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Salisbury High School (North Carolina)
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Salisbury High School is a public, co-educational
secondary school
located in Salisbury
, North Carolina
. It is one of eight high schools in the Rowan–Salisbury School System
.
and was also included in the magazine list of top 1000 public schools in the nation. They are currently ranked in the Bronze level. In 2011, for the fifth consecutive year, Salisbury High was listed as one of U.S. News & World Report's Best High Schools.
Salisbury High has nearly 180 students students taking Advanced Placement courses, the most of any school in the district. The school offers 16 AP courses during the 2011-2012 school year. Salisbury High also has the highest average SAT score in the school system, with a score of 1480.
, for the 2011-2012 school year, Salisbury High School is classified as a 2A school and competes in the Central Carolina Conference.
Salisbury High is known for its success in athletics, particularly girl's basketball
. The Lady Hornets have won four state championships in 2004, 2009, 2010, and 2011. They are also known for their success in girl's tennis
, led by Hannah Lebowitz.
The school received the 2010 NCHSAA Exemplary School Award.
Coeducation
Mixed-sex education, also known as coeducation or co-education, is the integrated education of male and female persons in the same institution. It is the opposite of single-sex education...
secondary school
Secondary school
Secondary school is a term used to describe an educational institution where the final stage of schooling, known as secondary education and usually compulsory up to a specified age, takes place...
located in Salisbury
Salisbury, North Carolina
Salisbury is a city in Rowan County in North Carolina, a state of the United States of America. The population was 33,663 in the 2010 Census . It is the county seat of Rowan County...
, North Carolina
North Carolina
North Carolina is a state located in the southeastern United States. The state borders South Carolina and Georgia to the south, Tennessee to the west and Virginia to the north. North Carolina contains 100 counties. Its capital is Raleigh, and its largest city is Charlotte...
. It is one of eight high schools in the Rowan–Salisbury School System
Rowan–Salisbury School System
The Rowan–Salisbury School System is a PK-12 graded school district in North Carolina covering nearly all of Rowan County including the city of Salisbury. The 35 schools in the district serve 20,887 students as of 2009-2010...
.
History
Salisbury High School began in 1904 and was the second high school in North Carolina. The current location was completed in 1926 and named Boyden High School in honor of Colonel Archibald Henderson Boyden, an educator who was then Mayor of Salisbury. It is one of many schools built across North Carolina in the early 20th Century. The building was designed by C. Gadsen Sayre and built by L.S. Bradshaw, and is listed in the National Register of Historic Places. Six additional buildings were constructed on campus to facilitate the school's expanding offerings and enrollment, many of them as part of the Works Progress Administration. In 1970, during desegregation, Boyden and J.C. Price high schools consolidated to form Salisbury High School.Academics
In 2008, Salisbury High School was ranked a Silver Level school by the U.S. News & World ReportU.S. News & World Report
U.S. News & World Report is an American news magazine published from Washington, D.C. Along with Time and Newsweek it was for many years a leading news weekly, focusing more than its counterparts on political, economic, health and education stories...
and was also included in the magazine list of top 1000 public schools in the nation. They are currently ranked in the Bronze level. In 2011, for the fifth consecutive year, Salisbury High was listed as one of U.S. News & World Report's Best High Schools.
Salisbury High has nearly 180 students students taking Advanced Placement courses, the most of any school in the district. The school offers 16 AP courses during the 2011-2012 school year. Salisbury High also has the highest average SAT score in the school system, with a score of 1480.
Athletics
According to the North Carolina High School Athletic AssociationNorth Carolina High School Athletic Association
The North Carolina High School Athletic Association is the governing organization of high school athletics in North Carolina, United States. The association maintains the official rule books and governs the officiating standards across the state....
, for the 2011-2012 school year, Salisbury High School is classified as a 2A school and competes in the Central Carolina Conference.
Salisbury High is known for its success in athletics, particularly girl's basketball
Basketball
Basketball is a team sport in which two teams of five players try to score points by throwing or "shooting" a ball through the top of a basketball hoop while following a set of rules...
. The Lady Hornets have won four state championships in 2004, 2009, 2010, and 2011. They are also known for their success in girl's tennis
Tennis
Tennis is a sport usually played between two players or between two teams of two players each . Each player uses a racket that is strung to strike a hollow rubber ball covered with felt over a net into the opponent's court. Tennis is an Olympic sport and is played at all levels of society at all...
, led by Hannah Lebowitz.
The school received the 2010 NCHSAA Exemplary School Award.