Nicholas County High School
| Nicholas County High School | |
|---|---|
| Location | |
| Map | |
30 Grizzly Road , 26651 United States | |
| Information | |
| School type | Public secondary |
| Established | 1914[6] |
School district | Nicholas County Schools |
| Superintendent | Donna Burge-Tetrick[1] |
Principal | Kendra Rapp[2] |
Teaching staff | 41.25 (FTE)[3] |
| Grades | 9–12 |
| Enrollment | 697 (2023–2024)[3] |
Student to teacher ratio | 16.90[3] |
| Colors | Old Gold and Navy[4] |
| Nickname | Grizzlies[4] |
| Rival | Richwood High School |
| Newspaper | The Grizzly Gazette[5] (formerly the Gold and Blue Record) |
| Yearbook | The Nichlosean |
| Website | https://boe.nich.k12.wv.us/o/nchs |
Nicholas County High School (NCHS) is a high school located in Summersville, West Virginia.[7] The mascot for NCHS is a grizzly bear, and its school colors are Old Gold and Old Navy. Due to a steady decline in student enrollment, the school currently ranks as an AA school, down from AAA.[8]
As a result of flood damage to Richwood High School in June 2016, plans were made to consolidate RHS with NCHS on a new campus.[9] The planned consolidation, however, was rejected by the West Virginia Board of Education on June 13, 2017.[10] On June 2, 2020, the Nicholas County Board of Education broke ground on a new campus for NCHS and Summersville Middle School (which was destroyed in the flood of 2016 and had to be placed in a modular setting) at Glade Creek. The current NCHS campus will be remodeled to house Summersville Elementary School.[11]
In 2008, Nicholas County High School was listed in the top 10% of high schools in the United States by U.S. News & World Report . NCHS was one of the few schools to be included on the list and the only school in the Nicholas County School System. In 2023, Nicholas County High School was ranked 87th within West Virginia.[12]
References
[edit ]- ^ "Board Members". Archived from the original on February 23, 2020. Retrieved February 23, 2020.
- ^ "Staff Directory". Archived from the original on February 23, 2020. Retrieved February 23, 2020.
- ^ a b c "NICHOLAS COUNTY HIGH SCHOOL". National Center for Education Statistics. Retrieved June 19, 2025.
- ^ a b "Nicholas County - 0087". Archived from the original on March 4, 2022.
- ^ nchs.news
- ^ ncnchs.ss8.sharpschool.com
- ^ "Municipal Election Information | Summersville, West Virginia" . Retrieved October 27, 2022.
- ^ "Classification 2016-2017 thru 2019-2020" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on February 22, 2017.
- ^ Quinn, Ryan (March 7, 2017). "Nicholas board approves school consolidation plan". Charleston Gazette-Mail . Retrieved March 8, 2017.
- ^ Hodousek, Carrie (June 13, 2017). "State BOE rejects Nicholas County school consolidation plan". MetroNews. Retrieved June 28, 2017.
- ^ "MSN". MSN .
- ^ "Nicholas County High School". US News.
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