West Anchorage High School is a public high school in Anchorage, the largest city of the U.S. state of Alaska. The school is part of the Anchorage School District (ASD). Serving the western parts of downtown and midtown Anchorage, it had an enrollment of 1,836 as of October 1, 2010, making it the second-largest school in Alaska after its cross-town neighbor and rival East Anchorage High School.
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