Washington High School (Sioux Falls, South Dakota)

Washington High School (commonly Washington, Washington High, or WHS) is a public secondary school located in Sioux Falls, South Dakota with an enrollment of 1,910 students. The school is part of the Sioux Falls School District, and is one of four public high schools in Sioux Falls. Founded in 1908, Washington High School succeeded Central School and Irving High School as the city's predominate secondary public school, built to accommodate a larger student capacity. In 1992 the school transferred from its downtown location to its current site, with the previous building remodeled to become the Washington Pavilion of Arts and Science. Washington High was included in Newsweek's 2008 online edition of the top 1,300 public high schools in America, ranking at 1,230; below Lincoln High School (at 1,070) and above Roosevelt High School (at 1,274). as of 2009, however, Washington High was the only school to receive U. S. News & World Reports silver medal high school ranking in South Dakota. The school's class of 2009 also was the only school to achieve a minimum level of proficiency among all groups tested on the South Dakota STEP, a standards based test designed to meet NCLB requirements. with 120 teachers, 6 counselors, 18 education assistants, 44 support staff and 4 administrators.

Washington operates on an 8:15 a. m. to 3:10 p. m. schedule, of which broken up into seven class periods, the fourth or fifth period assigned for freshmen and sophomores as a study hall/lunch break, and an off campus lunch hour designated for qualifying juniors and seniors, pending parental approval, an 85% average on semester tests and adequate standardized test scores. In 2009, Washington began offering "zero" and "eighth" hour classes, from a limited pool of courses. In the 2007–2008 school year, Washington, along with other district schools, achieved a mean composite of 22.6 on the ACT examination, 1.5 points higher than the national average of 21.1. The school also has a record of 717–303–37 from 1899–2010. The Washington Warriors Varsity Football team plays many of its games at Howard Wood Field. Washington went undefeated for six seasons in 11 man football: 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2016, and 2017. They achieved a 34 game win streak between the seasons of 2015 2018, they made the state title game in all four of those years winning it 3 times (15,16,17).

The school is serviced by Sioux Area Metro route 23 during the school year.