Type Free public Enrollment 438 Students Mascot Black panther Color White | Grades 9 - 12 Campus type Rural Phone +1 269-463-0730 Principal Brad Coon | |
School district Watervliet School District Faculty 38 (21 full-time teachers, 2 part-time teachers, 4 share teachers, 1 guidance counselor, 10 support staff) Address 450 E St Joseph St, Watervliet, MI 49098, USA Similar Coloma High School, Woodside Elementary School, Washingt Elementary School, Benton Harbor High Sch, Covert Secondary School | ||
Watervliet High School (commonly Watervliet or WHS) is a publicly funded high school in Watervliet, Michigan. It serves the students of the city of Watervliet and the surrounding townships education needs for grades 9 – 12.
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Academics
Watervliet High School was first accredited by the Michigan North Central Association in the 1930-1931 school year and continues to have accreditation from Education Yes!, Michigan’s current system of school accreditation.
Teachers in core curricula of English, math, science, social studies, foreign language and high school arts all meet the No Child Left Behind Act’s (NCLB) definition of Highly Qualified. Students at WHS also surpassed state averages for the American College Testing (ACT) test (Composite: 22.2/21.6 WHS/State, English: 21.1/20.4, Math: 21.8/21.2, Reading: 22.7/21.7, Science: 22.3/21.6)
Watervliet also has a graduation rate of 90.95% with a dropout rate of 2.38%.
Athletics
Watervliet competes in the Southwest Athletic Conference of Michigan. They have a fall lineup of football, volleyball, cross-country, equestrian, and cheerleading, a winter lineup of boys and girls basketball as well as wrestling and spring sports of boys and girls track, softball, baseball, soccer (girls only) and golf.