East Gaston High School (also referred to as East Gaston or EGHS) is a public

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that is part of the

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district and is located in

Mount Holly, North Carolina Mount Holly is a small suburban city in northeastern Gaston County, North Carolina, United States. The city is situated just west of the Catawba River, north of Interstate 85, south of North Carolina State Highway 16, and west of Charlotte. The ...

. Its attendance range covers northeastern Gaston County and includes western portions of Mount Holly, the town of

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and the communities of Mountain Island,

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, Lucia,

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, as well as the surrounding rural areas in Gaston County. The school was established in 1972 when high schools in the neighboring communities of Mount Holly and

were consolidated. Feeder

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s are Stanley and Mt. Holly, with the surrounding Springfield Elementary School also being within the area. At one point, East Gaston was the largest high school in Gaston County. However, it lost a significant portion of its attendance zone when

Stuart W. Cramer High School Stuart W. Cramer High School is a public high school in the Gaston County Schools district located in Cramerton, North Carolina (though its mailing address says Belmont). Its attendance range covers the central portion of eastern Gaston County an ...

opened in nearby Cramerton.

Extracurricular activities

The East Gaston athletic teams compete in the Big South 2A/3A Conference, which includes the following teams, with South Point being their main rival: * Ashbrook Green Wave * East Gaston Warriors * Forestview Jaguars * Hunter Huss Huskies * Lake Norman Charter Knights * North Gaston Wildcats * South Point Red Raiders

References

External links

Gaston County official website
Public high schools in North Carolina Schools in Gaston County, North Carolina {{NorthCarolina-school-stub