Western Dubuque High School

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Address
Western Dubuque High School
302 5th Avenue SW Epworth, Iowa 52045
Information
School district	Western Dubuque Community School District
Oversight	Iowa Department of Education
Principal	John Hlubek
Enrollment	770^[1] (2008)
School type	Public high school
Grades	9-12
Campus	Rural
Mascot	Bobcats
Color(s)	Scarlet, Black, & White
Established	1962
Athletic conference	WaMaC Conference
Homepage	WDHS website

Western Dubuque High School (commonly West Dubuque, WDHS, or WD) is a four-year public high school located in Epworth, Iowa. It is one of two high schools in the Western Dubuque Community School District, and enrolls 770 students in grades 9-12. The school's mascot is the Bobcat, and it competes in class 3A of the WaMaC Athletic Conference.

1 Campus
2 Students
3 References
4 See also
5 External links

[edit] Campus

WDHS is located at 302 5th Avenue SW in Epworth, Iowa, a town of 1,580 people. The campus is along U.S. Highway 20 and Jacoby Drive W, near Divine Word College. The one-story school building was built in 1962, and the campus includes its own football field. The school recently added a new addition containing two new gyms, a large commons area, two boys and two girls locker rooms, as well as a state-of-the-art wrestling room and weight room.

[edit] Students

In the 2007-2008 school year, WDHS enrolled 770 students. Of those, 745 (96.8%) were White, 15 (1.9%) were Black, 4 (.5%) were Asian, and none were American Indian. 6 (.8%) students were Hispanic, and may be of any race. Additionally, 408 (53.0%) were male, and 362 (47.0%) were female.^[2]