Appling County High School
Appling County High School (formerly known as Appling County Comprehensive High School) is a high school in Baxley, Appling County, Georgia, United States. It is part of the Appling County School District.
| Appling County High School | |
|---|---|
 Welcome to the Pirate's Plank | |
| Address | |
482 Blackshear Highway , 31513 | |
| Information | |
| School type | Public high school |
| Denomination | Appling County School District |
| Superintendent | Dr. Scarlett Miles Copeland |
| Principal | Dr. Gene A. Starr Jr. |
| Teaching staff | 60.70 (FTE)[1] |
| Grades | 9 – 12 |
| Gender | Co-ed |
| Number of students | 970 (2018-19)[1] |
| Student to teacher ratio | 15.98[1] |
| School color(s) | |
| Athletics | 2012 Class AA State Champions - Baseball; 2011 Class AA Final Four - Football |
| Athletics conference | 2-AAA |
| Sports | Football, wrestling, tennis, golf, softball, baseball, track, cross-country, basketball, competition cheer |
| Mascot | Pirate |
| Team name | Pirates |
| Rival | Pierce |
| Accreditation | Southern Association of Colleges and Schools |
| Newspaper | Baxley News Banner |
| Website | www |
It has approximately 1,000 students and 70 teachers in grades 9-12. The students are 66% white, 30% African-American, and 4% Hispanic. 62% of the school's students are eligible for free lunch, above the state average of 50%.[2]
Academics
The average ACT score at Appling County was 18, lower than the Georgia state average of 20 and the national average of 21.[2]
Notable alumni
- Byron Buxton ('12) - MLB outfielder for the Minnesota Twins[3]
- Dexter Carter - former professional football player
- Carl Simpson, Defensive Tackle for Chicago Bears (1993-1997), Arizona Cardinals (1998-1999), and Las Vegas Outlaws (2001)
- Jamie Nails, NFL guard for Buffalo Bills (1997-2000) and Miami Dolphins (2002-2003); born in Baxley
- Frankie King, NBA guard for Los Angeles Lakers (1995); born in Baxley
- Harry Skipper, Defensive Back in the CFL for seven years. Skipper played defensive back for the Montreal Concordes and Saskatchewan Roughriders from 1983–1989.[4]
gollark: MacOS is getting that, actually.
gollark: Well, yes, they're not amazing magic things which can immediately do anything if you plug them in, but they... can do bad things.
gollark: That is true, although my laptop doesn't support Thunderbolt so all I have to worry about is... electronic hardware attacks and rubberducky-type things?
gollark: > Like usb 3.1 supports direct memory access<@689232518125191253> Does it? I thought that was limited to Thunderbolt, which most devices do not actually support. There are meant to be mechanisms for limiting the access of Thunderbolt devices but they seem to be broken all the time and terrible anywya.
gollark: Sure you can, just X-ray-scan them before use.
References
- "Appling County High School". National Center for Education Statistics. Retrieved June 10, 2020.
- greatschools.net
- Rode, Nathan. "Draft: Buxton's Tools Put Baxley On The Draft Map". BaseballAmerica.com. Retrieved May 16, 2012.
- "Bombers announce coaching staff". OurSports Central. 2004-04-26. Retrieved 2020-07-30.
External links
- Official website (uses Macromedia Flash for navigation)
- publicschoolreview.com
- greatschools.net
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.