West Springfield High School

West Springfield High School is a public high school located in unincorporated Fairfax County, Virginia, at 6100 Rolling Road, and is part of the Fairfax County Public Schools system. West Springfield (often referred to as WSHS) enrolls students from grades 9–12, offers the Advanced Placement program and currently enrolls over 2,400 students. The facility has a Springfield postal address and is physically within the West Springfield census-designated place. History The school opened in 1966. A school renovation was completed in 1991, which included the construction of new classrooms in a courtyard and remodeling the library, Auditorium, Spartan Hall, and the Career Center. The first principal was S. John Davis, who subsequently became Fairfax Superintendent of Schools and served as Virginia state Superintendent. Planning for a $75 million, 4-year renovation was started in 2012, and actual renovations began in Summer 2016. The renovations concluded in September 2019 which included a new dance studio. Demographics For the 2019–20 school year, West Springfield High School's student body was 48.15% White, 17.59% Hispanic, 15.07% Asian, 11.59% Black and 7.60% Other. It was also 48.45% female and 51.55% male.