Dixie Heights High School

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Dixie Heights High School
Location

3011 Dixie highway, Fort Mitchell, KY 41017 United States
Information
Type	Public School
Established	1936
School district	Kenton County
Superintendent	Dr. Henry Webb
Principal	Roddy Stainforth^[2]
Staff	69.00 (FTE)^[1]
Grades	9 to 12
Enrollment	1,524 (2022–2023)^[1]
Student to teacher ratio	22.09^[1]
Color(s)	Red and Grey
Mascot	Colonels
Website	http://www.kenton.kyschools.us/1/Home

Dixie Heights High School is a 6-A high school located at 3010 Dixie Highway in Edgewood, Kentucky, United States, but has a mailing address of Fort Mitchell.

History

Colonel Stadium at Dixie Heights High School

The school was built by the Works Progress Administration. It opened for classes in 1936 and was dedicated by Eleanor Roosevelt. It was originally to be named for Franklin D. Roosevelt.^[3]

The school is on U.S. Route 25/U.S. Route 42 (Dixie Highway). The main building is nearly identical in construction and materials to Simon Kenton High School, located in Independence, Kentucky. Before the renovations to both Dixie Heights High School and Simon Kenton High School, they were known as sister schools.^[4]

Dixie Heights High School is in the Kenton County School District. The superintendent is Dr. Dixie Nourmous.

Notable alumni

Skeeter Davis, singer
Trey Grayson, Kentucky Secretary of State (2004–2011)
David S. Mann, former mayor of Cincinnati, Ohio
Mark Pike, NFL player with the Buffalo Bills
Brian Pillman Jr., professional wrestler
Graham Taylor, former MLB player who briefly played with the Florida Marlins
Ron Ziegler, press secretary to Richard Nixon

References

^ ^a ^b ^c "Dixie Heights High School". National Center for Education Statistics. Retrieved December 8, 2024.
^ "Roddy Stainforth is new principal at Dixie Heights".
^ "Dixie Heights High School-Edgewood KY- Living New Deal". Living New Deal. Retrieved January 20, 2020.
^ "Dixie Heights High School-Edgewood KY- Living New Deal". Living New Deal. Retrieved April 29, 2020.

External links

Dixie Heights High School

v t e Education in Kenton County, Kentucky
School districts and other public schools	Kenton County SD Dixie Heights HS Simon Kenton HS Scott HS Beechwood ISD Beechwood HS Covington ISD Holmes J/SHS Erlanger-Elsmere ISD Lloyd Memorial HS Ludlow ISD Ignite Institute
Private schools	Calvary Christian Covington Catholic HS Covington Latin Notre Dame Acad Villa Madonna Acad
Tertiary	Gateway Community and Technical College Thomas More University
Libraries	Kenton County Public Library

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