Facilities
The school is attached to a YMCA branch with weight room, gymnasium with two full basketball courts, two racquetball courts, and a swimming pool which is available for use by both the public and West gym classes. The swimming pool was existing and taken over by the Y when it was built in 2003.
The school's gymnasium has two full basketball courts as well as a weight training room. The gymnasium floor was recently resurfaced as a part of ongoing renovations.
The school has a practice football field and track on campus along with a separate field used by the band. The school shares district-owned Brady Street Stadium with Davenport Central and North for football and track and field events. Soccer games are held at city-owned Davenport Soccer Complex. Golf meets are held at nearby city-owned Emeis Municipal Golf Course. Baseball and Softball games are held at the district-owned West High Sports Complex, an off campus baseball park that was built as a part of the ongoing renovations district-wide.
The school's cafeteria was remodeled in 2006 to bring it to a style similar to the food court style being used by Davenport North High School, which received national recognition when it was featured on ABC's 20-20. The "Falcon's Perch" features a variety of food choices, a variety of café style beverages, round tables, and automatic compacting trash cans. Members of the school's Student Senate worked with architects toward the end of the previous year to help design the look and feel of the new cafeteria, according to the Beak 'n' Eye, the school newspaper.
The library was moved from the upstairs of the building to the main level into a newly renovated media center in 2001. The new library has four computer labs as well.
The building offices were remodeled in 2001 as well as the main entrance.
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