Worthington Kilbourne High School
| Worthington Kilbourne High School | |
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Front of WKHS in the autumn
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1499 Hard Road Worthington, Ohio, (Franklin County) 43235 United States |
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| Coordinates | 40°06′58″N 83°3′20″W / 40.11611°N 83.05556°WCoordinates: 40°06′58″N 83°3′20″W / 40.11611°N 83.05556°W |
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| Type | Public, Coeducational high school |
| Motto | "The Strength of the wolf is in the Pack" |
| Established | 1991 |
| School district | Worthington City Schools |
| Superintendent | Dr. Trent Bowers |
| CEEB code | 365507 |
| Principal | Aric Thompson name="WKHS June11 Newsletter">"Worthington Kilbourne Newsletter June 2011" (PDF). Worthington Kilbourne High School.</ref> |
| Faculty | 91 |
| Grades | 9-12 |
| Enrollment | Approximately 1400 (2009-2010) |
| Student to teacher ratio | 15.1:1 |
| Campus size | 259,712sqft |
| Campus type | Suburban |
| Color(s) | Royal blue and black |
| Fight song | "For the Glory and the Pride" |
| Athletics conference | Ohio Capital Conference |
| Mascot | Gray wolf |
| Team name | Wolves |
| Rival | Thomas Worthington Cardinals, Dublin Scioto Irish |
| Accreditation | North Central Association of Colleges and Schools |
| Average SAT scores | 1126 |
| Average ACT scores | 25 |
| Newspaper | The Ravine |
| Yearbook | The Sentinel |
| Feeder schools | McCord Middle School, Phoenix Middle School students that would traditionally go to McCord |
| Graduation rate | 97.8% (2009-2010) |
| Athletic Director | Jeff Todd |
| Website | WKHS Official Website |
Worthington Kilbourne High School is located in Columbus, Ohio and is part of the Worthington City School District. The school had an enrollment of approximately 1,357 students in the 2009-2010 school year. Kilbourne was named after James Kilbourne, the founder of the city of Worthington. The school colors are black and royal blue and a gray wolf named "Lobo" is the mascot. The current principal is Angie Adrean.
In the 2009-2010 school year, approximately 6.0% of the 1,357 students at the school are of Asian descent, about 1.7% are Hispanic and about 6.0% are African American. 82.9% of the students are Caucasian, a category that includes 2.9% students of multi-racial descent. The school has about 1.9% of its students who are considered Limited English Proficient, about 13.1% are Students With Disabilities, and 13.2% are considered Economically Disadvantaged.
Worthington Kilbourne was founded in 1991 to handle the increasing student enrollment in the district and named after James Kilbourne, the founder of the city of Worthington.
The school was built at 1499 Hard Road, over a ravine, which became the name of the school newspaper. The ravine is considered a central element of the school both physically and communally. It has a stream that runs in it which biology and earth science classes conduct research on. The stream brought anxiety during the winter of 2004-2005. After heavy snows, the Worthington area experienced a large rainfall that when combined with the melting snow caused the level of the stream to rise dramatically causing the administration to worry that lasting damage would be done to the school and that the structural integrity of the building could be compromised. It was later determined that there was no lasting damage.
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