Manteo High School is one of two high schools located in Dare County. The school is located on Roanoke Island

Roanoke Island

Roanoke Island is an island in Dare County near the coast of North Carolina, United States. It was named after the historical Roanoke Carolina Algonquian people who inhabited the area in the 16th century at the time of English exploration....

 at 829 Wingina Avenue, Manteo, North Carolina. Manteo was named after Chief Manteo

Manteo (Croatan)

Manteo was a Native American Croatan Indian, the chief of a local tribe that befriended the English explorers that landed at Roanoke Island in 1584. In 1585 the English returned to Roanoke, arriving too late in the year to plant crops and harvest food, and Manteo helped the colonists to make it...

 who assisted the Roanoke Colony

Roanoke Colony

The Roanoke Colony on Roanoke Island in Dare County, present-day North Carolina, United States was a late 16th-century attempt to establish a permanent English settlement in what later became the Virginia Colony. The enterprise was financed and organized by Sir Walter Raleigh and carried out by...

, which became known later as the Lost Colony. Renovations were completed on the school in 2007.

Sports

Manteo's sports teams play under the name "Redskins." The school has 21 athletic teams (including seven varsity teams and five junior varsity teams) that compete with other 1-A schools in the eastern part of North Carolina and across the state. They sometimes compete with First Flight High School

First Flight High School

First Flight High School is a public high school , established in 2004 which is located in Kill Devil Hills, North Carolina on the Outer Banks....

which is in the same district.