| Fairmont Senior High School | |
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| Address | |
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1 Loop Park Drive , 26554 United States | |
| Coordinates | 39°28′42″N 80°9′27″W / 39.47833°N 80.15750°W |
| Information | |
| School type | Public secondary |
| School board | Marion County |
| Superintendent | Donna Heston [1] |
| Principal | Jim Green |
| Teaching staff | 48.00 (FTE)[2] |
| Grades | 9–12 |
| Enrollment | 821 (2022–23)[2] |
| Student to teacher ratio | 17.10[2] |
| Campus size | 15.0 acres (61,000 m2)[3] |
| Color(s) | Royal blue and white [4] |
| Athletics conference | Big Ten |
| Nickname | Polar Bears |
| Rivals | East Fairmont High School, North Marion High School, Bridgeport High School |
| Yearbook | Maple Leaves |
Fairmont Senior High School | |
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| Coordinates | 39°28′42″N 80°9′27″W / 39.47833°N 80.15750°W |
| Built | 1928 |
| Architect | William B. Ittner |
| Architectural style | Colonial Revival |
| NRHP reference No. | 02000254[5] |
| Added to NRHP | March 22, 2002 |
Fairmont Senior High School, is a public high school in Fairmont, West Virginia. The current school building, built in 1928, is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. Serving grades nine through twelve, it is one of three high schools in Marion County, along with East Fairmont High School and North Marion High School.[6]
Fairmont High School (the school's original name) was established at the Second Ward Building in the late 1800s.[7][8] The school relocated to 5th Street in 1905 and to Loop Park in 1929.[8] The high school was an all-white school until the 1950s.[9][10] The school offers a number of different extracurricular activities, such as marching band, a choir program, a theatre program, and a wide range of athletic opportunities. Notable alumni include Olympic gold medalist Mary Lou Retton, U.S. Air Force officer Frank Kendall Everest Jr., entrepreneur Jim Delligatti, business executive Heather Bresch, and several others.
- ^ "Central Office Directory". Marion County Schools. Archived from the original on February 2, 2020. Retrieved February 2, 2020.
- ^ a b c "Fairmont Senior High School". National Center for Education Statistics. Retrieved April 28, 2024.
- ^ 1930 Maple Leaves
- ^ "Fairmont Senior High School". West Virginia Secondary School Activities Commission. Retrieved May 23, 2024.
- ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. April 15, 2008.
- ^ "School Directory". Marion County Schools. Archived from the original on September 23, 2020. Retrieved September 10, 2020.
- ^ https://npgallery.nps.gov/GetAsset/ff07ca1c-dd2a-463c-9b0b-640700517ef1/ pg 26 of pdf
- ^ a b Greco, Christa Lynn (2013). Fairmont (Images of America). Arcadia Publishing. p. 64. ISBN 978-0-7385-9840-6.
- ^ "Sixty Years Ago: Black and White at East-West". WVPB. September 25, 2014. Retrieved February 10, 2022.
- ^ Agba, Christopher Belkon (2020). Developing a Marginalized and Segregated Community: Case Study of a West Virginia Neighborhood (PhD dissertation). West Virginia University. p. 42. doi:10.33915/etd.7604.