The A Mountain Empire District is a high school conference of the

Virginia High School League The Virginia High School League (VHSL) is the principal sanctioning organization for interscholastic athletic competition among public high schools in the Commonwealth of Virginia. The VHSL first sponsored debate and also continues to sponsor sta ...

which draws its members from Southwest Virginia, west of the Roanoke metropolitan area. The schools in the Mountain Empire District compete in

A Region C The Virginia High School League (VHSL) is the principal sanctioning organization for interscholastic athletic competition among public high schools in the Commonwealth of Virginia. The VHSL first sponsored debate and also continues to sponsor sta ...

with the schools of the

A Hogoheegee District The A Hogoheegee District is a high school conference of the Virginia High School League which draws its members from Southwest Virginia, primarily Smyth, Wythe, and Washington counties. The schools in the Hogoheegee District compete in A Region C ( ...

, the

A Pioneer District The A Pioneer District is a high school conference in the state of Virginia that comprises high schools located in Southwest Virginia History The District was originally composed of small schools in the Allegany Highlands and northern and western ...

and the

A Three Rivers District The A Three Rivers District is a high school conference of the Virginia High School League located in Southwest Virginia. History The district was originally named for the New River, Roanoke River, and Little River and was focused on the New Rive ...

. Mount Rogers is one of the two remaining consolidated K-12 schools in Virginia, due to its position at the extreme western end of Grayson County making it inadvisable to consolidate it into Grayson County High School. Its enrollment is typically around 25-30 students in grades 9-12, and so its participation in VHSL team activities will be sporadic. Pocahontas High School used to be in the Mountain Empire District but the school closed at the end of the 2007-2008 academic year.

Graham High School (Bluefield, Virginia) Graham High School is a public high school located in Bluefield, Virginia across the state line from Bluefield, West Virginia in Tazewell County, Virginia, as a part of Tazewell County Public Schools. History Graham High School was first esta ...

, left the district after 6 years in 2017. Mount Rogers is now part of Grayson County High School. The MED re-formed this year to include Rural Retreat, George Wythe and Auburn which was a former member prior to joining the Three Rivers District. Graham returned to the Southwest District where they were a long time member and Narrows joined the Pioneer District.

Member schools

* Bland County High School of Rocky Gap, Virginia *

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of Max Meadows, Virginia * Galax High School of Galax, Virginia * Grayson County High School of Independence, Virginia *Auburn High School, Riner, VA *Rural Retreat High School, Rural Retreat, VA *George Wythe High School, Wytheville, VA Virginia High School League {{Virginia-sport-stub