Elkins High School is a public high school located in Elkins, West Virginia

Elkins, West Virginia

Elkins is a city in Randolph County, West Virginia, United States. The community was incorporated in 1890 and named in honor of Stephen Benton Elkins , a U.S. Senator from West Virginia. The population was 7,032 at the 2000 census. It is the county seat of Randolph County...

. The school serves students ranging from grades 9 through 12.
The school has an enrollment of 933 students as of September, 2009. This makes it the 30th largest school by enrollment in the state, and the second largest (Behind Buckhannon-Upshur High School

Buckhannon-Upshur High School

Buckhannon-Upshur High School is a high school located in Buckhannon, West Virginia, United States with approximately 1,200 students. It is located at 50 B-U Drive, about two miles south of Buckhannon city limits. The school offers grades 9-12, and serves all of Upshur County with the exception...

) within 70 miles (112.7 km).

Mr. David Fincham serves as principal of Elkins High School.

History

The current building was constructed at a cost of $13.7 million by the site of the existing Randolph Vocational Technical Center, Midland Elementary School and adjacent to the Elkins-Randolph County Regional Airport. The architect, SEM Partners, created a two story building of over 160000 square feet (14,864.5 m²). It opened for the 1993-1994 school year under the name, Forest Hills High School. The following year 1994-1995 the town petitioned to have the name of the school changed back to Elkins High School. The school reopened for the 1994 school year as the Elkins High School Fighting Tigers.

Academics

The teachers and administration at EHS promote and reward students for academics and attendance. Not only does EHS offer basic classes but also offers a large variety of Advanced Placement courses, Dual Credit courses and many other classes. Students who attend EHS also have the opportunity to take Vocational classes at the connected Randolph Technical Center (RTC) and College courses. Although not offered every year, EHS, along with the RTC offers 132 courses, six of which are Advanced Placement courses (Music, English Literature and Language, Calculus AB, US History and Government and Politics).

As of 2009, the college going rate is 69.1%, much higher than the state average (61.5%).

Interscholastic Athletics

Athletics are also a big part of the student life at EHS. The school is classified AAA, the highest classification, by the West Virginia Secondary School Activities Commission. EHS fields 19 separate teams in every officially sanctioned WVSSAC sport.

The school competed in the NCAC (North Central Athletic Conference) from 1986 until the 2009-2010 school year. It will return to the Big 10 conference for the 2010-2011 school year. It offers baseball, boy's and girl's basketball, cheerleading, boy's and girl's cross country, football, golf, boy's and girl's soccer, softball, boy's and girl's swimming, boy's and girl's tennis, boy's and girl's track, girl's volleyball and wrestling.

Venues

Baseball, basketball, cheerleading, track, volleyball and wrestling hold their home contests on the EHS campus. The football team practices and plays their games at the historic Wimer Field, located at the former campus of Elkins High School in South Elkins. The cross country, swimming and tennis teams hold their home contests on the campus of Davis and Elkins College. The soccer team practices at EHS but plays their matches at Riverbend Park, also in south Elkins, maintained by the Elkins Park & Recreation Commission. The field was one of the first soccer-only fields in the state to be fitted with lights. The golf team hosts its home matches at Elk's Golf Course, located three miles (5 km) south of EHS. The softball team plays in renovated fields behind the Elkins Middle School.

State Champions and Runner Ups

Elkins High School athletes hold individual and team state titles in numerous sports. The following are the team titles provided by the WVSSAC

State Champions

• Boy's Basketball (1914, 1926, 1935)
• Boy's Cross Country (1978, 1979)
• Girl's Cross Country (1986, 2001)
• Football (1928)
• Girl's Soccer (2005)
• Tennis (2010)

State Runners Up

• Baseball (1990)
• Boy's Basketball (1934, 1936, 1950)
• Girl's Basketball (1982)
• Boy's Cross Country (1980, 1981)
• Girl's Cross Country (1985, 1998, 2002)
• Girl's Soccer (2004)