Woodland Hills High School
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2550 Greensburg Pike Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania United States |
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| Type | Public |
| Established | 1987 |
| School district | Woodland Hills School District |
| Superintendent | Alan N Johnson salary $112,200 (2012) contract October 2013 - October 9, 2016 |
| Principal | Kevin Murray |
| Staff | Guidance Counselors Mr. Colin O’Grady 12th grade, Mr. Jeff Brand 11th grade, Mr. Mark Arnold 10th grade, Ms. Stacey Rebich-Kim 9th grade |
| Grades | 9-12 |
| Enrollment | 1,244 (2012) |
| • Grade 9 | 343 |
| • Grade 10 | 311 |
| • Grade 11 | 326 |
| • Grade 12 | 264 |
| • Other | Enrollment projected by PDE to decline to 809 pupils by 2020 |
| Color(s) | Turquoise, Black, White |
| Mascot | Wolverine |
| Website | http://www.whsd.net/school_home.aspx?schoolid=1 |
Woodland Hills High School is a large, suburban public high school providing grades 9-12 for the Woodland Hills School District located in Churchill, Pennsylvania. It services the communities of Braddock, Braddock Hills, Chalfant, Churchill, East Pittsburgh, Edgewood, Forest Hills, North Braddock, Rankin, Swissvale, Turtle Creek, and Wilkins Township. In April 2014, Principal Dan Stephens retired and an interim principal was appointed. In 2013, Woodland Hills High School enrollment was reported as 1,244 pupils in 9th through 12th grades, with 69% of pupils were eligible for the federal free or reduce priced lunch due to family poverty. Additionally, 16.6% of pupils receiving special education services, while 9.8% of pupils were identified as gifted. The school employed teachers. Per the PA Department of Education 100% of the teachers were rated "Highly Qualified" under the federal No Child Left Behind Act. The school is a Title I school.
According to the National Center for Education Statistics, in 2011, the school reported an enrollment of 1,278 pupils in grades 9th through 12th, with 851 pupils eligible for a federal free or reduced price lunch due to the family meeting the federal poverty level. In 2011, the Woodland Hill High School employed 102 teachers yielding a student-teacher ratio of 12:1. According to a report by the Pennsylvania Department of Education, 100% of the teachers were rated "Highly Qualified" under No Child Left Behind.
Woodland Hills High School students may attend Forbes Road CTC for training in the trades [1]. The Allegheny Intermediate Unit IU3 [2] provides the School with a wide variety of services like specialized education for disabled students and hearing, speech and visual disability services and professional development for staff and faculty.
Woodland Hills High School was the result of a 1981 court-ordered desegregation merger. Before the merger, the building was the location of the Churchill High School.
In 2013, Woodland Hills School District's graduation rate was 81.5%. In 2010, the Pennsylvania Department of Education issued a new, 4-year cohort graduation rate. Woodland Hills High School's rate was 81.3% for 2010.
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