Scott County Central High School

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Scott County Central High School
Address
Scott County Central High School
20794 U.S. Highway 61

Sikeston
,
(Scott County)
,
Missouri
63801

United States
Information
TypePublic middle and high school
PrincipalGary Mize
Staff14.00 (FTE) [1]
Enrollment121 [1]  (2023-2024)
Student to teacher ratio8.64 [1]
Color(s)Orange, black,and white
    [2]
Nickname Braves [2]
Website

Scott County Central High School is a middle school and high school at 20794 US Highway 61 in Scott County, Missouri (Sikeston postal address). It is a part of Scott County Central Schools school district, which includes Haywood City, Morley, and Vanduser. [3]

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It is in proximity to Kluge's Hill. The school is 8 miles (13 km) north of the center of Sikeston. [4] The school colors are orange, black, and white, and the mascot is the Braves. [5]

The high school has[ when? ] an enrollment of 151. [6] [ unreliable source? ]

The school was created in 1959, [7] by the merger of the Morley and Vanduser high schools. [8] The school colors were retained from the original Vanduser High School (black and orange) and Morley High School (black and white). [9] It competes in the Scott-Mississippi Conference. [10]

Scott County competes in Class 2 and is a member of the Missouri State High School Activities Association.

Athletics

It has won 18 state championships in boys basketball—the most of any high school in the state.[ citation needed ]

Notable alumni

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Scott County Central High School". National Center for Education Statistics. Retrieved December 16, 2024.
  2. 1 2 "Scott County Central High School". Missouri State High School Activities Association. Retrieved March 19, 2024.
  3. ↑ Geography Division (January 12, 2021). 2020 CENSUS - SCHOOL DISTRICT REFERENCE MAP: Scott County, MO (PDF) (Map). U.S. Census Bureau . Retrieved May 30, 2025. - Text list
  4. ↑ "Hold Conference to Plan New Morley-Vanduser High School Building". The Daily Standard . Vol. 47, no. 68. Sikeston, Missouri. December 13, 1957. p.  1 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. ↑ "Scott County Central High School Basketball Schedule". MaxPreps. Retrieved March 23, 2011.
  6. ↑ "Scott County. Central High School in Sikeston, MO". High-schools.com. Retrieved March 23, 2011.
  7. ↑ Heuring, Leonna (January 25, 2010). "Scott County Central high school celebrates 50th anniversary". Southeast Missourian . Standard Democrat . Retrieved May 31, 2025. When the new high school opened in fall 1959, it merged Morley[...]
  8. ↑ "Construction begun on new Vanduser-Morley High School". The Daily Standard . Vol. 47, no. 233. Sikeston, Missouri. January 24, 1958. p.  1 – via Newspapers.com.
  9. ↑ "High school history | Scott Co. Central". Semosportsweb.Com. Retrieved March 23, 2011.
  10. ↑ Magic Johnson. "Scott County Central High School". MSHSAA. Retrieved March 23, 2011.
  11. ↑ Pobst, Chris (January 26, 2012). "Braves legend Marcus Timmons looking for move back home". Sikeston Standard Democrat . Retrieved April 7, 2014.
  12. ↑ Heuring, Leonna (August 14, 2013). "Scott County Central to honor Otto Porter Jr. this weekend". Southeast Missourian. Sikeston Standard-Democrat. Retrieved April 7, 2014.

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