The A Mountain Empire District is a high school conference of the Virginia High School League

Virginia High School League

The Virginia High School League is the arbiter of interscholastic competition among public high schools in the Commonwealth of Virginia. Unlike similar organizations in many other states, private or religious schools are prohibited from joining. Non-public schools belong to other organizations,...

 which draws its members from Southwest Virginia, west of the Roanoke

Roanoke, Virginia

Roanoke is an independent city in the Mid-Atlantic U.S. state of Virginia and is the tenth-largest city in the Commonwealth. It is located in the Roanoke Valley of the Roanoke Region of Virginia. The population within the city limits was 97,032 as of 2010...

 metropolitan area.

The schools in the Mountain Empire District compete in A Region C

A Region C

Region C is one of the four A regions of the Virginia High School League. It is made up of four districts: the A Hogoheegee District, the A Mountain Empire District, the A Pioneer District, and the A Three Rivers District. The region stretches from the Alleghany Highlands to most of Southwest...

 with the schools of the A Hogoheegee District

A Hogoheegee District

The A Hogoheegee District is a high school conference of the Virginia High School League which draws its members from Southwest Virginia, many from the Bristol, Virginia area of the United States...

, the A Pioneer District

A Pioneer District

The A Pioneer District is a high school conference in the state of Virginia that comprises high schools located west of the southern Shenandoah Valley...

 and the A Three Rivers District

A Three Rivers District

The A Three Rivers District is a high school conference of the Virginia High School League which draws most of its members from the New River Valley. The lone exception is Glenvar High School, which is located in western Roanoke County. The district is named for the New River, Roanoke River, and...

. Mount Rogers is one of the two remaining consolidated K-12 schools in Virginia, due to its position at the extreme western end of Grayson County

Grayson County, Virginia

As of the census of 2000, there were 17,917 people, 7,259 households, and 5,088 families residing in the county. The population density was 40 people per square mile . There were 9,123 housing units at an average density of 21 per square mile...

 making it inadvisable to consolidate it into Grayson County High School. Its enrollment is typically around 25-30 students in grades 9-12, and so its participation in VHSL team activities will be sporadic. Pocahontas High School used to be in the Mountain Empire District but the school closed its doors at the end of the 2007-2008 academic year. Graham High School (G-Men) of Bluefield, VA will enter the district in 2011.

Member schools

• Bland High School of Bland, Virginia*
• Fort Chiswell High School of Max Meadows, Virginia
• Galax high school
  Galax high school
  Galax High School is a high school located in the independent city of Galax, Virginia, United States.- Extra curricular activities :Galax High School participates in baseball, basketball, band, cheerleading, cross country, football, golf, soccer, softball, tennis, track, volleyball, and...
  
   of Galax, Virginia
• Grayson County High School of Independence, Virginia
• Mount Rogers High School of White Top, Virginia
• Narrows High School of Narrows, Virginia
• Rocky Gap High School of Rocky Gap, Virginia*
• Graham High School of Bluefield, VA (2011)
  • Bland High School and Rocky Gap High School play as one team in interscholastic sports, but not in academics.