Traverse City West Senior High is a nationally recognized public high school in Traverse City, Michigan, located at 5376 N. There are three small learning communities within the larger West structure in which all students have been placed into one of three neighborhoods; Athens, Olympia, or Sparta. West students are given the option to dual enroll and attend classes at Northwestern Michigan College. In addition to the dual enrollment program, a wide variety of honors and 16 College Board Advanced Placement classes are offered as well as career and technical education programs. Traverse City Area Public Schools (TCAPS) offers a comprehensive PreK-12 curriculum with
an enrollment approximately 9,000 students throughout a 300-mile geographic area and nearly 1,300 teaching and support staff. District school facilities include 12 elementary schools, two middle schools, two high schools, and an alternative high school. The school was originally built as a solution to the overcrowding at Traverse City Senior High School, which was Michigan's largest high school prior to the split. In 1997, Traverse City Senior High was split by the school district into two distinct high schools. The newly constructed Traverse City West Senior High School was opened, while the original high school facility was renamed as Traverse City Central High School. The name of Traverse City Senior High was discontinued at that time. Since that time, West Senior High's enrollment has encompassed students living west of Division Street. Traverse City West is one of three public high schools in Traverse City, hosting more than 1500 students each year.
