Etowah High School (Alabama)

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Etowah High School
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Etowah High School (Alabama)
201 Case Avenue

,
Alabama
35954

United States
Coordinates 33°59′44″N86°06′37″W / 33.99559°N 86.11028°W / 33.99559; -86.11028
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Other nameEHS
Type Public high school
MottoCharacter, Commitment, Community
School district Attalla City Schools
NCES School ID 010018000033 [1]
PrincipalStephen Hall
Teaching staff42.92 (on an FTE basis) [1]
Grades9–12
Enrollment676 (2016-2017) [1]
Student to teacher ratio15.75 [1]
Campus type Suburban
Color(s)Royal Blue and White   
MascotBlue Devil
Nickname Blue Devils
Website ehs.attalla.k12.al.us

Etowah High School (EHS) is a public high school in Attalla, Alabama, United States. It is part of the Attalla City Schools district.

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In 1959 the school had 43 teachers for 1,266 students, a situation Mrs. Clark Mynatt of the Etowah News-Journal described as a "bad situation of overcrowding". [2]

In 2019 drama was added to the fine arts subjects while computer science and robotics were added to the STEM subjects. [3]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "Search for Public Schools - Etowah High School (010018000033)". National Center for Education Statistics . Institute of Education Sciences . Retrieved March 14, 2019.
  2. Mynatt, Mrs. Clark (Actual given name unstated) (October 8, 1959). "Our Etowah High Faced With Bad Situation Of Overcrowding". Etowah News-Journal . Vol. 10, no. 239. Attalla, Alabama. - Clipping from Newspapers.com.
  3. Fox, Dustin (August 6, 2019). "Superintendents discuss school changes". Gadsden Times . Retrieved July 30, 2022.