Western Hills High School (WHHS) is a secondary school located in Benbrook, Texas, United States, serving the city of Benbrook, portions of western Fort Worth, and unincorporated portions of southwestern Tarrant County.
[citation needed] Western Hills was first opened on the campus of Arlington Heights High School,[3] in the fall of 1968 with around 800 students crowded into thirteen temporary buildings.
[4] In January 1969, this student body moved into its new home,[5] on the 25-acre tract in West Fort Worth at 3600 Boston Avenue.
[citation needed] The creation of General Dynamics Fort Worth Division in nearby White Settlement spurred an increased enrollment from the original 714 to 2,243 in 1972.
[6][7] In 1991, the decline of student enrollment had tapered off to 1,503, reflecting of job losses from the sale of General Dynamics' Fort Worth division to Lockheed.
The paper won the best-in-city award in its first year in a contest sponsored by the Fort Worth press.