Danville High School is a public high school

High school

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 serving the ninth

Ninth grade

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 through twelfth

Twelfth grade

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 grades in Danville, Kentucky

Danville, Kentucky

Danville is a city in and the county seat of Boyle County, Kentucky, United States. The population was 16,218 at the 2010 census.Danville is the principal city of the Danville Micropolitan Statistical Area, which includes all of Boyle and Lincoln counties....

, USA

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. It is one of five schools and the only high school in the Danville School district.

School information

The student-teacher ratio

Student-teacher ratio

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is 16, which matches the state average of 16. Spending per pupil is $9,310, higher than the state average of $7,639.

The makeup of the student body is 51% male, 49% female, 72% White, not Hispanic, 24% Black, not Hispanic, 3% Hispanic, and 1% Asian/Pacific Islander. 44% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch program.

In 2006 American College Testing (ACT) Statistics were:

• Composite Score: 21.5
• Math Score: 20.6
• English Score: 21.8
• Reading Score: 21.9
• Science Score: 21.2

Athletics

Danville High School holds a long tradition of excellence in athletics, highlighted by 10 State Football Championships, 10 State Track and Field Championships (3 Boys', 7 Girls'), a number of State Cross Country Championships, and numerous Regional and District titles.
Danville High School competes in the following interscholastic sports:

Forensics

Danville High School's forensics team is nationally recognized for its excellence. Coach Steve Meadows resurrected the team in 1994 after its founding in the late 1940s. Since that time, the team has garnered the Founder's Award at the Catholic National Forensic League National Tournament (2002), the Schwan's School of Excellence Trophy at the National Forensic League National Tournament (2007), four Kentucky High School Speech League (KHSSL) state championships (2006, 2007, 2008, 2009), two Kentucky Educational Speech and Drama Association (KESDA) state championships (2008, 2011), and numerous regional and invitational tournaments. In 2008, it became the only team ever in Kentucky to capture championships in all four major state contests in the same year - KHSSL, KESDA, National Forensic League (NFL) Districts, and Catholic National Forensic League (CFL) Districts. The team has produced ten CFL and NFL national finalists. The team has also produced numerous individual event state champions. It holds Chair 214 at the Barkley Forum for High Schools, a national invitational tournament in which it has excelled by producing eleven finalists since 2004.

External links

• Danville High School
• Danville Schools