Ashe County High School

Ashe County High School is a public school of secondary education for grades 9–12 located in West Jefferson, North Carolina, US. Ashe High is situated in the far northwestern county of North Carolina. It is the only high school in the Ashe County Schools system.HistoryThe school was established in 1999, when the county consolidated its three high schools. Previously, high school students in Ashe County attended either Ashe Central High School in Jefferson, Beaver Creek High School in West Jefferson, or Northwest Ashe High School in Warrensville. The average class size is 15–18 students.PerformanceStudent performance exceeds the North Carolina state average in all tested areas. The 84% graduation rate exceeds the state's 70% average.AwardsMath Teacher Carmen Wilson was named North Carolina Teacher of The Year in 2001–2002.In 2008, US News and World Report ranked Ashe County High School among the top 1500 public high schools in the country, placing it in the Bronze category, among the 18,000 schools reviewed.Ashe County High School won the 2012 NC Spirit of Sport Award from the NCHSAA (North Carolina High School Athletic Association).In 2015, Keanna Triplett, an English teacher, was named the Burroughs Wellcome Fund North Carolina Teacher of the Year (http://www.ncpublicschools.org/newsroom/news/2014-15/20150407-01).CurriculumAshe High School offers a full selection of courses in several areas, supported by the following departments: