Armstrong High School (Virginia)

Armstrong High School
Address
2300 Cool Lane Richmond , Virginia 23223 United States
Coordinates	37°33′08″N 77°24′11″W / 37.55222°N 77.40306°W / 37.55222; -77.40306
Information
School type	Public high school
Founded	1867
School district	Richmond Public Schools
Superintendent	Jason Kamras
Principal	Willie J. Bell, Jr.
Grades	9-12
Enrollment	747 (2022-2023)[1]
Language	English
Campus	Urban
Color(s)	Blue and Orange
Athletics conference	Virginia High School League Capital District
Mascot	Wildcats
Website	https://ahs.rvaschools.net

Armstrong High School, part of the Richmond Public Schools, is a high school located in Richmond, Virginia, United States, with grades 9–12. The school was founded in 1867 as the Richmond Normal and High School by the Freedmen's Bureau and was eventually incorporated into the Richmond school system in 1876. The school's namesake is former Union General Samuel Chapman Armstrong, a white commander of a U.S. Colored Troops (USCT) regiment during the American Civil War. General Armstrong later founded Hampton Institute, a historically black college now known as Hampton University in Hampton, Virginia. Armstrong was a mentor of Booker T. Washington.