Motto: | "Strive for Excellence" |
Location: | 10399 County Farm Road |
City: | Gulfport, MS 39503 |
Country: | United States |
Coordinates: | 30.4348°N -89.1948°W |
Type: | High School |
Grades: | 912 |
Superintendent: | Mitchell King |
Principal: | Michael Weaver |
Enrollment: | 1,124 (2022–2023)[2] |
Staff: | 63.84 (FTE) |
Ratio: | 17.61 |
Team Name: | Hurricanes |
Colors: | Green and orange [3] |
Communities: | West Harrison County |
Feeders: | West Harrison Middle |
West Harrison High School is a public high school located in Gulfport, Mississippi, United States. Opened in 2008, it includes a reinforced storm shelter with a 2000-person capacity built as part of a $9 million FEMA grant.[4] The principal is Dr. Michael Weaver, with assistant principals Denise Briggs and Erin Cates.[5] The school has been back-to-back #1 in the state of Mississippi for 2022 and 2023.
The West Harrison High School Hurricane Band, The Pride of South Mississippi was selected to march down Colorado Blvd. in Pasadena, CA for the 2020 Rose Parade. This marks the second time in twenty years that a high school band from Mississippi to participate in the parade.[6]