York High School (Virginia)

York High School
Address
Map
9300 George Washington Highway

,
23692

United States
Coordinates37°12′14.5″N 76°30′1.8″W / 37.204028°N 76.500500°W / 37.204028; -76.500500
Information
School typePublic high school
Founded1954
School districtYork County School Division
SuperintendentVictor Shandor
PrincipalShannon Butler
Grades9–12
Enrollment1,075[1] (2016-17)
LanguageEnglish
Hours in school day7:15a.m.-2:00p.m.
CampusSuburban
Color(s)    Silver, Blue
Athletics conferenceVirginia High School League
Bay Rivers District
Region I
MascotFalcon
RivalTabb High School
Grafton High School
Bruton High School
WebsiteOfficial site

York High School is a York County School Division high school located in Yorktown in York County, Virginia, on U.S. Route 17 about 3 miles south of Yorktown.

The school was opened in 1954 and currently enrolls over one thousand students. Athletic teams compete in the Virginia High School League's AA Bay Rivers District in Region I. The school is the home of the school division's television station and offers television production courses in the curriculum. The school is also the home of the York River Academy (a charter school that focuses on collaborative education teaching computer repair, cabling, and web design) and is the YCSD site for the International Baccalaureate Programme.

York High School was once home to the most powerful high school radio station in the United States, WYCS 91.5.[2]

  1. ^ "York High". National Center for Education Statistics. Retrieved March 5, 2019.
  2. ^ York High Alumni Association - WYCS 91.5 FM The United States' Most Powerful High School Radio Station Archived December 22, 2009, at the Wayback Machine