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Lexington Senior High School (North Carolina)

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Type
  
Public

School district
  
Lexington City Schools

Grades
  
9-12

District
  
Lexington City Schools

Number of students
  
796

Motto
  
Be Somebody

Staff
  
57

Phone
  
+1 336-242-1574

Mascot
  
Yellow Jackets

Principal
  
Monique Studevent Curry

Address
  
26 Penry St, Lexington, NC 27292, USA

Lexington Senior High School is a public high school in Lexington, North Carolina, United States.

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Demographics

Enrolled in the 2009-2010 school year were 796 students.

  • 239 White
  • 385 African American
  • 105 Latino
  • 1 Native American
  • 49 Asian
  • 17 Other
  • Full-time Teachers: 57
  • Student/Teacher Ratio: 13.9
  • Using federal government guidelines, 69% of the students were eligible for free or reduced-price lunches.

    Spending

    The Lexington City Schools spends $8,631 per pupil in current expenditures. The district spends 62% on instruction, 32% on support services, 6% on other elementary and secondary expenditures.

    Athletics

  • NCHSAA State AA Football Champions: 1985, 1986
  • NCHSAA State AA Basketball Champions: 1988, 1995
  • NCHSAA State Men's Tennis Doubles Champions: Team 1925.
  • NCHSAA State AA Men's Tennis Doubles Champions: Individual 1987, 2001. Team 1986, 1987.
  • NCHSAA State AAA Men's Tennis Doubles Champions: 1993
  • NCHSAA State AA Men's Tennis Singles Champions: Individual 2000.
  • NCHSAA State AA Men's Tennis Doubles Champions: Individual 1985.
  • NCHSAA State AA Women's 4x100 Relay Champions: Individual 1987.
  • Alumni

  • Richard Benjamin Harrison, Jr. (1959), owner of World Famous Gold and Silver Pawn Shop in Las Vegas, Nevada and one of the stars of Pawn Stars.
  • Deems May (1987) played football for University of North Carolina and in the NFL for the San Diego Chargers and Seattle Seahawks
  • Joe McIntosh (1981) played football for North Carolina State University and in the NFL for the Detroit Lions and Atlanta Falcons
  • Christian McSpadden (2007) Plays Professional Arena Football for the Texas Stealth. Only football player in Lexington's history to receive All-County and All-Conference honors three years in a row.
  • Angie Pittman (1987) played professional football for Carolina Cougars
  • John Skipper (1974) President of ESPN and co-chair of Disney Media Networks Started January 1 2012.
  • References

    Lexington Senior High School (North Carolina) Wikipedia