School type Public, High School Phone +1 919-494-2332 Mascot Red Rams | CEEB code 341375 Number of students 1,060 | |
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Motto "A Tradition of Excellence" Established 1907 (as all-graded school) School board Franklin County Schools School district Franklin County School District Address 910 Cedar Creek Rd, Franklinton, NC 27525, USA | ||
Franklinton High School is a public school for secondary education located near Franklinton, North Carolina, United States, about 4 miles (6.4 kilometres) southeast of the town. It serves the rapidly expanding southeastern areas of Franklin County and has seen significant growth in the past several years. The new campus was constructed in 2010 to replace the old high school that was built in the town of Franklinton in 1923. The new high school currently serves grades 9 through 12 for students residing in the Franklinton and Youngsville areas. There was originally a high school located in Youngsville, but it merged with Franklinton in 1978. Their old building is now known as Youngsville Elementary School. The new Franklinton High School was opened to students on August 25, 2011 to start the 2011-2012 school year.
Contents
Franklinton High School is three floors although the building is situated on an incline. The lower level (downhill side) primarily consists of the cafeteria, auditorium, gymnasium and trade wing including art, music, technology, shop and agrictulture. All of the sports fields are also on the downhill side heading towards Cedar Creek. Two floors are on the upper level (uphill side) which consist of the administrative offices and library along with the English, math, science, social studies and foreign language wings.
History
The old high school initially started as a graded school for white students in 1924, first known as Franklinton Public School. When schools were fully integrated in 1969, the upper grades were consolidated with B.F. Person-Albion High School which had educated African-American students. The lower grades were moved to that school and was renamed Franklinton Elementary School. Franklinton Public School became Franklinton High School. From 1969 until 2011, Franklinton High School included grades 6 through 12 before the new building was constructed.
First state high school athletic title
A North Carolina state high school athletic title in any varsity sport, boys and girls, has proved quite elusive for Franklinton High School Red Rams athletics. In the 90 years since the old high school first opened in 1924, as well as the former B.F. Person-Albion High School before integration, a state high school athletic title was never able to be achieved at Franklinton. The first ever came on May 10, 2014 when Franklinton High School senior Charity Snelling won the North Carolina High School Athletic Association state title by clearing a bar at 5 feet 5 inches (1.65 meters) in Class 2A girls' high jump for varsity track and field. Her coach was the late Trent Sanders, who died on September 11, 2014.
Franklinton High School will move to the 3A classification in the 2017-2018 school year and will compete in a newly formed conference with schools in Nash and Wilson County.