{{More citations needed|date=October 2021}} {{Use American English|date=September 2025}} {{Use mdy dates|date=April 2024}} {{Infobox school | name = Window Rock High School | image = | motto = | established = Mid-1950s | schooltype = Public high school | grades = 9–12 | principal = William Horsley | address = Navajo Route 12 | city = Fort Defiance, Arizona | zipcode = 86504 | country = United States | ceeb = 030117 | district = Window Rock Unified School District | enrollment = 566 (2023–2024)<ref name=NCES>{{cite web|url=https://nces.ed.gov/ccd/schoolsearch/school_detail.asp?Search=1&DistrictID=0409430&ID=040943000970|title=Window Rock High School|publisher=National Center for Education Statistics|accessdate=April 28, 2025}}</ref> | teaching_staff = 31.00 (FTE)<ref name=NCES/> | ratio = 18.26<ref name=NCES/> | mascot = Fighting Scouts<ref name=colors/> | mascot_image = | colors = Columbia blue, white and gray<br>{{color box|#4fc3ff}} {{color box|white}} {{color box|gray}} <ref name=colors>{{Cite web|title=Window Rock High School|url=https://aiaonline.org/schools/14|access-date=March 25, 2024|website=Arizona Interscholastic Association|language=en-US}}</ref> | website = {{URL|https://www.wrschool.net/Domain/11}} }} '''Window Rock High School''' is a public high school in Fort Defiance, a census-designated place in unincorporated Apache County, Arizona. WRHS is the only high school in the Window Rock Unified School District.
WRUSD, and therefore the high school, serves several unincorporated areas, including Fort Defiance, Oak Springs, St. Michaels, Window Rock, and most of Sawmill.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www2.census.gov/geo/maps/dc10map/sch_dist/st04_az/c04001_apache/DC10SD_C04001_000.pdf|title=School Reference Map (2010 Census): Apache County, AZ|work=2010 U.S. Census|publisher=U.S. Census Bureau|accessdate=April 8, 2020}} – WRUSD is depicted on pages [https://www2.census.gov/geo/maps/dc10map/sch_dist/st04_az/c04001_apache/DC10SD_C04001_001.pdf 1] and [https://www2.census.gov/geo/maps/dc10map/sch_dist/st04_az/c04001_apache/DC10SD_C04001_002.pdf 2].</ref>
==History== The school district opened by the mid-1950s, with high school students two years later. The first students graduated in 1958 and 1959, and the school was completed in 1960.
A devastating fire burned the school to the ground early in April 1981, causing $5 million in damage. A new school was built later in the decade.
==Demographics== Window Rock High School had an enrollment of 728 students on October 1, 2010.<ref>Arizona Interscholastic Association figures</ref> 99% of the students are of Navajo ancestry. The school serves students throughout the surrounding area including Fort Defiance, St. Michaels, Sawmill, Hunters Point, Oak Springs, and several others.
==Athletics== The school's athletic programs are known as the "Fighting Scouts". It is a member of the Arizona Interscholastic Association's 3A Conference. The basketball program was previously led by Raul Mendoza.
==Notable alumni== * Ryneldi Becenti, the first Native American to play in the WNBA * Stephanie Yellowhair, Navajo transgender activist
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==External links== * [http://windowrockhigh.az.wrh.schoolinsites.com/ Window Rock High School Website] * [http://www.wrscouts.com/ Remembering Window Rock High School] {{Education in Apache County, Arizona}} {{Coord|35.744084|-109.054796|display=title|format=dms|type:edu}}
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Category:Public high schools in Arizona Category:Schools in Apache County, Arizona Category:Education on the Navajo Nation Category:1950s establishments in Arizona