Sumter County High School

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Sumter County High School
Address
Sumter County High School
902 4th Avenue

,
36925

United States
Coordinates 32°29′24″N88°17′38″W / 32.49000°N 88.29389°W / 32.49000; -88.29389
Information
Type Public high school
Established1912 (1912)
Closed2011 (2011)
Grades9–12
Color(s)Red and white
  
MascotWildcats [1]
Official nameSumter County High School
DesignatedSeptember 16, 2021 [2]

Sumter County High School was a senior high school in York, Alabama. It was a part of the Sumter County School District.

In 1968 the student body was 99.1% white and 90.1% of the teachers were white. Due to white flight, no white students remained by 1970, and about 33% of the teachers were white. [3] Many white students had been placed in Sumter Academy. [4]

The football team had a rivalry with that of Livingston High School. The impetus to merge came because of a declining population - the county had a total of 838 students divided between the two high schools in 2009 - as well as the condition of Sumter County High and budget issues. [5] It merged with Livingston High and became Sumter Central High School in 2011. [6]

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References

  1. "Sumter County Wildcats". Alabama High School Football Historical Society. Retrieved March 17, 2024.
  2. "Alabama Register of Landmarks and Heritage as of April 7, 2023" (PDF). ahc.alabama.gov. Retrieved March 16, 2024.
  3. "Fifteen Years Ago... Rural Alabama Revisited." The United States Commission on Civil Rights. Clearinghouse Publication Number 82. December 1983. p. 77 or p. 85 (PDF document p. 84/163)
  4. Farzan, Antonia Noori (August 15, 2018). "Sumter County, Ala., just got its first integrated school. Yes, in 2018". Washington Post . Retrieved January 15, 2019.
  5. Reynolds, Brian (February 26, 2009). "Sumter County schools may fuse". Tuscaloosa News . Retrieved January 15, 2019.
  6. Williams, Andrea (August 9, 2011). "Students Attend First Day at Sumter Central High". WTOK . Retrieved January 15, 2019.