Cape Fear High School

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Cape Fear High School
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Address
Cape Fear High School
4762 Clinton Road

Fayetteville, North Carolina
28312

United States
Coordinates 35°02′05″N78°45′44″W / 35.0346098°N 78.7622433°W / 35.0346098; -78.7622433
Information
Other nameCape Fear
Type Public high school
Established1969(55 years ago) (1969)
School district Cumberland County Schools
NCES District ID3700011
SuperintendentMarvin Connelly, Jr.
CEEB code 341298
NCES School ID 370001100402 [1]
PrincipalDr.Jason Jordan
Teaching staff83.14 (on an FTE basis) [2]
Grades 9–12
Gender Co-educational
Enrollment1,529 (2022–23) [2]
 •  Grade 9 448
 •  Grade 10 401
 •  Grade 11 342
 •  Grade 12 338
Student to teacher ratio18.39 [2]
Schedule4-period block schedule
Campus size45.88 acres (18.57 ha) [3]
Campus typeRural
Color(s)Navy blue and gold
  
SloganColt Pride Never Stops!
Athletics conference3A mid-east
Nickname Colts
Rival Terry Sanford High School
USNWR ranking6066th (US)
172th (NC) [4]
YearbookStampede
Feeder schoolsMac Williams Middle School
Website www.ccs.k12.nc.us/Domain/52

Cape Fear High School is a public secondary school in the eastern region of Cumberland County in the unincorporated community of Vander, North Carolina, to the east of Fayetteville, North Carolina. The Cape Fear school attendance area is the largest in the county by area size. [5]

Contents

Athletics

Cape Fear has varsity teams in 17 sports (13 boys teams, 14 girls teams) and junior varsity teams in 8 sports (6 boys teams, 4 girls teams): [6]

State Championships

Academy of Natural Sciences

The Natural Science Academy is a program located at Cape Fear that acknowledges students for completing 7 or more sciences throughout their high school career while maintaining a 3.0 unweighted GPA average in these courses. [13]

Extracurricular organizations

Marching band

In 2014, the Cape Fear marching band placed 3rd (regardless of class) in the Bands of America Winston-Salem Regional Championship. [14]

Winter guard

The Cape Fear winter guard placed 18th in the Scholastic World division of the Winter Guard International Color Guard World Championship Semi-finals in 2017 and 20th in 2018. [15] [16]

NJROTC

In 2016, the Cape Fear NJROTC placed 15th in the NJROTC Nationals Drill Championship. [17]

Demographics

The demographic breakdown of the 1,422 students enrolled in 2020–2021 was as follows: [2]

51.2% of the students were male, and 48.8% were female. 49.3% of the students were eligible for free or reduced lunch. [2]

Administration

Jason Jordan, the current principal of Cape Fear High School, has also served as the principal of Massey Hill Classical High School. He is the sixth principal of Cape Fear. [18]

#PrincipalTerm startTerm end
1George W.J. (Jack) Horton [19] 19691983
2R. Gene Hales19831998
3Jeffery Jernigan [20] 19982010
4Lee Spruill [21] 20102019
5Brian Edkins [22] [23] 20192021
6Jason Jordan [18] [22] 2021Present

Notable alumni

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  4. ↑ "USNWR Best High Schools Rankings - Cape Fear High School". May 20, 2022.
  5. ↑ "Explore Cape Fear High School". Niche. Retrieved January 8, 2022.
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  7. ↑ "Cumberland County Schools Cheerleading". www.ncprepsports.net. Retrieved June 10, 2020.
  8. ↑ Baseball State Championships. NCHSAA. Retrieved November 27, 2023.
  9. ↑ Slow-Pitch Softball State Champions. NCHSAA. Retrieved November 27, 2023.
  10. ↑ Women's Tennis Dual-Team State Champions. NCHSAA. Retrieved November 27, 2023.
  11. ↑ Women's Tennis Individual State Champions. NCHSAA. Retrieved November 27, 2023.
  12. ↑ Wrestling Individual State Tournament Team Champions. NCHSAA. Retrieved November 27, 2023.
  13. ↑ "Natural Science Academy Registration" (PDF).
  14. ↑ "2014 Winston-Salem Regional Championship" (PDF). January 8, 2022.
  15. ↑ "2017". recaps.competitionsuite.com. Retrieved January 18, 2019.
  16. ↑ "2018". www.wgi.org. Retrieved January 18, 2019.
  17. ↑ Staff Writer. "Cape Fear NJROTC drill team ranks 15th nationally". The Fayetteville Observer. Retrieved January 8, 2022.
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