Wheat Ridge High School

Wheat Ridge High School is a public secondary school operated by the Jefferson County School District R-1 in Wheat Ridge, Colorado, United States.

Athletics
State championship titles:
 * Baseball: 1992 (5A)
 * Boys' ice hockey: 2002, 2006, 2007(5A)
 * Girls' ice hockey: 2007, 2008, 2009
 * Boys' basketball: 1944 (B), 1953 (A), 1963 (AAA), 1968 (AAA), 1991 (5A)
 * Girls' basketball: 1977 (AAA), 1982 (4A)
 * Boys' cross country: 1977 (I), 1979, 1981, (I)2007
 * Girls' cross country: 1981 (I)
 * Football: 1966 (AAA), 1967 (AAA), 1973 (AAA), 1994 (4A), 1996 (4A), 2006 (4A), 2008 (4A), 2010 (4A)
 * Girls' golf: 1991 (team); Amy Root, 1991 (individual)
 * Girls' gymnastics: 1985 (III)
 * Softball: 2002 (5A), 2003 (5A), 2008 (4A), 2009 (4A), 2013 (4A)
 * Girls' soccer: 2009, 2010
 * Girls' swimming: 1987 (5A), 1988 (5A)
 * Boys' tennis: 1991 (6A)
 * Boys' track and field: 1942 (B), 1944 (B), 1945 (B), 1946 (B), 1950 (B), 1978 (AAA)
 * Girls' track and field: 1978 (AAA)
 * Girls' volleyball: 1987 (4A), 1990 (5A)
 * Marching band: 1993 (4A), 1996
 * Winter Percussion: 2004 (PSA), 2013 (PSA), 2016 (PSCA), 2017 (PSCA), 2018(PSCA)

Notable alumni

 * Don Alley, NFL player
 * Annaleigh Ashford, Broadway actress
 * Jeff Fosnes, Vanderbilt University basketball player (1972–1976), Golden State Warriors draft pick (1976), two-time NCAA Academic All-American, and Sunkist High School All-American
 * Pat Frink, NBA player (Cincinnati Royals)
 * Tim Gill, co-founder of Quark, Inc.; LGBT rights activist

Vincent Groves: American Serial Killer
 * Ray Johnson, football player
 * Annie Kunz, Olympic athlete (track and field)
 * Terry Kunz, NFL player
 * Shayla LaVeaux, adult film actress
 * Dave Logan, NFL player; football coach, radio and television host
 * Nathan Marquardt, professional mixed martial arts fighter, formerly competing in the UFC
 * Dean Reed, actor, director, singer, and songwriter
 * Freddie Steinmark, starting safety on Texas' 1969 national championship team; author of I Play to Win, published after he lost his battle to cancer in 1971
 * Don Styron, hurdler, still current world record holder in the now defunct 200 meter low hurdle race, set in 1960