Located in the borough of Wyomissing, Pennsylvania, United States, the school has approximately 900 students in grades seven through twelve.

[3] WAHS has been included in Newsweek's list of top 1,200 public high schools in the United States annually since 2006.

[6] In 1909, the Wyomissing School District was founded, and classes began being taught in a private residence.

In 1908, the district's first building was completed on Belmont Avenue and served grades 1-11 until 1922; seniors attended another area high school.

The current high school was constructed in 1940, as part of Franklin Roosevelt's depression recovery program, the Works Projects Administration.

An addition was finished in September 2006, which added several classrooms, a chorus room, and a stagecraft workshop.

The somewhat controversial renovation removed two courtyards in the school, many windows in classrooms, and part of the student parking area.