Morgan High School (Morgan Co. OH)

Morgan High School is a public high school in McConnelsville, Ohio. It is the only high school in the Morgan Local School District. Morgan County was the first county in Ohio to completely consolidate its high schools into one. The school is located near McConnelsville, Ohio along the scenic banks of the Muskingum River.

With the new school came a new name and new colors for everyone in Morgan County. The “Morgan Raiders” became Morgan’s official name and was to be used by all the school. The school’s new colors were silver-gray and blue as the dominant colors, with red and white as the minor colors.

Morgan High School was established as the first comprehensive High School in the State of Ohio and first county consolidated comprehensive high school in the United States. In addition to Academic College Prepretory studies the School also teaches Vocational Classes and on opening offered: Electronics, Carpentry and Cabinet, Auto Mechanics, Business Education, Cosmetology, Homemakers Assistant, Vocational Machine Agriculture, Hydraulics and Pneumatics, Steno Clerk, General Office, and Distributive Education.