Bunn High School

Bunn High School
Address
29 Bunn Elementary School Road Bunn, North Carolina 27508 United States
Coordinates	35°57′21″N78°14′57″W / 35.9557085°N 78.2491609°W / 35.9557085; -78.2491609
Information
Type	Public
Oversight	Franklin County Schools
CEEB code	340475
Principal	Tyler Morris
Teaching staff	48.87 (FTE) [1]
Enrollment	860 (2023-2024) [1]
Student to teacher ratio	17.60 [1]
Color(s)	Green and gold
Athletics conference	Northern Carolina Conference
Mascot	Wildcat
Website	fcschools.net/bunnhighschool

Bunn High School is a public secondary school located in the town of Bunn, North Carolina, United States.

J. Melville Broughton was principal of the school many years before he became governor of the state. ^[2]

Student Demographics

838 Students Enrolled

• 45% White
• 29% Hispanic
• 20% Black
• 5% Two or More Races
• 0.8% Asian
• 0.2% American Indian

Athletics

The school colors are green and gold, and the mascot is the wildcat. ^[3]

The sports are:

• Baseball
• Basketball
• Cheerleading
• Cross country
• Football
• Color Guard / Dance
• Golf
• Soccer
• Softball
• Tennis
• Track and field
• Volleyball
• Wrestling
• Swimming

Notable alumni

• Tarik Cohen – running back for New York Jets
• Davanta Hinton/Kid Pheno – rapper
• Troy Wheless (Class of 1999) – standout college basketball player for the College of Charleston ^[4]
• Cassandra Deck-Brown – Chief of Police Raleigh, North Carolina, Raleigh's first African American woman to hold that position. ^{[5] [6]}

References

1. "Bunn High". National Center for Education Statistics. Retrieved March 28, 2025.
2. Our State: A Man for his time
3. "About Our School" . Retrieved October 22, 2018.
4. "Troy Wheless". RealGM, L.L.C. 2013. Retrieved July 12, 2013.
5. "Armed and disarming: Cassandra Deck-Brown is the chief". September 30, 2013.
6. "Raleigh PD's highest-ranking black woman inspired by King". February 25, 2011.

External links

• Bunn High