Grimsley High School

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Grimsley Senior High School
Grimsley Senior High School, September 2012
Address
801 North Josephine Boyd Street Greensboro, North Carolina 27408 United States
Coordinates	36°04′58″N 79°48′53″W / 36.0829°N 79.8146°W / 36.0829; -79.8146
Information
Former names	Greensboro High School (1899–1911) Greensboro Central High School (1911–1929) Greensboro Senior High School (1929–1962)
Type	Public high school secondary school
Motto	"Expect and Demonstrate Excellence Every Day" (2009) [citation needed]
Established	1899 (125 years ago) (1899)
School district	Guilford County Schools; Formerly Greensboro Public Schools (1899–1993)
CEEB code	341598
Principal	Gerald "Ged" H. O'Donnell
Teaching staff	99.20 (FTE)[1]
Grades	9–12
Gender	Co-Educational
Enrollment	1,899 (2022-23)[1]
Student to teacher ratio	19.14[1]
Campus	Suburban
Color(s)	Navy blue and white
Athletics conference	North Carolina High School Athletic Association (NCHSAA)
Nickname	Purple Whirlwinds (1921–1951) Whirlwinds (1951–late 1950s) Whirlies (1941–present)
Rival	Walter Hines Page Senior High School
National ranking	1,806 (2023){{[2]}}
Newspaper	High Life (1920–2013)
Yearbook	The Reflector (1909–1930); Whirligig (1950–present)
Website	grimsley.gcsnc.com/pages/Grimsley_High
Greensboro Senior High School
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
U.S. Historic district
Area	58 acres (23 ha)
Built	1929 (1929)
Architect	Hartmann, Charles C.; Heritage, Thomas P.; et al.
Architectural style	Late 19th And 20th Century Revivals, Modern Movement
MPS	Greensboro MPS
NRHP reference No.	05000957[3]
Added to NRHP	September 7, 2005

Grimsley Senior High School, also known as Grimsley High School or simply Grimsley, is a four-year public high school in Greensboro, North Carolina, United States. Formerly known as "Greensboro High School", "Greensboro Central High School", and then "Greensboro Senior High School", it is part of the Guilford County Schools system. The school has an enrollment of around 1,800 students in grades 9–12 (the 9th grade was added to GHS in 1986). Grimsley has a reputation for strong academics, having an IB program.

The school's colors are navy blue and white, and its teams are known as the "Whirlies" (originally the "Purple Whirlwind") depicted with a tornado-like symbol.