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Wheelersburg High School
Address
Map
800 Pirate Drive

Wheelersburg
,
Ohio
45694

United States
Coordinates38°43′20″N 82°50′48″W / 38.7222222°N 82.8466667°W / 38.7222222; -82.8466667
Information
TypePublic high school
School districtWheelersburg Local School District
NCES School ID390496603667[1]
PrincipalChris Porter
Teaching staff22.00 (on an FTE basis)[1]
Grades9-12
Enrollment386 (2018-19)[1]
Student to teacher ratio17.55[1]
Color(s)Orange and black   [2]
Athletics conferenceSouthern Ohio Conference - Division II[2]
MascotPirates[2]
Websitewww.burg.k12.oh.us
A view of construction on the new Wheelersburg (K-12) School from the current high school parking lot.

Wheelersburg High School (WHS) is a public high school in Wheelersburg, Ohio, United States. It is the only high school in the Wheelersburg Local School District, which is located in Porter Township along the northern bank of the Ohio River in Southern Ohio. Wheelersburg's mascot is the Pirates and their school colors are orange and black.

The district is bordered by the Bloom-Vernon Local School District and the Minford Local School District to the north along Ohio 140, the Green Local School District to the east along U.S. 52 and Ohio 522 (before entering Lawrence County), and the Portsmouth City School District to the west.

Students entered a new K-12 academic building during the 2008–2009 school year.

Academics

Wheelersburg High School won the Ohio Academic Competition in 1985 and 1986.[3] The school also won the 1984 National Academic Championship.[4]

For the past five years, the Wheelersburg High School has received an "Excellent" rating on the State of Ohio's Local Report Card.[5]

Athletics

There are ten school districts and eleven high schools in Scioto County along with one parochial school as well as several private and community schools.[6] The school's athletic affiliation is with the Ohio High School Athletic Association (OHSAA) and the Southern Ohio Conference (SOC), which has seventeen member schools and is divided into two divisions (SOC I & SOC II) based on the schools' enrollment. The SOC includes teams from four different Ohio counties - Jackson County (Oak Hill High School), Lawrence County (Saint Joseph Central High School and Symmes Valley High School), Pike County (Waverly High School, Eastern High School, and Western High School), and Scioto County (Clay High School, Green High School, Glenwood High School, Sciotoville Community School, Valley High School, Northwest High School, Minford High School, Portsmouth West High School, Notre Dame High School, South Webster High School, and Wheelersburg High School).[7]

See also Ohio High School Athletic Conferences and the Southern Ohio Conference

Notable alumni

References

  1. ^ a b c d "Search for Public Schools - Burns High School (390496603667)". National Center for Education Statistics. Institute of Education Sciences. Retrieved March 19, 2021.
  2. ^ a b c OHSAA. "OHSAA Member School Info". Retrieved 2007-05-10.
  3. ^ OAC. "Ohio Academic Competition". Archived from the original on 2007-09-27. Retrieved 2007-05-22.
  4. ^ QuestionsUnlimited. "National Academic Champions". Retrieved 2007-07-02.
  5. ^ "District Local Report Card Information".
  6. ^ Ohio Department of Development. "Ohio County Profiles: Scioto County" (PDF). Retrieved 2007-05-11.
  7. ^ Southern Ohio Conference (January 2018). "Southern Ohio Conference Constitution and By-laws".
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