Hixson High School

Hixson High School
Location
5705 Middle Valley Road Hixson, Tennessee 37343 United States
Coordinates	35°09′14″N 85°13′19″W / 35.154°N 85.222°W / 35.154; -85.222
Information
Type	Public
Established	1909
School district	Hamilton County Schools
Principal	Lee Ziegler[1]
Teaching staff	64.00 (FTE)[2]
Grades	9 to 12
Enrollment	935 (2022-23)[2]
Student to teacher ratio	14.61[2]
Color(s)	Black and gold
Athletics conference	TSSAA
Nickname	Wildcats
Website	https://hhs.hcde.org/

Hixson High School is a public high school for grades 9–12 in the Hamilton County Schools system located in Hixson, a suburb of Chattanooga, Tennessee, USA.

Hixson High School was founded in 1909. Its current site opened in 1966. It has been accredited by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools since 1959.The school had only grades 10-12 until fall 1993, when it welcomed its first freshman class.^[3]

In 1984, Hixson High was awarded the Carnegie Award for School Excellence and was recognized as one of the top six high schools in Tennessee. In 1984 and 1985, the U.S. Department of Education recognized Hixson as a National School of Excellence.^[3]

Overcrowding at the former site of Hixson High resulted in plans being made, beginning in 1964, for a new school facility. The new school building, two miles from the old school site, was dedicated in 1966. A two-story wing to the school for the mathematics, music and foreign language departments was added in 1986. Ground was broken in 1992 for another addition which includes classrooms, chemistry laboratories, home economics laboratories, a student publication room, teacher work areas, locker space, and an expanded music department. In 1977, Hixson Community Stadium was dedicated at the new school, the result of a community effort to move the football team's home games from the former school location.^[3]

Hixson's football team plays at Hixson Community Stadium/Anthony Martino Field and has a separate practice field. The stadium has a six-lane all-weather track. Hixson's baseball facility is John Plumlee Stadium. The soccer teams play at Bob Martin Field. A new softball stadium opened in 2006. The soccer and softball facilities share a concessions/restrooms building that opened in 2011. The tennis teams train and play home matches at a new on-campus facility built in 2019.^[4] The school is within walking distance of two 18-hole golf courses.^{[citation needed]} The bowling teams use Hixson's Holiday Bowl lanes for home competitions.^{[citation needed]} Hixson's gymnasium, the school's oldest sports facility (original to the building opened in 1966), is used by the basketball, wrestling and volleyball teams. The school also has a wrestling practice room. All Hixson athletes have access to the Bullocks Strength Complex, which opened in 2007.^[3]

The school competes in the Tennessee Secondary School Athletic Association (TSSAA) and fields varsity teams in all TSSAA-sanctioned sports. Hixson has won team state championships in wrestling (1973, 2009, 2010 and 2014), softball (1983, 1984, 1987 and 1988), boys' soccer (1988),^[5] boys' (2004) and girls' (1985) golf and boys' (2007) and girls' (2006) bowling.^[6]

• Daniel Bullocks 2001, professional American football player^[7]
• Josh Bullocks 2001, professional American football player^[8]
• Kim Criswell, singer, actress^[9]
• Michael Houser, lead guitarist, Widespread Panic^[10]
• Guy A. Lewis, attorney^{[citation needed]}
• Kelley Lovelace, songwriter^[11]
• Greg Martin, Tennessee state representative
• Scott Ourth 1977, Iowa state representative^[12]
• Danny Shirley, 1974, lead singer, Confederate Railroad^[13]
• Robin Tucker Smith 1981, Tennessee state representative^[14]
• Don Stephenson, 1982, actor, director^{[citation needed]}
• Kim Hudson White, 1978, president/CEO, River City Company^[15]
• Wayne White, 1975, artist^[16]

• Official website