Western Hills High School (Benbrook, Texas)
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3600 Boston Avenue Benbrook, Texas 76116 United States |
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| Coordinates | 32°43′08″N 97°27′18″W / 32.719°N 97.455°WCoordinates: 32°43′08″N 97°27′18″W / 32.719°N 97.455°W |
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| Type | Public High School |
| Established | 1968 |
| Opened | 1969 |
| School district | Fort Worth Independent School District |
| CEEB code | 442575 |
| Grades | 9-12 |
| Enrollment | 1548 (2010) |
| Campus size | 25 acres |
| Campus type | Urban/Suburban |
| Color(s) | Forest Green & Gold |
| Athletics | UIL Class 4A |
| Sports | tennis, Marching Band, football, men's basketball, women's basketball, baseball, softball, marching band, men's track & field,men's and women's soccer, swimming & diving, wrestling, |
| Nickname | Cougars |
| Rival | Benbrook Middle High School |
| Average SAT scores (2005) | 1015 |
| Newspaper | The Mountain Line |
| Yearbook | The Catamount |
| Feeder schools | Leonard Middle School and Benbrook Middle School |
| Website | schools |
Western Hills High School (WHHS) is a secondary school located in Benbrook, Texas, United States, serving the city of Benbrook, portions of western Fort Worth, and unincorporated portions of southwestern Tarrant County. The school, which serves grades 9 through 12, is a part of the Fort Worth Independent School District (FWISD).
The Western Hills community encompasses the urban area surrounding the school, the Benbrook city area, southwest Fort Worth, and the rural section west to the Tarrant County line. The city of Benbrook school system once served students in Benbrook and surrounding rural areas. In 1954, all Benbrook students above the sixth grade were transferred to the Fort Worth ISD. In 1962, the Benbrook School District was consolidated into the Fort Worth system, busing the high school students to North Side High School or Arlington Heights High School and its junior high schools to J.P. Elder or William Monnig Junior High. Western Hills was first opened on the campus of Arlington Heights High School in the fall of 1968 with 714 students crowded into thirteen temporary buildings. In January 1969, this student body moved into its new home on the twenty-five acre tract in West Fort Worth at 3600 Boston Avenue.
The creation of General Dynamics Fort Worth Division in nearby White Settlement spurred an increased enrollment from the original 714 to 2,243 in 1972. At that time the student body was housed not only in the main building with one level but also in 23 portable buildings. With a decreasing student enrollment of 2,052 in the fall of 1980, the school building was expanded to two floors and eliminated the portable buildings.
On October 23, 1989, a briefcase containing a firebomb was found. During an attempt to disarm the device it exploded causing mostly smoke damage and no injuries. In 1991, the decline of student enrollment had tapered off to 1,503, reflecting of job losses from the sale of General Dynamics' Fort Worth division to Lockheed.
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