Matoaca High School

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Matoaca High School
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Address
Matoaca High School
17700 Longhouse Ln

Chesterfield
,
Virginia
23838
Information
School type Public, high school
Founded1950
School district Chesterfield County Public Schools
NCES District ID5100840 [1]
Superintendent Dr. Merv Daughtery
NCES School ID510084000340 [1]
PrincipalElizabeth Baber
Teaching staff111.75 (on an FTE basis) [1]
Grades9-12 [1]
Enrollment1,630 (2022-23) [1]
Student to teacher ratio14.59 [1]
Campus Suburban
Color(s)    Red, white, and black
MascotWarrior
Rival Thomas Dale High School
Feeder schoolsBailey Bridge Middle School
George W. Carver Middle School
Matoaca Middle School
Specialty center Information Technology
Athletic conference Virginia High School League
Central Region
Central District
Website Official Site

Matoaca High School is a secondary school in the Matoaca community of unincorporated Chesterfield County, United States. This is the newer campus of the school; the old school campus was converted into a middle school, known currently as Matoaca Middle School. The school's mascot is the Warrior. Matoaca is well known for its sports and its technology specialty center.

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This school has a technology specialty program for students to learn about the computer industry, through teaching classes such as Oracle I and II, Cisco, and IT1 and 2 (preparatory classes for Network+ and A+ certifications). Matoaca was formally the only school in Chesterfield County that distributed laptop computers for their students' use, but due to "students [failing] to show any academic gains compared with those in schools without laptops" the school discontinued their use for those not in the Specialty Center program. [2]

The school's only campus is located at 17700 Longhouse Lane in Chesterfield. However, the older school located at 6001 Hickory Road was converted into Matoaca Middle School's East Campus in approximately 2002, where the CBG (Center Based Gifted) program and 8th graders are housed. The school's East Campus covers over 100 acres.

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 "MATOACA HIGH". National Center for Education Statistics. Retrieved July 15, 2024.
  2. ↑ Hu, Winnie (May 4, 2007). "Seeing No Progress, Some Schools Drop Laptops". The New York Times. Retrieved August 10, 2014.
  3. ↑ Buettner, Michael (June 6, 2012). "Schools' outstanding alumni honored by foundation". Chesterfield Observer. Archived from the original on March 12, 2014. Retrieved March 12, 2014.
  4. ↑ White, Jeff. "Farrior and Miller Carry UVa Banner in Super Bowl XLV". University of Virginia Athletics. Retrieved March 12, 2014.
  5. ↑ Moomaw, Graham (December 23, 2016). "After 'devastating' 2016 election, McClellan plans next political chapter". Richmond Times-Dispatch. Retrieved April 12, 2024.
  6. ↑ "Matoaca High School graduate has been appointed chair of Dept. of Mechanical Engineering at Howard University". The Progress-Index. July 19, 2011.


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