West Carrollton High School is a public high school in

West Carrollton, Ohio West Carrollton is a city in Montgomery County, Ohio, United States. A Suburb of Dayton. The population was 13,143 at the 2010 census. It is part of the Dayton Metropolitan Statistical Area. The Great Miami River runs through the town and forms ...

, United States. It is the only high school in the

West Carrollton City School District West Carrollton City School District is the school district serving Miami Township, Moraine, and West Carrollton, Ohio with an enrollment of over 3800 students. Schools *Walter Shade Early Childhood Center *C.F. Holliday Elementary *Frank Nicho ...

. Athletic teams are known as the "Pirates" and the school colors are red and black. As of the 2013–14 school year, the school has an enrollment of approximately 900 students. Enrollment data can be found under "School Details", then "Data Table" in the enrollment section West Carrollton has been rated as "Effective" since 2002 by the Ohio Department of Education. The school met nine of the 12 state indicators for the 2005–2006 school year.

Sports

West Carrollton has won the Harold A. Meyer award for exceptional sportsmanship six different times since 2000. WCHS is home to the West Carrollton Marching Pirates. The marching band has won numerous awards throughout the Mid-States Band Association circuit. The band was MSBA class AA finalists in 2013 and 2014. The band is directed by Laura Bukosky, proceeding Adam Uhlenhake. As of 2019-20 the Pirates are Members of the Miami Valley League (MVL).

Dayton Outpatient Center Stadium

Dayton Outpatient Center Stadium Dayton Outpatient Center Stadium (DOC Stadium) is a 3,500 seat artificial turf stadium located in West Carrollton, Ohio, on the campus of West Carrollton High School. The Dayton Dutch Lions partnered with West Carrollton City Schools and Dr. Su ...

(DOC Stadium) is the home of West Carrollton High School Athletics and the

Dayton Dutch Lions Dayton Dutch Lions is an American association football, soccer team based in Dayton, Ohio, United States. Founded in 2009, the team plays in USL League Two, the fourth tier of the American Soccer Pyramid. From 2011 to 2014, the team played in the ...

FC. The stadium seats around 3,000 spectators.

Notable alumni

Christine Jones Forman Christine Jones Forman is a senior astrophysicist at the Center for Astrophysics Harvard & Smithsonian. She is a past president of the American Astronomical Society, and was the director of the Smithsonian Institution's Consortium for Unlockin ...

— senior astrophysicist at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics *

Ty Harris Ty Harris (born November 13, 1991) is an American professional basketball player who currently plays for TFT of the Macedonian First League (basketball). Early life Harris was born in Houma, Louisiana but his family was displaced by Hurrican ...

— professional basketball player *

Alice Ripley Alice Ripley (born December 14, 1963) is an American actress, singer, songwriter and mixed media artist. She is known, in particular, for her various roles on Broadway in musicals, including the Pulitzer Prize-winning ''Next to Normal'' (2009 To ...

— actor, singer, songwriter, and mixed media artist *

Scott James Wells Scott James Wells (July 4, 1961 – October 28, 2015) was an American actor and model, primarily noted for playing the villain Lex Luthor during the first season of the television series ''Superboy''. After his departure from the series in 1989, ...

— actor and model

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* {{authority control High schools in Montgomery County, Ohio Public high schools in Ohio