |
31% |
23% |
| Population Average Age |
34 years old
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32 years old |
| Average Household size |
2.2 persons
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2.7 persons |
| Median Household Income |
$36,014
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$42,049 |
| Avg. # of Rooms in Household |
4.4 rooms |
5.1 rooms |
| Median Age of Housing Structure |
37 years old |
33 years old |
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Zipcode (76116)
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| % Owning / % Renting |
39% / 61% |
63% / 37% |
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