Waconia High School

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.

Waconia High School
Address
1650 Community Drive

Waconia
,
Minnesota
55387

United States
Coordinates44.8360°N 93.8195°W / 44.8360; -93.8195
Information
TypePublic secondary
School districtWaconia Public Schools
PrincipalMark Fredericksen
Teaching staff67.32 (FTE)[1]
Grades9–12
Enrollment1,262 (2017–18)[1]
Student to teacher ratio18.75[1]
Color(s)Purple and Gold
Athletics conferenceWright County Conference
NicknameWildcats
Websitewww.isd110.org/our-schools/waconia-high-school

Demographics

WHS is 92 percent white, four percent Hispanic, one percent black and one percent Asian. One percent of students also identify as a part of two or more races.[2]

Academics

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.[3]

Performing arts

Waconia has two competitive show choirs: the varsity-level "Power Company", the jayvee-level mixed group "The Current", and formerly, the jayvee-level women's group "Illuminations".[4] The show choir program also hosts the annual Waconia Star Power show choir competition the third weekend of February.[5]

The band program hosts The Lake Waconia Band Festival every year in the third week of June.[6]

Notable alumni

References
  1. "Waconia High School". National Center for Education Statistics. Retrieved November 24, 2019.
  2. "Student Body". U.S. News & World Report. Retrieved 17 February 2019.
  3. "Test Scores". U.S. News & World Report. Retrieved 17 February 2019.
  4. "Waconia High School". showchoir.com. Retrieved 17 February 2019.
  5. "Waconia's Star Power is a singing success". www.southwestmetromag.com. Retrieved 17 February 2019.
  6. "Lake Waconia Marching Band Festival". Explore Minnesota. Retrieved 31 December 2019.
  7. "Maxx Williams - Football". University of Minnesota. Retrieved 1 June 2019.
  8. "Jenn Bostic: From Waconia to Nashville". Southwest Metro Magazine. Retrieved 31 December 2019.
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