Kathleen Bee's design of a log cabin with a rising sun was declared the winner.

Eventually, classrooms were added on to the building, resulting in the high school being relocated there in 1957.

This wing housed new classrooms and science labs, a new auditorium, and a new room for the school's strings program.

WHS competes in the Single A level in West Virginia High School sports.

In the 2014 football season, Williamstown made it to Class “A” State Championship against 13-0 and tournament #1 overall seed St. Marys Blue Devils.

This ended the game at a score of 33–32 and gave Williamstown their second football state title in their history.

In 2016, they were defeated by eventual state runners-up East Hardy, and graduated many of their starting players from that year's team.

2017 was the worst year for Williamstown football under Coach Smith, as the team struggled all season to a 5–4 record, barely making the playoffs as the lowest seed (#16) and losing in the first round to #1 seed East Hardy by a respectable score of 14–10.

In 2022, the #2 Williamstown Yellow Jackets faced off against the #1 James Monroe Mavericks in the Class "A" State Championship.

In 2023, following a 13-0 undefeated season, the #3 Yellow Jackets faced off against the #4 Greenbrier West Cavaliers, winning the game and their 4th state title In 2021, the Williamstown boys' basketball team won the LKC Class "A" championship for the first time since 1962.