Appling County High School | |
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Address | |
482 Blackshear Highway , Georgia 31513 United States | |
Coordinates | 31°45′48″N82°21′17″W / 31.76346°N 82.35460°W |
Information | |
School type | Public high school |
Established | 1955 |
School district | Appling County School District |
CEEB code | 110365 |
Principal | Ben Horner |
Teaching staff | 62.70 (on an FTE basis) [1] |
Grades | 9–12 |
Number of students | 1,060 [1] (2022–23) |
Student to teacher ratio | 16.91 [1] |
Color(s) | Red, white, black |
Athletics conference | 3-AA |
Sports | Football, wrestling, tennis, golf, softball, baseball, track, cross-country, basketball, competition cheer |
Mascot | Pirate |
Team name | Pirates |
Rival | Pierce[ clarification needed ] |
Accreditation | Southern Association of Colleges and Schools |
Newspaper | Baxley News Banner |
Website | achs |
Appling County High School (formerly known as Appling County Comprehensive High School) is a high school in Baxley, Appling County, Georgia, United States. It is part of the Appling County School District.
It has approximately 1,000 students and 70 teachers in grades 9-12. The students are 66% white, 30% African-American, and 4% Hispanic. 62% of the school's students are eligible for free lunch, above the state average of 50%.[ when? ] [2]
The average ACT score at Appling County was 18, lower than the Georgia state average of 20 and the national average of 21. [2] [ when? ]
This article's list of alumni may not follow Wikipedia's verifiability policy.(December 2022) |
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