Patrick Henry High School (Ashland, Virginia)

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Patrick Henry High School
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Patrick Henry High School (Ashland, Virginia)
12449 West Patrick Henry Road

Ashland
,
Virginia
23005
Coordinates 37°47′7.8″N77°32′2.7″W / 37.785500°N 77.534083°W / 37.785500; -77.534083
Information
School type Public, high school
Founded1959
School district Hanover County Public Schools
PrincipalChris Martinez [1]
Staff91.27 (FTE) [2]
Grades 9–12
Enrollment1,388 (2018-19) [2]
Student to teacher ratio15.21 [2]
Language English
Colors Red,   White, and  Blue
MascotPatriot
Website Official Site

Patrick Henry High School is a public high school in Ashland, Virginia in Hanover County. The name of the school, as well as the name of its literary publications, The Voice, The Spark, and The Orator, reference the history of American Founding Father Patrick Henry.

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The school was initially consolidated from Montpelier, Beaverdam, Henry Clay, and Rockville high schools in the 1959 to form the new Patrick Henry High School. The first entrants of the new school were the class of 1960. The school celebrated its 50th anniversary in September 2009. [3]

Patrick Henry High has an International Baccalaureate program, [4] as well as a NJROTC program. [5]

Athletics

The school is rivals with Mechanicsville High School. [6]

In football, the school won the 1994 Virginia high school football state championship [7] after going undefeated in 1985 and making the state semifinals in 1993. They also won the Central Region championships in 1986 and 1993. They were in Group AAA, Division 5 at the time. [6]

The boys' volleyball program won 8 consecutive VHSL State titles (2016 Class 5 Championship and 2017-2023 Class 4 Championships). The 8 titles are the most volleyball championships in VHSL history [8]

Notable alumni

References

  1. ↑ "Principal's Message". phhs.hcps.us.
  2. 1 2 3 "Patrick Henry High". National Center for Education Statistics. Retrieved May 7, 2020.
  3. 1 2 Kinser, Melody (July 8, 2009). "Patrick Henry High gets ready for its 50th". Richmond Times-Dispatch. Retrieved October 25, 2025.
  4. ↑ "PHHS - International Baccalaureate". Archived from the original on November 18, 2009. Retrieved May 22, 2012.
  5. ↑ "PHHS - Njrotc". Archived from the original on February 19, 2015. Retrieved May 22, 2012.
  6. 1 2 Packrell, Shawn (November 18, 1994). "Patrick Henry HS Football Team Goes Undefeated". The Yellow Jacket. pp. 10–11.{{cite news}}: |archive-url= requires |archive-date= (help)
  7. ↑ Virginia High School League (October 2017). "Virginia High School League Book of Records" (PDF). VHSL. Retrieved October 25, 2025.
  8. ↑ "VHSL-Record-Book.pdf". Google Docs.
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  16. ↑ "Living History in Church Hill!". June 30, 2017.
  17. ↑ "Governor Northam Announces Administration Appointments". www.governor.virginia.gov/newsroom/. Retrieved October 25, 2019.
  18. ↑ "Theatre alum appointed deputy director of the Virginia Commission for the Arts". arts.vcu.edu. VCU Arts. November 26, 2019. Retrieved May 4, 2023.
  19. ↑ "Richmond Times Dispatch: Swift Creek keeps on 'Sunny Side' of Carter Family story". Richmond Times Dispatch. September 25, 2011. Retrieved September 25, 2011.
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