Waconia High School | |
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1650 Community Drive , 55387 United States | |
Coordinates | 44°50′10″N 93°49′10″W / 44.8360°N 93.8195°W |
Information | |
Type | Public secondary |
School district | Waconia Public Schools |
Principal | Paul Sparby |
Teaching staff | 67.32 (FTE) [1] |
Grades | 9–12 |
Enrollment | 1,280 (2018–19) [1] |
Student to teacher ratio | 18.75 [1] |
Color(s) | Purple and gold [2] |
Athletics conference | Metro West Conference |
Nickname | Wildcats [2] |
Website |
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Waconia High School is a public high school located in Waconia, Minnesota, United States. A part of Waconia Public Schools, the school has an enrollment of approximately 1,200 students in grades 9 through 12 and serves the communities of Waconia, St. Bonifacius, Minnetrista, Victoria and New Germany.
After a previous 2011 referendum failed, [3] a November 2014 referendum to expand Clearwater Middle School and turn it in to a new high school passed. [4]
WHS is 92% white, 4% Hispanic, 1% black and 1% Asian. 1% of students also identify as a part of two or more races. [5]
Advanced Placement program classes are offered at Waconia. About forty percent of WHS students take at least one AP class at some point in high school. [6]
After previously competing in the Wright County Conference, Wildcat teams moved to the Metro West Conference in advance of the 2020–2021 school year. [7]
Waconia has two competitive show choirs: the Varsity-level "Power Company", the Junior varsity-level mixed group "The Current", and formerly, the Junior varsity-level women's group "Illuminations". [16] The show choir program also hosts the annual Waconia Star Power show choir competition the third weekend of February. [17]
The band program hosts The Lake Waconia Band Festival every year in the third week of June. [18]
Waconia High School | |
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Address | |
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1650 Community Drive , 55387 United States | |
Coordinates | 44°50′10″N 93°49′10″W / 44.8360°N 93.8195°W |
Information | |
Type | Public secondary |
School district | Waconia Public Schools |
Principal | Paul Sparby |
Teaching staff | 67.32 (FTE) [1] |
Grades | 9–12 |
Enrollment | 1,280 (2018–19) [1] |
Student to teacher ratio | 18.75 [1] |
Color(s) | Purple and gold [2] |
Athletics conference | Metro West Conference |
Nickname | Wildcats [2] |
Website |
www |
Waconia High School is a public high school located in Waconia, Minnesota, United States. A part of Waconia Public Schools, the school has an enrollment of approximately 1,200 students in grades 9 through 12 and serves the communities of Waconia, St. Bonifacius, Minnetrista, Victoria and New Germany.
After a previous 2011 referendum failed, [3] a November 2014 referendum to expand Clearwater Middle School and turn it in to a new high school passed. [4]
WHS is 92% white, 4% Hispanic, 1% black and 1% Asian. 1% of students also identify as a part of two or more races. [5]
Advanced Placement program classes are offered at Waconia. About forty percent of WHS students take at least one AP class at some point in high school. [6]
After previously competing in the Wright County Conference, Wildcat teams moved to the Metro West Conference in advance of the 2020–2021 school year. [7]
Waconia has two competitive show choirs: the Varsity-level "Power Company", the Junior varsity-level mixed group "The Current", and formerly, the Junior varsity-level women's group "Illuminations". [16] The show choir program also hosts the annual Waconia Star Power show choir competition the third weekend of February. [17]
The band program hosts The Lake Waconia Band Festival every year in the third week of June. [18]