Currituck County High School

Currituck County High School
Address
4203 Caratoke Hwy Barco, North Carolina 27917 United States
Coordinates	36°22′23″N75°58′09″W / 36.3731°N 75.9691°W / 36.3731; -75.9691
Information
Type	Public
Established	1976 (1976)
School district	Currituck County Schools
CEEB code	340963
Principal	Helen Taylor
Staff	60.14 (FTE) [1]
Enrollment	1,041 (2023-2024) [1]
Student to teacher ratio	17.31 [1]
Color(s)	Red, white, and black
Team name	Knights
Rival	First Flight High School [2] Camden County High School [3]
Website	currituck.k12.nc.us/Domain/47

Currituck County High School is a public high school located in Barco, North Carolina. It serves all of Currituck County including Knotts Island and Corolla. ^[4]

History

Currituck County High School opened for the 1976–77 school year, replacing J.P. Knapp High School which simultaneously became a junior high school. ^[5]

The current high school building opened for the 1998–99 school year and is located next door to the original 1976 building which is now Currituck County Middle School. ^[6]

Athletics

Currituck County High School athletics teams compete in the Northeastern Coastal Conference. Currituck County's colors are red, black, and white and their mascot is the knight. Currituck County offers the following sports programs:

Fall sports	Winter sports	Spring sports
Football	Boys basketball	Boys baseball
Boys soccer	Girls basketball	Girls soccer
Girls volleyball	Girls bowling	Girls softball
Girls cross county	Boys Wrestling	Boys tennis
Boys cross country	Girls Wrestling	Boys track & field
Girls tennis	Boys swimming	Girls track & field
Girls golf	Girls swimming	Boys golf
	Boys indoor track
	Girls indoor track

State championships

• Boys basketball
  • 1986 1A NCHSAA State Champions, won the first high school basketball championship that was played in the Dean E. Smith Center at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
• Softball
  • 1991 1A NCHSAA State Champions
  • 1993 1A NCHSAA State Champions
• Girls volleyball
  • 2018 2A NCHSAA State Champions ^{[7] [8]}
• Cheerleading
  • 2019 NCHSAA State Champions ^[9]

Academics

Currituck County High School offers AP courses in the sciences, english, histories, and arts. ^[10] This catalog also includes the AP Capstone program. Any AP course not listed within the course catalog is able to be taken through North Carolina Virtual Public School (NCVPS). CCHS does not offer an International Baccalaureate (IB) curriculum.

Rankings

Currituck County High School ranks #10,597 among ~18,000 high schools in the United States. CCHS also ranks #364 among 576 eligible high schools in North Carolina. ^[11]

References

1. "Currituck County High". National Center for Education Statistics. Retrieved January 1, 2025.
2. Correspondent, Chris Bell. "High School Basketball | Currituck girls defeat First Flight; First Flight wins boys' game". dailyadvance.com.{{cite web}}: |last= has generic name (help)
3. "Byrd Bowl tops tonight's high school football schedule". August 28, 2015.
4. "Currituck County High School / Overview". Currituck County High School.
5. "New Currituck High School". The Coastland Times. Manteo, NC. September 16, 1976. p. 7-B. Retrieved August 22, 2020.
6. Cain, Linda M. (August 13, 1998). "County gets word of high school opening". The Coastland Times. Manteo, NC. p. 1-B. Retrieved August 22, 2020.
7. "Currituck County H.S. volleyball team wins first 2A state championship". WTKR. November 4, 2018.
8. "Currituck Knights are 2A state volleyball champs". The Coastland Times. November 8, 2018.
9. "Currituck wins state title, First Flight second at NCHSAA Cheerleading Invitational - OBX Today". www.obxtoday.com.
10. "Currituck County High School Course Catalog".
11. "U.S. News High School Rankings".

External links

• Official website