Port Washington High School (Wisconsin)

This article is about the high school in Port Washington, Wisconsin. For the high school in Port Washington, New York, see Paul D. Schreiber Senior High School.

Port Washington High School
Address
427 West Jackson Street Port Washington, Wisconsin 53074  United States
Coordinates	43.3901°N 87.8777°W / 43.3901; -87.8777
Information
Type	Public secondary
Motto	"Home of the Pirates" "The School That Maher Built"
School district	Port Washington-Saukville School District
Superintendent	Mel Nettesheim
Principal	Rachel Biertzer
Teaching staff	57.13 (FTE)[1]
Grades	9–12
Enrollment	804 (2023–2024)[1]
Student to teacher ratio	14.07[1]
Color(s)	Green, Black, and White
Athletics conference	North Shore Conference
Nickname	Pirates
Website	www.pwssd.k12.wi.us

Port Washington High School is a public secondary high school in the city of Port Washington, Wisconsin and a part of the Port Washington-Saukville School District. The enrollment during the 2022–23 school year was 825.

Eric Burke served as the principal until February 2020. In March 2020 Thad Gabrielse became the principal.[2] Rachel Biertzer has served as principal since the 2022-23 school year.[3][4]

Athletics

Port Washington High School participates in the North Shore Conference. PWHS won state championships in boys' cross country in 1933, 1956, 1957 and 1960, and in boys’ basketball in 1936.[5]

Alumni

• A. Manette Ansay, author
• Tyler Beach, NFL football guard for the Pittsburgh Steelers[6]
• Ray Buivid, former NFL football player and college football All-American
• John DeMerit, former MLB baseball player and World Series champion
• Alex Dieringer, state champion wrestler; NCAA champion while at Oklahoma State University;[7][8] 2016 Dan Hodge Trophy Winner[9]
• Josh Gasser, Wisconsin Gatorade Player of the Year;[10] Big Ten All–Defensive team (2012, 2014, 2015)[11]
• George Klassen, baseball player in the Los Angeles Angels organization[12]

References

1. "Port Washington High". National Center for Education Statistics. Retrieved December 16, 2024.
2. "District makes quick work of hiring new PWHS principal". Ozaukee Press. 2020-03-11. Retrieved 2020-11-12.
3. "Port Washington-Saukville School District - Meet the Administration".
4. "District finds PWHS principal finalists close to home". 23 March 2022.
5. 2019 State Cross Country Meet Souvenir Program. Wisconsin Rapids, WI: Wisconsin Interscholastic Athletic Association. November 2, 2019. p. 25.
6. "Tyler Beach (G): Bio, News, Stats & more".
7. "Alex D. OSU Bio".
8. "Multiple Time NCAA Champs - D1 College Wrestling". www.d1collegewrestling.net. Retrieved 2019-07-31.
9. "Dieringer presented 2016 Dan Hodge Trophy". WIN Magazine: Wrestling News. 2016-04-29. Retrieved 2019-07-31.
10. sports, Madison com (18 March 2010). "UW recruit Gasser named Gatorade state Player of the Year". madison.com. Retrieved 2019-07-31.
11. "Big Ten Conference All-Defensive Winner". College Basketball at Sports-Reference.com. Retrieved 2019-07-31.
12. "George Klassen - Baseball". University of Minnesota Athletics.