Wasilla High School

School Profile:

Community

Wasilla High School (WHS) is located wtihin the Matanuska-Susitna Borough which serves suburban and rural communities with a combined population of 59,000. The city of Wasilla is a first class city of 6,700 and is located 45 miles from Anchorage (population 260,000), the commercial and cultural center of Alaska.

Employment

Transportation, construction, petroleum production, tourism, and government services.

School

Wasilla High School is one of eight four-year high schools of the Matanuska-Susitna Borough School District and is accredited by Northwest Association of Secondary and Higher Schools.  WHS's average enrollment is 1,200 students.

Curriculum

A comprehensive curriculum including:  advanced placement, honors, college prepatory, business, trade/technical, fine arts, and enrichment programs. Twenty-one credits including four years of language arts, three years of science, three years of social studies, two years of math, one year of phyiscal education, and one-half year of health is required for graduation.