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Halifax County High School

Field	Value
name	Halifax County High School
image	Halifax County High School.jpg
motto	"Where Comets Take Flight"
location	High School Circle
South Boston, VA 24592
country	United States
type	Public high school
established	1979
district	Halifax County Public Schools
faculty	130.50 (on FTE basis)
grades	9–12
ratio	11.39
conference	VSHL
AAA Northwest Region
Piedmont District
rival	Person County High School
website
enrollment	1,487 (2018–19)
teamname	Comets
colors	Light Blue and White

South Boston, VA 24592 AAA Northwest Region Piedmont District George Washington High School

Halifax County High School is a public high school located in South Boston, Virginia, United States. It is located less than 2 mi from Halifax County Middle School. Having 2,319 students currently enrolled in the 2017–18 school year, there are 118 faculty members with a 15.1 student/teacher ratio.

Demographics

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.

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 African American (937), 47% are White (861), and 1% are Hispanic (25).

Athletics

Halifax High competes in the Virginia High School League's 4a Region, and are in the Piedmont 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 & JV/ Varsity cheerleading

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

Halifax County High School is equipped with two football fields, one soccer field, one field for baseball, and a basketball arena.

Notable alumni

Robert "Bootie" Barker, NASCAR PIT Crew Chief
Jeb Burton, NASCAR Camping World Truck Series driver
Alonzo Coleman, former NFL player
Terry Davis, Former NBA center
Tyrone Davis, former NFL player
Earl Ferrell, former NFL player
Adam Page, current professional wrestler signed to All Elite Wrestling
Jeremy Jeffress, Former MLB player (Milwaukee Brewers, Kansas City Royals)
Don Testerman, former NFL player
Tisha Waller is an American athlete who participated in the 1996 Summer Olympics and 2004 Summer Olympics
Barry Word, former NFL player
Andrew Abbott, current MLB pitcher for the Cincinnati Reds

References

[http://www.halifax.k12.va.us/school_hchs.php?principal] {{Webarchive. link. (October 20, 2011)
"Halifax County High". National Center for Education Statistics.
[https://www.usnews.com/education/best-high-schools/virginia/districts/halifax-county-public-schools/halifax-county-high-20486 Halifax County High]
"School Information & Ratings on SchoolFinder".
(July 21, 2021). "https://t.co/R3AUow5apa".

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