Watervliet High School (Watervliet, Michigan)

Watervliet High School
Address
450 East Red Arrow Highway
Watervliet, Michigan, 49098
United States
Coordinates 42°11′16″N 86°15′09″W / 42.187861°N 86.252482°WCoordinates: 42°11′16″N 86°15′09″W / 42.187861°N 86.252482°W
Information
Type Free public
School district Watervliet School District
Principal Nate Ledlow
Faculty 38 (21 full-time teachers, 2 part-time teachers, 4 share teachers, 1 guidance counselor, 10 support staff)
Grades 9 - 12
Enrollment 438 Students
Campus type Rural
Color(s) Maroon and White          
Mascot Panther
Budget $3.02 Million USD (based on $6875/ student)
Website School website

Watervliet High School (commonly Watervliet or WHS) is a publicly funded high school in Watervliet, Michigan. It serves the students of the city of Watervliet and the surrounding townships education needs for grades 9 – 12.

Academics

Watervliet High School was first accredited by the Michigan North Central Association in the 1930-1931 school year[1] and continues to have accreditation from Education Yes!, Michigan’s current system of school accreditation.

Teachers in core curricula of English, math, science, social studies, foreign language and high school arts all meet the No Child Left Behind Act’s (NCLB) definition of Highly Qualified. Students at WHS also surpassed state averages for the American College Testing (ACT) test (Composite: 22.2/21.6 WHS/State, English: 21.1/20.4, Math: 21.8/21.2, Reading: 22.7/21.7, Science: 22.3/21.6)

Watervliet also has a graduation rate of 90.95% with a dropout rate of 2.38%.[2]

Extra Curricular

Athletics

Watervliet competes in the Southwest Athletic Conference of Michigan. They have a fall lineup of football, volleyball, cross-country, equestrian, and cheerleading, a winter lineup of boys and girls basketball as well as wrestling and spring sports of boys and girls track, softball, baseball, soccer (girls only) and golf.

Student Clubs

Notes

  1. http://www.ncamichigan.org/member_list.asp