Rockingham County High School

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Rockingham County High School

Coordinates: 36°23′42″N 79°45′21″W / 36.395137°N 79.7558674°W

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Rockingham County High School
Address

180 High School Road Reidsville, North Carolina 27320 United States
Coordinates	36°23′42″N 79°45′21″W / 36.395137°N 79.7558674°W / 36.395137; -79.7558674
Information
Established	1952 (72 years ago) (1952)
School board	Rockingham County Schools
CEEB code	344250
Principal	Russel Vernon
Teaching staff	50.53 (FTE)^[1]
Grades	9–12
Enrollment	882 (2022–23)^[1]
Student to teacher ratio	17.45^[1]
Color(s)	Silver and black
Mascot	Cougar
Website	rockinghamhigh.org

Rockingham County High School (RCHS) is located in Wentworth, North Carolina. It is located near Rockingham County Middle School, which feeds into the high school.

Academics

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Many classes have optional honors credits and the school offers AP credit in the following courses: Biology, Calculus, Language and Composition, Literature and Composition, World History, and U.S. History.

Demographics

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62.7% of students are White, 19.8% of students are African-American, and 17.5% of students are of other ethnicities.^[2]

Athletics

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RCHS is currently a member of the North Carolina High School Athletic Association and competes in the 3-A Mid-State Conference. Their biggest rivals are Reidsville High School (a class 2-A school) and Morehead High School (an in-conference class 3-A school), both of which are also operated by Rockingham County Schools. The school currently fields teams in these sports:^[3]

Fall: Cross country, football, cheerleading, men's soccer, football, women's golf, women's tennis, women's volleyball

Winter: Men's basketball, Women's basketball, basketball cheerleading, swimming, wrestling

Spring: Baseball, men's golf, men's tennis, track & field , women's soccer, and softball

Rockingham's baseball team won the state championship in 1996. In the winters of 2002 and 2003, the women's basketball team fell in back-to-back state finals games. The men's and women's golf teams combined have had 11 state championship appearances since 2006. In 2015, 2016, 2017, and 2018, Rockingham County's women's golf team won the state championship. In 2017, Hailey Joy won the women's golf individual state title with a two round score of 145.

Notable alumni

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Mel Gibson, former NBA player
Jennifer King, first full-time black female coach in NFL history
Bryan Mitchell, former MLB pitcher
John Settle, college football coach, former NFL running back and Pro Bowl selection in 1988
Greg Wittman, former professional basketball player^[4]
BJ Barham, front man of American Aquarium

References

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^ ^a ^b ^c "Rockingham County High". National Center for Education Statistics. Retrieved June 27, 2024.
^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on April 18, 2016. Retrieved May 13, 2016.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
^ "Rockingham County High | Teams". Archived from the original on December 18, 2010. Retrieved December 9, 2010.
^ DraftExpress - Greg Wittman. Retrieved May 10, 2020.

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