It was named after the Civil War general Thomas "Stonewall" Jackson who was from Clarksburg, in what is now West Virginia.

In August 2020, following the Black Lives Matter movement, Stonewall's name was removed from the school, which is now called West Side Middle School.

In the late 1930s, Charleston High School became over-crowded so Stonewall Jackson High School was built in 1940 to accommodate the students on the West Side of Charleston.

In August 2020, following the Black Lives Matter movement, the school was renamed West Side Middle School, part of a city-wide effort to remove memorials of Confederate soldiers.

Pictorial History Stonewall Jackson High School Class of 1977 Site