West Hills High School (WHHS) is a public, comprehensive high school in Santee, California, and serves students in grades nine through twelve. Opened in 1987, West Hills is the eleventh of thirteen high schools to be constructed in the Grossmont Union High School District which serves the East County area of San Diego County.
West Hills High School opened in 1985 as a satellite campus of Santana High School to address overcrowding, with freshmen attending morning classes before being bused back to Santana for afternoon instruction. On September 7, 1987, the school opened as the districtâÂÂs tenth high school with 14 teachers and 320 freshmen. Construction of the campus began in 1989 and was planned in two phases, with the first phase completed prior to the 1990âÂÂ91 school year. The first graduating class held its commencement in June 1991 at San Diego State University.
Athletics
West Hills High SchoolâÂÂs athletic teams, known as the Wolf Pack, compete in the Hills League of the Grossmont Conference and in the California Interscholastic Federation (CIF) CIF San Diego Section. In 2013, the school introduced Wolfette as a secondary mascot, and in 2012 it completed and officially opened a new swimming pool.