West Allegheny Senior High School is a public

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located in the

West Allegheny School District The West Allegheny School District is a midsized, suburban public school district which is located in the western corner of Allegheny County, approximately from downtown Pittsburgh. The district comprises Findlay Township, North Fayette Towns ...

Allegheny County, Pennsylvania Allegheny County () is a county in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. It is located in Southwestern Pennsylvania. As of the 2020 census, the population was 1,250,578, making it the state's second-most populous county, following Philadelphia Co ...

, United States. The school serves students in grades 9-12 from Findlay Township, North Fayette Township, and the Oakdale Borough. West Allegheny Senior High School and West Allegheny Middle School are located on the main campus on West Allegheny Road in North Fayette, PA.

Extracurricular activities

The district offers a variety of clubs, activities and sports. The school's football team has gained notability by reaching play-off status during past years, and play divisional play-off games in

Heinz Field Acrisure Stadium is a football stadium located in the North Shore neighborhood of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States. It primarily serves as the home of the Pittsburgh Steelers of the National Football League (NFL) and the Pittsburgh Panth ...

. Through the 1960s and 1970s West Allegheny shared an intense rivalry with

Fort Cherry School District Fort Cherry School District is a small, rural public school district located in southwestern Pennsylvania. It covers a portion of suburban Pittsburgh and some outlying rural areas. The district serves students in a area that includes the suburb ...

. The West Allegheny Softball team is also a notable sport as they made WPIAL 5A history by being the first 5A district champion after the WPIAL broke into six classifications. The softball team also won the first WPIAL championship in its programs history. The softball team went on to win three titles in a row from 2017-2019.

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West Allegheny High School
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