West High School
30 Ash Street
Madison, WI 53705
Phone: (608) 204-4100
About
The mission of West High School is to assure educational success and personal development for every student by empowering students, parents and staff to exercise responsibility for learning, to provide a secure and supportive environment, to offer a flexible, interactive, multicultural curriculum comprised of a rich selection of required and elective courses, to encourage student participation in a variety of extracurricular activities, to ensure appropriate educational strategies and support services, to secure community support, and to guarantee opportunities for individual student achievement and success.
West’s five year North Central Association School Improvement Goal:
“Each student will develop increased responsibility for academic achievement and personal behavior.”
Location
West High School is located on Regent Street (hence the “West Regents”) on Madison’s near west side, surrounded by quiet residential neighborhoods. The University of Wisconsin is a short walk away. With this proximity, West has a large international population. It is not unusual to have students representing 40 – 55 different countries enrolled at West at any time. West is a culturally rich and diverse community of learners.