Currituck County High School

American public school in North Carolina

Currituck County High School

Address

4203 Caratoke Hwy

Barco, North Carolina

27917

United States

Coordinates| 36°22′23″N 75°58′09″W﻿ / ﻿36.3731°N 75.9691°W﻿ / 36.3731; -75.9691
Information
Type| Public
Established| 1976 (1976)
School district| Currituck County Schools
CEEB code| 340963
Principal| Justin A Durham
Staff| 62.45 (FTE)[1]
Enrollment| 1,057 (2022-23)[1]
Student to teacher ratio| 16.93[1]
Color(s)| Red, white, and black

Team name| Knights
Rival| First Flight High School[2] Camden County High School[3]
Website| currituck.k12.nc.us/Domain/47

Currituck County High School is a public high school located in Barco, North Carolina. It serves all of Currituck County including Knotts Island and Corolla.[4]

## History

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Currituck County High School opened for the 1976–77 school year, replacing J.P. Knapp High School which simultaneously became a junior high school.[5]

The current high school building opened for the 1998–99 school year and is located next door to the original 1976 building which is now Currituck County Middle School.[6]

## Athletics

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Currituck County High School athletics teams compete in the Northeastern Coastal Conference. Currituck County's colors are red, black, and white and their mascot is the knight. Currituck County offers the following sports programs:

Fall sports | Winter sports | Spring sports

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Football | Boys basketball | Boys baseball
Boys soccer | Girls' basketball | Girls soccer
Girls volleyball | Girls' bowling | Girls softball
Girls cross county | Wrestling | Boys tennis
Boys cross country | Girls swimming | Boys track & field
Girls tennis | Boys swimming | Girls track & field
Girls golf | Girls indoor track | Boys golf
| Boy indoor track |

### State championships

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* Boys basketball
* 1986 1A NCHSAA State Champions, won the first high school basketball championship that was played in the Dean E. Smith Center at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
* Softball
* 1991 1A NCHSAA State Champions
* 1993 1A NCHSAA State Champions
* Girls volleyball
* 2018 2A NCHSAA State Champions[7][8]
* Cheerleading
* 2019 NCHSAA State Champions[9]

## References

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1. ^ a b c "Currituck County High". National Center for Education Statistics. Retrieved April 7, 2024.
2. ^ Correspondent, Chris Bell. "High School Basketball | Currituck girls defeat First Flight; First Flight wins boys' game". dailyadvance.com. `{{cite web}}`: `|last=` has generic name (help)
3. ^ "Byrd Bowl tops tonight's high school football schedule". August 28, 2015.
4. ^ "Currituck County High School / Overview". Currituck County High School.
5. ^ "New Currituck High School". The Coastland Times. Manteo, NC. September 16, 1976. p. 7-B. Retrieved August 22, 2020.
6. ^ Cain, Linda M. (August 13, 1998). "County gets word of high school opening". The Coastland Times. Manteo, NC. p. 1-B. Retrieved August 22, 2020.
7. ^ "Currituck County H.S. volleyball team wins first 2A state championship". WTKR. November 4, 2018.
8. ^ "Currituck Knights are 2A state volleyball champs". The Coastland Times. November 8, 2018.
9. ^ "Currituck wins state title, First Flight second at NCHSAA Cheerleading Invitational - OBX Today". www.obxtoday.com.

## External links

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* Official website

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* NCES

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