# Window Rock High School

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{{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](/source/Fort_Defiance%2C_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](/source/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](/source/Fort_Defiance%2C_Arizona), a [census-designated place](/source/census-designated_place) in [unincorporated](/source/unincorporated_area) [Apache County, Arizona](/source/Apache_County%2C_Arizona). WRHS is the only high school in the [Window Rock Unified School District](/source/Window_Rock_Unified_School_District).

WRUSD, and therefore the high school, serves several unincorporated areas, including [Fort Defiance](/source/Fort_Defiance%2C_Arizona), [Oak Springs](/source/Oak_Springs%2C_Arizona), [St. Michaels](/source/St._Michaels%2C_Arizona), [Window Rock](/source/Window_Rock%2C_Arizona), and most of [Sawmill](/source/Sawmill%2C_Arizona).<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](/source/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](/source/Arizona_Interscholastic_Association) figures</ref> 99% of the students are of [Navajo](/source/Navajo_people) ancestry. The school serves students throughout the surrounding area including Fort Defiance, [St. Michaels](/source/St._Michaels%2C_Arizona), [Sawmill](/source/Sawmill%2C_Arizona), [Hunters Point](/source/Hunters_Point%2C_Arizona), [Oak Springs](/source/Oak_Springs%2C_Arizona), and several others.

==Athletics==
The school's athletic programs are known as the "Fighting Scouts". It is a member of the [Arizona Interscholastic Association](/source/Arizona_Interscholastic_Association)'s 3A Conference.  The basketball program was previously led by [Raul Mendoza](/source/Raul_Mendoza_(coach)).

==Notable alumni==
* [Ryneldi Becenti](/source/Ryneldi_Becenti), the first Native American to play in the [WNBA](/source/Women's_National_Basketball_Association)
* [Stephanie Yellowhair](/source/Stephanie_Yellowhair), Navajo transgender activist

==References==
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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]
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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

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