| Sumter County High School | |
|---|---|
| Address | |
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902 4th Avenue , 36925 United States | |
| Coordinates | 32°29′24″N 88°17′38″W / 32.49000°N 88.29389°W |
| Information | |
| Type | Public high school |
| Established | 1912 |
| Closed | 2011 |
| Grades | 9–12 |
| Color(s) | Red and white |
| Mascot | Wildcats[1] |
| Official name | Sumter County High School |
| Designated | September 16, 2021[2] |
Sumter County High School was a senior high school in York, Alabama. It was a part of the Sumter County School District.
In 1968 the student body was 99.1% white and 90.1% of the teachers were white. Due to white flight, no white students remained by 1970, and about 33% of the teachers were white.[3] Many white students had been placed in Sumter Academy.[4]
The football team had a rivalry with that of Livingston High School. The impetus to merge came because of a declining population - the county had a total of 838 students divided between the two high schools in 2009 - as well as the condition of Sumter County High and budget issues.[5] It merged with Livingston High and became Sumter Central High School in 2011.[6]
- ^ "Sumter County Wildcats". Alabama High School Football Historical Society. Retrieved March 17, 2024.
- ^ "Alabama Register of Landmarks and Heritage as of April 7, 2023" (PDF). ahc.alabama.gov. Retrieved March 16, 2024.
- ^ "Fifteen Years Ago... Rural Alabama Revisited." The United States Commission on Civil Rights. Clearinghouse Publication Number 82. December 1983. p. 77 or p. 85 (PDF document p. 84/163)
- ^ Farzan, Antonia Noori (August 15, 2018). "Sumter County, Ala., just got its first integrated school. Yes, in 2018". Washington Post. Retrieved January 15, 2019.
- ^ Reynolds, Brian (February 26, 2009). "Sumter County schools may fuse". Tuscaloosa News. Retrieved January 15, 2019.
- ^ Williams, Andrea (August 9, 2011). "Students Attend First Day at Sumter Central High". WTOK. Retrieved January 15, 2019.