East Palestine High School

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East Palestine High School
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Location
East Palestine High School
360 West Grant Street

East Palestine
,
Columbiana
,
Ohio
44413-1664

United States
Coordinates 40°50′23″N80°32′47″W / 40.83972°N 80.54639°W / 40.83972; -80.54639
Information
Type Public high school
Established1876 (1876)
School district East Palestine City School District
NCES District ID 3904392 [1]
Educational authority Ohio Department of Education
SuperintendentDr. James Rook
School codeOH-043927-009134
CEEB code 362035
NCES School ID 390439200878 [2]
PrincipalDwayne Pavkovich
Teaching staff20.00 (on an FTE basis) [3]
Grades 9-12
Gender Coeducational
Enrollment264 [3]  (2023-2024)
Student to teacher ratio13.20 [3]
Campus typeTown: Fringe
Color(s) Brown and White [4]   
Song Annie Lisle
Fight song On, Wisconsin!
Athletics conference Eastern Ohio Athletic Conference [4]
Nickname Bulldogs [4]
USNWR ranking11,916 [5]
NewspaperThe Epic
YearbookEphanian
Website myepschools.org/o/ephs

East Palestine High School is a public high school in East Palestine, Ohio, United States. It is the only secondary school in the East Palestine City School District. Athletic teams compete as the East Palestine Bulldogs in the Ohio High School Athletic Association as a member of the Eastern Ohio Athletic Conference.

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History

Various one-room schools educated students from the city's founding until the 1870s. School days began at 8:00 a.m. and were dismissed at 6:00 p.m., with a one-hour recess at noon. The subjects taught included reading, writing, arithmetic, English, grammar, geography, and German. [6] The East Palestine School District #5 was formed by an act of the Ohio General Assembly in March 1875. Construction began on the first EPHS on Wood Street. The school opened in September 1876 with a principal and four teachers, one for primary, intermediate, and high school classes and grammar. [6] By 1880, the enrollment had grown so that each of the first six grades had a teacher. The first graduation was held on June 12, 1885, with one graduate. [6]

The primary schools were spun off from the higher grades starting in 1905. The West North Avenue high school building was constructed in 1912 but was converted to a junior high 24 years later as the present high school on Grant Street was completed in 1936. [6] In the early 1960s, the district built additions to the high school and the junior high building. As part of a $5.8 million bond issue, in 1995, the district began to develop a school campus around Grant Street, which included renovating the high school with music, media, and science department expansion and additions of a new gymnasium, computer laboratories, and athletic complex. [6] The 1912 building was demolished in 2002 as part of this development, although its Elma Sutherin wing was kept as part of a new elementary school.

Academics

According to the National Center for Education Statistics, in 2021, the school reported an enrollment of 277 pupils in grades 9th through 12th, with 184 pupils eligible for a federal free or reduced-price lunch. The school employed 22 teachers, yielding a student–teacher ratio of 12.59:1. [2] East Palestine High School offers courses in the traditional American curriculum. Entering their third and fourth years, students can elect to attend the Columbiana County Career and Technical Center in Lisbon as either a part-time or full-time student. [7]

Notable alumni

References

  1. ↑ "Search for Public School Districts – District Detail for East Palestine City". National Center for Education Statistics . Institute of Education Sciences . Retrieved May 28, 2025.
  2. 1 2 "Search for Public Schools - East Palestine High School (390439200878)". National Center for Education Statistics . Institute of Education Sciences . Retrieved May 28, 2025.
  3. 1 2 3 "East Palestine High School". National Center for Education Statistics. Retrieved May 28, 2025.
  4. 1 2 3 OHSAA. "Ohio High School Athletic Association member directory". Archived from the original on November 5, 2010. Retrieved February 17, 2010.
  5. ↑ "East Palestine High School". U.S. News High School Rankings. U.S. News & World Report L.P. 2022. Retrieved February 17, 2023.
  6. 1 2 3 4 5 East Palestine City School District. "ABOUT US" . Retrieved April 15, 2021.
  7. ↑ "High School Career and Technical Programs". Columbiana County Career and Technical Center. Retrieved April 5, 2021.
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