Rhea County High School

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Rhea County High School
Rhea County High School seal.jpg
Address
405 Pierce Road

,
37332

Information
School typePublic secondary
Motto"Reach For The Stars"
Established1974
School district Rhea County School System.
PrincipalScotty Herrell
Teaching staff89.00 (FTE) [1]
Grades9-12
Enrollment1,469 (2018-19) [1]
Student to teacher ratio16.51 [1]
LanguageEnglish
Color(s)Green and gold   
Athletics conference TSSAA
Mascot Golden eagle
Newspaper "The Eagle's Nest"
Yearbook"The Aerie"
Graduates (2010)149
Website rchs.rheacounty.org

Rhea County High School is a high school in Evensville, Tennessee. It serves Rhea County, Tennessee, which includes Dayton, Spring City and Graysville. [2] It has an enrollment of 1,469. Its mascot is a golden eagle. It is a part of Rhea County Schools.

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History

In 2013, Rhea County High School celebrated their 40th year since the school was established and Spring City and Rhea Central were brought together to form what is now well known as Rhea County High School. Also in 2013, following the 40th year celebration of the school, was the building of a new addition that spanned to cover 320,000 square feet. When this switch occurred, the middle school of Rhea County moved into the old high school so that they could have a larger space as well. With the building of the new wing came an addition to the athletic/physical health department by the addition of 3 new gyms, a brand new turf football/soccer field, and a track outlying the layout of the regulation size field [3]

Athletics

Rhea County High School offers 14 different sports for both ladies and men at their school [4]

Notable alumni

See also

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References

  1. 1 2 3 "Rhea County High School". National Center for Education Statistics. Retrieved February 11, 2021.
  2. "2020 CENSUS - SCHOOL DISTRICT REFERENCE MAP: Rhea County, TN" (PDF). U.S. Census Bureau . Retrieved June 7, 2022. - Text list, which states: "Rhea County School District in Dayton" (labeled as "Secondary" which includes High School). Note: Rhea County High School is not indicated on this map, but it is the sole high school of Rhea County Schools, and therefore students from Dayton would go there.
  3. "Rhea County High School - About The School". Rhea County High School. Retrieved December 11, 2019.
  4. "Rhea County High School - Sports". Rhea County High School. Retrieved November 26, 2019.
  5. Evans, Rachel Held (2010). Evolving in Monkey Town. Zondervan. p. 40. ISBN   9780310293996.
  6. "Rhea County's Cory Gearrin, Living His Dream". The Chattanoogan. August 31, 2006. Retrieved March 26, 2014.