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Daniel Boone High School | |
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Address | |
1440 Suncrest Drive , 37615 United States | |
Coordinates | 36°22′57.5″N82°30′4.9″W / 36.382639°N 82.501361°W |
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Type | public high school |
Established | 1971 |
School district | Washington County Schools |
Principal | Stephanie Gray |
Teaching staff | 76.00 (FTE) (2017–18) [1] |
Grades | 9–12 |
Enrollment | 1,295 (2019–20) [1] |
Student to teacher ratio | 17.62 (2019–20)) [1] |
Color(s) | Scarlet Old gold |
Song | Daniel Boone Theme song (unofficial) |
Mascot | Daniel Boone-Trailblazer |
Website | www |
Daniel Boone High School is a public high school located in Gray, Tennessee, US. It is one of two high schools in the Washington County Schools system.
Daniel Boone High School opened in 1971–72 to serve the students of the northern half of Washington County, Tennessee. Its feeder schools are Boones Creek Elementary, Fall Branch School (elementary and middle school), Gray Elementary, Ridgeview Elementary, and Sulphur Springs Elementary. The school's athletic and academic teams compete as the "Trailblazers" and wear colors of scarlet and old gold. Daniel Boone High School also has a Marine Corps ROTC program with drill teams. [2]
In 2008, the football field was named after long time head coach Ken Green. He had been coach for 29 years, from 1972 to 2001. [3]
Daniel Boone's current football coach is Jeremy Jenkins, who also coaches softball. Jeremy, a Boone graduate, has made the playoffs two years in a row.
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