Currituck County High School

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.

History

Currituck County High School opened for the 1976Ã¢ÂÂ77 school year, replacing J.P. Knapp High School which simultaneously became a junior high school.

The current high school building opened for the 1998Ã¢ÂÂ99 school year and is located next door to the original 1976 building which is now Currituck County Middle School.

Athletics

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:

State championships

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
Cheerleading
2019 NCHSAA State Champions

Academics

Currituck County High School offers AP courses in the sciences, english, histories, and arts. This catalog also includes the AP Capstone program. Any AP course not listed within the course catalog is able to be taken through North Carolina Virtual Public School (NCVPS). CCHS does not offer an International Baccalaureate (IB) curriculum.

Rankings

Currituck County High School ranks #10,597 among ~18,000 high schools in the United States. CCHS also ranks #364 among 576 eligible high schools in North Carolina.