Westside High School (Jacksonville)

Westside High School
Location
5530 Firestone Road

,
Florida 32244

Information
TypePublic school
Motto"Exceeding expectations"
Established1959
PrincipalVincent Foster
Staff81.00 (FTE)
Enrollment1,617 (2023-2024)
Student to teacher ratio19.96
ColorsGray, black, and red
     
MascotWolverine

Westside High School is a public high school in Jacksonville, Florida, United States. It is part of the Duval County School District and serves Jacksonville's Westside. The school was established in 1959 and was originally named Nathan B. Forrest High School, after Nathan Bedford Forrest, a Confederate general and first Grand Wizard of the Ku Klux Klan. The fact that the school was named for Forrest was a point of significant controversy until the Duval County School Board changed the name in 2014.