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Danville High School (Kentucky)

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Type
  
public high school

Principal
  
Haley Ralston

Grades
  
9-12

Phone
  
+1 859-238-1308

Feeder school
  
Bate Middle School

CEEB code
  
180645

Faculty
  
78

Age
  
13 to 19

Number of students
  
500 (2013–2014)

Address
  
203 E Lexington Ave, Danville, KY 40422, USA

District
  
Danville Independent School District

Similar
  
Danville Independ Schools, Boyle County High Sch, Boyle County Middle Sc, Bate Middle School, Danville High School F

Profiles

Danville High School is a public high school serving the ninth through twelfth grades in Danville, Kentucky, USA. It is one of five schools and the only high school in the Danville School district.

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School information

The student-teacher ratio is 16, which matches the state average of 16. Spending per pupil is $9,310, higher than the state average of $7,639.

The makeup of the student body is 51% male, 49% female, 72% White, not Hispanic, 24% Black, not Hispanic, 3% Hispanic, and 1% Asian/Pacific Islander. 44% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch program.

In 2006 American College Testing (ACT) Statistics were:

  • Composite Score: 21.5
  • Math Score: 20.6
  • English Score: 21.8
  • Reading Score: 21.9
  • Science Score: 21.2
  • Athletics

    Danville High School holds a long tradition of excellence in athletics, highlighted by 10 State Football Championships, 10 State Track and Field Championships (3 Boys', 7 Girls'), a number of State Cross Country Championships, and numerous Regional and District titles. Danville High School competes in the following interscholastic sports:

    Clubs and organizations

    Students participate in the following clubs and organizations:

    Forensics

    Danville High School's forensics team is nationally recognized for its excellence. Coach Steve Meadows resurrected the team in 1994 after its founding in the late 1940s. Since that time, the team has garnered the Founder's Award at the Catholic National Forensic League National Tournament (2002), the Schwan's School of Excellence Trophy at the National Forensic League National Tournament (2007), five Kentucky High School Speech League (KHSSL) state championships (2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2012), three Kentucky Educational Speech and Drama Association (KESDA) state championships (2008, 2011, 2012), and numerous regional and invitational tournaments. In 2008, it became the only team ever in Kentucky to capture championships in all four major state contests in the same year - KHSSL, KESDA, National Forensic League (NFL) Districts, and Catholic National Forensic League (CFL) Districts. It repeated this feat in 2012. The team has produced ten CFL and NFL national finalists. The team has also produced numerous individual event state champions. It holds Chair 214 at the Barkley Forum for High Schools, a national invitational tournament in which it has excelled by producing eleven finalists since 2004.

    Notable alumni

  • Maurice Manning, poet
  • Frank X. Walker, poet
  • Ashley Gorley, songwriter and producer
  • References

    Danville High School (Kentucky) Wikipedia