Waggener High

Waggener is the proud home of inspired adults and prepared students who are empowered to use their diverse talents and personalized learning experience to benefit society.

Waggener is leading the way in the Academies of Louisville, featuring two career-focused learning communities with eight different career pathways.

A rigorous precollege curriculum complements our career pathway options with multiple opportunities to receive college credit, saving students thousands of dollars in tuition and preparing them with the experience necessary to successfully complete a college degree program.

Waggener offers robust athletics, fine arts, and extracurricular programs and integrates service learning into the curriculum.

School Highlights

• Nationally accredited Freshman Academy named Model Status through National Career Academy Coalition (NCAC)
• 15+ business partners offer field trips, mentoring, mock interviews, résumé writing, job shadows, paid internships, and apprenticeships
• Learning environment develops compassionate, tolerant, and respectful human beings who value cultural diversity and contribute to the community through service-learning opportunities
• Advanced Placement (AP) courses and dual-credit  courses through four local universities
• Opportunities to earn nationally recognized industry certification and internship experience through the University of Louisville (UofL), Western Kentucky University (WKU), Sullivan University, and Jefferson Community and Technical College (JCTC)
• Waggener graduates begin postsecondary endeavors with nationally recognized industry certification and internship experience.