Iowa City West High School

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Iowa City West High School
Established	1968
Type	Public
Affiliation	Mississippi Valley Conference
Principal	Dr. Jerry Arganbright
Students	approx. 1880
Grades	9-12
Location	2901 Melrose Avenue Iowa City, Iowa USA
Colors	Forest Green and Gold
Mascot	Trojans/Women of Troy
Website	www.iowa-city.k12.ia.us/site/west.htm

Iowa City West High School is a public high school in Iowa City, Iowa. It is currently home to over 1880 students, in grades 9 through 12, and 190 teachers, administration, and support staff. All boys' teams are The Trojans, while all girls teams are named The Women of Troy.

Recently, West High School's enrollment has reached its maximum capacity of over 1800 students. Because of this, incoming students from non "feeder schools" (such as Northwest Junior High or North Central Junior High) are required to attend West High's cross-town rival, Iowa City High.

West High School provides many musical opportunities to its students. There are multiple classes for band, choir, and orchestra. Extracurricular musical activities include select choirs, show choir, jazz band, musicals, and others.

The West High Speech and Debate team also has many participants. Recently it has won many state competitions and has placed first or second in the Iowa State Forensics Tournament for the past eight years.

Many West High teams have won state championships.

The West High Math Club has won state titles in the past.

West High School students are noted for excellence in academics. A vast majority of the students that take AP exams receive college credit for those classes and West High traditionally is one of the leading schools in the state in terms of National Merit Scholars.