Madison West High School is a comprehensive four-year high school in Madison, Wisconsin, United States, founded in 1930. Its athletics teams compete in the WIAA Big Eight Conference. Madison West serves students from three municipalities: Madison, Shorewood Hills and Fitchburg.

Academics

AP courses

Madison West's advanced placement classes include French Language and Culture, Spanish Language and Culture, Spanish Literature and Culture, German Language and Culture, U.S. Government & Politics, U.S. History, World History, Statistics, Precalculus, Calculus AB, Calculus BC, Computer Science Principles, Computer Science A, Physics 2, Chemistry, Biology, Environmental Science, and Music Theory.

Extracurricular activities

West offers multiple clubs and extracurriculars. Notable examples include: Forensics, Debate Club, Science Olympiad, Mock Trial, and DECA.

Regent Review (newspaper)

Rocket club

Madison West Rocket Club was started in 2003. In 2009, 2012, and 2019 it placed first in the American Rocketry Challenge (TARC) national finals. In 2020, the club submitted a proposal to the Ken Sousa Memorial Grant Contest to study the effects of space flight on organisms by sending slime molds into suborbital flight. The club completed Project Ariadne, putting slime mold through the stress of going on a suborbital flight and studying its ability to solve mazes and develop pathways competing in the 2020 NASA Student Launch Challenge. The club is currently working on the American Rocketry Challenge and Rockets For Schools, where they have regularly placed at finals.

Science Olympiad

The Madison West Science Olympiad team began in 1985. The West team placed in the top 10 in the national tournament in three consecutive years from 1989 to 1991, placing 2nd in 1989. The team also finished first in the state tournament in 2012 and 2013. From 1989 to 2019 the Madison West team won state 19 times, placed second 15 times, and were invited to the national tournament 24 times.

Math team

The Madison West Math Team took first place in the 2015 state math meet. In 2016, they took first in the state math meet, the Wisconsin Math League, and the International Online "Purple Comet! Math Meet" for Wisconsin (20th in the U.S.).

Athletics

Madison West's athletic teams are known as the Regents, and compete in the Wisconsin Interscholastic Athletic Association's Big Eight Conference. The Regents have won a WIAA-record 92 state championships.

Notable incidents

In October 2019, a security assistant was fired after using the n-word by telling a student not to use it. This led to a walkout, and following the walkout the firing was rescinded and he was back at the school.

Notable alumni