Wheeling Park High School, in Wheeling, West Virginia, United States, is the only public high school serving Ohio County, West Virginia. Approximately 1,630 students in grades 9-12 attend.
The school opened for the 1976-1977 academic year following the consolidation of Wheeling, Triadelphia, and Warwood high schools.
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