West Jones High School

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{{Infobox school

|name = West Jones High School

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|established = 1965

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|district = Jones County School District

|grades = 7{{ndash}}12

|principal = David Valentine (Supervising)

Kacey Chandler (11th-12th)

Jeremiah Keyes (10th-9th grades)

Jordan Rogers (8th-7th grades)

|students = 1,574 (2023-2024)[https://nces.ed.gov/ccd/schoolsearch/school_detail.asp?Search=1&DistrictID=2802280&ID=280228000451 WEST JONES HIGH SCHOOL]

|ratio = 14.31

|staff = 110.01 (FTE)

|athletics = Football, baseball, boys and girls basketball, softball, boys and girls golf, boys and girls tennis, boys and girls soccer, boys and girls swimming, girls and boys track, marching band

|conference = Division 5

|colors = Forest Green & Vegas Gold
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|mascot = Marty the Mustang

|free_label2 = Sports Class

|free_text2 = 6A

|address = 254 Springhill Road

|location = Soso, Mississippi 39443

|country = United States

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|website = {{URL|http://www.jones.k12.ms.us/wjh/}}

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West Jones High School, the "Home of the Mustangs," is a public school in Laurel, Mississippi, part of the Jones County School District. The school provides education to grades 7{{ndash}}12.

The school was named the state's Tech Prep Exemplary Site for 1975{{ndash}}2003 by the Tech Prep Exemplary Site Selection Committee.[http://www.mde.k12.ms.us/OVTE/TECHPREP/02_03_Exemplary_Site.html 02-03 Tech Prep Exemplary Site]

The school is one of the biggest located in Jones County hosting around fourteen hundred students. Such large numbers have seen the school renovate several times, with the Performing Arts Center, a new cafeteria, and new technology systems all being constructed within the last several years.

In the 2012{{ndash}}2013 school year, West Jones High School was classified as a "High Performing School" by the Mississippi Department of Education.

WJH is home to Lake Lotta Hockey, the best crappie lake in Mississippi. Several crappie tournaments are hosted at Lake Lotta Hockey throughout the year. Skidd's Lakeside Restaurant #1 is an American restaurant located on campus, on the banks of Lake Lotta Hockey.