Ashbrook High School (North Carolina)

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Ashbrook High School
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Ashbrook High School (North Carolina)
2222 S. New Hope Rd

Gastonia, North Carolina
28054

United States
Coordinates 35°14′38″N81°07′38″W / 35.24389°N 81.12722°W / 35.24389; -81.12722
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Established1970(55 years ago) (1970)
School district Gaston County Schools
Category Public school
CEEB code 341445
PrincipalMatt Rikard
Staff115 [1]
Enrollment1,341 (2023-2024) [2]
Color(s)Kelly green and white
  
Fight song "On Gastonia"
Athletics conferenceBig South (3A)
MascotMighty Green Wave
Team nameGreen Wave
Rivals Hunter Huss
Forestview
Feeder schoolsW.P. Grier, Cramerton, Holbrook
Website gaston.k12.nc.us/Domain/8

Ashbrook High School is a public high school in the Gaston County Schools public school district located in Gastonia, North Carolina. The school was the result of the merger of two former senior high schools, Holbrook Senior High and Ashley Senior High.[ citation needed ] The first class graduated in 1971. Its attendance range covers most of the central and eastern portions of the City of Gastonia, as well as the towns of Ranlo and Lowell, and the community of Springdale.

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Athletics

Ashbrook High School's team name is the Green Wave. The school colors are kelly green and white. Sports offered at Ashbrook include: [3]

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References

  1. ↑ "Staff Directory". Gaston County Schools. Retrieved February 7, 2016.
  2. ↑ "Ashbrook High". National Center for Education Statistics. Retrieved January 26, 2025.
  3. ↑ Ashbrook (Gastonia, NC) High School Sports. MaxPreps.com. Retrieved January 6, 2025.
  4. ↑ "Darrell Armstrong Statistics". Archived from the original on September 16, 2008. Retrieved August 28, 2008.
  5. ↑ Stark, Emma (October 7, 2023). "British Brooks walked on, overcame season-ending injury at UNC". The Daily Orange. Retrieved August 16, 2024.
  6. ↑ Walker, Richard. (June 12, 2015). Hometown heroes: Former Ashbrook standout Ricky Rainey improves MMA record. Gaston Gazette. Retrieved November 3, 2024.
  7. ↑ Chávez, Karen. (May 18, 2016). Nantahala River spawns another Olympian. citizen-times.com. Retrieved November 3, 2024.



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