Our School
Welcome to Wissahickon High School - home of the Trojans. Our school serves approximately 1,350 students in grades 9 to 12. WHS is an empowering academic community where all students are challenged to grow, learn, prosper, and realize their full personal, social, and intellectual potential, and to develop the life skills necessary to become respectful, responsible, and productive citizens of the global community. WHS was ranked 7th best high school in Pennsylvania by U.S. News & World Report 2021.
Fun Facts about WHS
As part of graduation festivities, seniors travel by bus to the elementary school they attended for a Victory Lap around the school.
Did you know there are more than 290 extracurricular leadership positions at WHS and 86% of our students participate in athletics or a club?
At the end of each school year, all students participate in Wissapick'em - a day where they can choose from dozens of great activities like escape rooms, minute-to-win it, scavenger hunts and Jeopardy.
School Day:
7:37 a.m. to 2:35 p.m.
Office Hours:
7:30 a.m. to 3:00 p.m.
School Mascot: Trojans
School Colors: Blue and gold
Alma Mater
Hail Wissahickon
The gold and the blue
To our alma mater
We'll always be true
Through all of our lifetimes
We'll look back with tears
Remembering the joys of our Wissahickon years