Its previous location was the Carl C. Gianotti Jr. High School on Main Street, a building now used as a residential complex.

Before that, it was on the corner of Center Street and Union Avenue, a building since used as a grammar school and senior housing.

West Haven High School athletic facilities include Ken Strong Stadium (an artificial turf football field and track), an enclosed ice skating rink, indoor gymnasium and swimming pool, tennis courts, and baseball and softball fields.

West Haven High is part of the Southern Connecticut Conference, Quinnipiac Division,[2] for athletics.

In wrestling, they share a co-op team with Platt Regional Vocational Technical School, which competes in the Constitution State Conference.