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Halifax County High School

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Type
  
Public high school

Faculty
  
118 (on FTE basis)

Enrollment
  
1,793 (as of 2012–13)

Number of students
  
1,793

Established
  
1979

Grades
  
9–12

Phone
  
+1 434-572-4977

Halifax County High School

School district
  
Halifax County Public Schools

Address
  
High School Cir, South Boston, VA 24592, USA

District
  
Halifax County Public Schools

Motto
  
"Where Comets Become Stars"

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Halifax County High School is a public high school located in South Boston, Virginia. It is located less than 2 miles from Halifax County Middle School. Having 1,793 students currently enrolled in the 2012–13 school year, there are 118 faculty members with a 15.1 student/teacher ratio. At Halifax County High, students have the opportunity to take Advanced Placement course work and testing. Halifax county high school is equipped with two football fields, one soccer field, one field for baseball, and a basketball arena. Halifax County high school currently runs on the semester system. The student body makeup is 49 percent male and 51 percent female, and the total minority enrollment is 51 percent. Halifax County High is the only high school in the Halifax County Public Schools. Halifax County High School has an 82.2 percent on-time graduation rate and a 2.1 percent drop out rate.

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The school is a part of Halifax County Public Schools and, in athletics, the AAA Northwest Region of the Virginia High School League.

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Academics

Halifax County High School is a comprehensive high school for grades 9–12, and the only high school in Halifax County Public Schools. Of the 1,827 students in the school, 51% are black (937), 47% are white (861), and 1% are Hispanic (25).

Athletics

Halifax High competes in the Virginia High School League's AAA Northwest Region, and are in the Western Valley District. The school fields 16 different sports in baseball, boys' and girls' basketball, cross country, football, boys' and girls' golf, boys' and girls' soccer, softball, boys' and girls' tennis, track and field, girls' volleyball, wrestling, and swimming & diving.

Clubs and organizations

DECA, HOSA, JROTC, FFA, FBLA, FCCLA, FEA, Invisible Children, Young Democrats, Young Republicans, Teens 4 Christ, Voices, Robotics Club, National Honor Society, and Latin Club.

DECA

The DECA club prepares emerging leaders and entrepreneurs for careers in marketing, finance, hospitality and management in high schools and colleges around the globe.

Notable alumni

  • Jeremy Jeffress, Current MLB player (Milwaukee Brewers, Kansas City Royals)
  • Jeb Burton, NASCAR Camping World Truck Series driver.
  • Tisha Waller is an American athlete who participated in the 1996 Summer Olympics and 2004 Summer Olympics.
  • References

    Halifax County High School Wikipedia