Covington High School is a public secondary school in Covington, Virginia

Covington, Virginia

Covington is an independent city in the U.S. state of Virginia, located at the confluence of Jackson River and Dunlap Creek. It is in Alleghany County where it is also the county seat. The population was 5,961 in 2010. The Bureau of Economic Analysis combines the city of Covington with Alleghany...

, United States. It is part of Covington City Public Schools and is located on 530 South Lexington Avenue.

School Information

Covington High School is the sole high school for Covington City in the Alleghany Highlands, and is one of the smallest high schools in Virginia. Unlike most larger school districts whose high schools enroll 9th-12th graders, Covington holds students from the 8th grade through 12th grade.

Demographics

Covington High School in 2005-2006 was 79% White; 20% Black, and 5% Asian, 5% Hispanic.

Enrollment History

School Year	Number of Students
1995–1996	376 (294 in 9-12)
1996–1997	363 (305 in 9-12)
1997–1998	356 (282 in 9-12)
1998–1999	355 (273 in 9-12)
1999–2000	337 (269 in 9-12)
2000–2001	362 (276 in 9-12)
2001–2002	362 (295 in 9-12)
2002–2003	359 (272 in 9-12)
2003–2004	375 (292 in 9-12)
2004–2005	352 (284 in 9-12)
2005–2006	350 (277 in 9-12)

Test scores

Covington High School is a fully accredited high school based on the Standards of Learning

Standards of Learning

Standards of Learning ' is a public school standardized testing program in the Commonwealth of Virginia. It sets forth learning and achievement expectations for core subjects for grades K-12 in Virginia's Public Schools...

 tests in Virginia.

Athletics

The mascot

Mascot

The term mascot – defined as a term for any person, animal, or object thought to bring luck – colloquially includes anything used to represent a group with a common public identity, such as a school, professional sports team, society, military unit, or brand name...

 is a Cougar and the sports teams currently play in 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 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...

. The Cougars have won two state titles in football, the 1942 Class B state championship and the 1984 Virginia High School League Group A state championship.

Before the late 1970s, Covington was an AA school participating in the AA Blue Ridge District

AA Blue Ridge District

The AA Blue Ridge District is a district in the Region III of the Virginia High School League. The district is named for the Blue Ridge Mountains, which are nearby all of the schools. From the late 1980s through the early 2000s, the district steadily grew as four schools dropped in classification...

.