Aliquippa Senior High School
| Aliquippa Junior/Senior High School | |
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100 Harding Ave. Aliquippa, Pennsylvania, Beaver County 15001 United States |
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| Coordinates | 40°36′38″N 80°15′31″W / 40.610555°N 80.258658°W |
| Information | |
| Type | Public |
| Established | 1924 |
| School district | Aliquippa School District |
| Superintendent | Mr. David Wataiz ) |
| Principal | Mr. Alvin Gipson |
| Grades | 9–12 |
| Enrollment | 465 |
| Color(s) |
Red and black |
| Athletics conference | Western Pennsylvania Interscholastic Athletic League (WPIAL) AA |
| Mascot | Indian |
| Tuition | For nonresident and charter school students HS - $11,184.81 |
| Feeder schools | Aliquippa Elementary School |
| Website | Aliquippa High School |
Aliquippa Jr./Sr. High School is located in the city of Aliquippa in Beaver County, Pennsylvania, USA. In 2007, the Jr./Sr. High supported grades 7–12 with an enrollment of 465 students. By 2010, the grade 9–12 enrollment declined to 329 pupils. According to the National Center for Education Statistics, in 2010, the school reported an enrollment of 509 pupils in grades 7th through 12th, with 385 pupils eligible for a federal free or reduced price lunch due to family poverty. The school employed teachers yielding a student teacher ratio of 13:1. According to a report by the Pennsylvania Department of Education, 100% of the teachers were rated "Highly Qualified" under No Child Left Behind.
The Aliquippa School District underwent major changes in the year 2009. The middle school building housed grades 5–8 was renovated to house grades 7–12. The Elementary school building that housed grade k-4 was renovated to house grades k-6. The High school building, that was built in 1929, was demolished in 2009.
On June 7, 1909 the Woodlawn School District was formed to provide education to the growing population of Woodlawn, which was later annexed into Aliquippa. In 1910 Highland School located in the Plan 6 area of Woodlawn was opened and in 1911 Logstown School was constructed as well. The first high school students where housed in elementary schools or sent to Beaver for senior classes and graduation, in 1913 the first senior class graduated from the Logstown building and whose names are as follows: Lehman Howard, Elvira Davis, Carol Howard, Eleanor Calhoun, Edwin Davis, and Ruth Scott. Shortly after that a two story building was erected on the foot of the Plan 12 hill and was dedicated as Woodlawn High School. The first graduating class from that school was the Class of and its members were Dewitt Baker, Rose Eberlie, Helen McGaughy, Alda Johnson, Ruth Stevenson, Orie Cochran, and Joseph Cochran. In 1925, and new high school was erected on the hilltop overlooking the Franklin Avenue Business District. The school consisted of two wings which included 34 classrooms, laboratories, and offices and shortly after that a second building phase followed the construction of a gymnasium and the first part of a vocational shop on the hill above the school was completed. Named Harding High School after the late President Warren G. Harding who died in office during its construction it was renamed Aliquippa High School on June 8, 1930 due to the merger of the Boroughs of Woodlawn and Aliquippa two years earlier in 1928.
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