West Lutheran High School is a co-educational secondary school

Secondary school

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 located in Plymouth, Minnesota

Plymouth, Minnesota

As of the census of 2000, there were 65,894 people, 24,820 households, and 17,647 families residing in the city. The population density was 2,002.0 persons per square mile . There were 25,258 housing units at an average density of 767.4 per square mile...

, a suburb of the Twin Cities

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. It is operated by 20 Lutheran congregations belonging to the Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod

Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod

The Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod is a North American Confessional Lutheran denomination of Christianity. Characterized as theologically conservative, it was founded in 1850 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. As of 2008, it had a baptized membership of over 389,364 in more than 1,290 congregations,...

 and the Evangelical Lutheran Synod

Evangelical Lutheran Synod

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. It is accredited by the Minnesota Nonpublic School Accrediting Association (MNSAA).

The school was opened in 1979 in temporary quarters. A permanent facility was established in 1996. It serves grades 9-12 and has a student body of 193.