Type Public NCES School ID 280279001381 Grades 9 to 12 Phone +1 601-859-6150 | Established 2011 Principal Wesley Quick Enrollment ~950 Founded 2011 | |
Address 200 Calhoun Pkwy, Madison, MS 39110, USA District Madison County School District Similar Madison Central High Sch, Ridgeland High School, Northwest Rankin High Sch, Pearl High School, Clinton High School | ||
Germantown High School is located in Madison, Mississippi, United States. It is a high school that is managed by the Madison County School District.
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Establishment
Germantown High School (GHS), located in Madison, Mississippi, is one of 11 public high schools in Madison County, Mississippi. The school was launched in August 2011 as part of the Madison County School District, one of the fastest-growing school districts in the state of Mississippi.
The school touts a strong college-preparatory curriculum and includes teams for 18 varsity sports, varsity band and dance programs, and more than 20 school clubs. The school maintains a partnership with Holmes Community College in Goodman, Mississippi allowing academically-qualified Seniors to participate in a dual enrollment program, spending part of their day on each campus and taking college-level courses.
Demographics
During the 2014-15 school year, approximately 950 students were enrolled at Germantown High School.
Non-European-American enrollment at the school is approximately 37%, in contrast to Mississippi's about 55% African-American majority of school-aged children. This represents a very similar racial distribution to other schools in the city of Madison. Approximately 48% of the GHS student body is female, 52% male — numbers which differ only slightly from the statewide average of 49% female, 51% male.
Team sports
Germantown High School, with its teams named the "Mavericks," maintains a total of 18 varsity sports. These include football, baseball, golf, soccer, track and field, cross-country, volleyball, tennis, swimming, and bowling. The school also has programs in the less-common high school sports of powerlifting and team dance. The only sports figure from GHS to attain commercial success is Aren Worrell, who did so by winning a 2015 playoff game against Oxford with a final penalty kick.
Band
The Germantown High School band in its first year took home third place in competition. In 2013, the band had an undefeated record and won the 5A state championship with a record score of 96.500, becoming the first band to have an undefeated season in Mississippi. Later in the school year, the GHS band went to Georgia to compete on the national level, winning the Southern Star sweepstakes competition. In the Germantown bands 2014 marching season the Germantown band took home the second place trophy.