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| Parkersburg High School | |
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2101 Dudley Ave , 26101 United States | |
| Coordinates | 39°16′43″N 81°32′41″W / 39.27859°N 81.54472°W |
| Information | |
| Type | Public |
| Motto | School of Champions |
| Established | 1867 |
| Principal | Jason Potts |
| Teaching staff | 97.00 (FTE) (2022–23)[1] |
| Grades | 9-12[1] |
| Gender | Co-educational |
| Enrollment | 1,651 (2022-23)[1] |
| Student to teacher ratio | 17.02 (2022–23)[1] |
| Campus size | 1 City block |
| Campus type | Small urban[1] |
| Color(s) | Red White |
| Fight song | 1) It’s PHS Boys 2) The Red and White of Parkersburg High. |
| Mascot | The Big Red Indian |
| Nickname | Big Reds |
| Website | www |
Parkersburg High School (PHS) is a secondary school located in Parkersburg, West Virginia, United States, that serves grades nine through twelve and is part of the Wood County School District. As of the 2018-2019 West Virginia Secondary School Activity Commission's high school classifications, the school has 1,739 students and the average classroom size is twenty-five. The Wood County School District has 13,746 students in 29 schools. Its partner in education is DuPont.[2]
Parkersburg High is the second-largest populated school in the state of West Virginia (behind Cabell Midland High School in Ona, WV) and has the largest campus in West Virginia. The feeder schools contributing to this student population are Jackson Middle School, Hamilton Middle School and Van Devender Middle School.[3]
When the current high school campus opened in 1917, the former high school building was re-established as Washington Junior High School. Previously, Washington Junior High School fed PHS as well. The Washington Jr. High School building was demolished in 1964.[4] Washington Junior High then opened in the former Jefferson Elementary School on Plum Street, adjacent to a newly built Jefferson Elementary School. Washington Junior High closed in 1992, combining with Jefferson Elementary School to become an elementary center in 1998.[5]
- ^ a b c d e "Search for Public Schools - Parkersburg High School (540162001170)". National Center for Education Statistics. Institute of Education Sciences. Retrieved June 16, 2024.
- ^ "Parkersburg News and Sentinel | Parkersburg News and Sentinel".
- ^ "WVSSAC Staff « WVSSAC". www.wvssac.org.
- ^ "PARKERSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA: PARKERSBURG HIGH SCHOOL (OLD) & CARNEGIE LIBRARY".
- ^ "Wood County". Archived from the original on July 25, 2011. Retrieved May 25, 2009.