Elizabethtown High School is located in Elizabethtown,

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, United States. A part of Elizabethtown Independent Schools (EIS), it is commonly referred to as E'Town High School or EHS. Elizabethtown High School ranked #7 in the state on the 2009 spring exam. The school has a population of 775 students and employs about 50 teachers. Thad Elmore has been the principal since July 1, 2021. Through the 2019–20 school year, it served high school students in

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, and therefore was a feeder high school of the West Point Independent School District, which only covered grades K–8. This arrangement ended on July 1, 2020 when the West Point district merged into

Hardin County Schools Hardin County Schools (HCS) is a school district headquartered in a portion of Radcliff, Kentucky that has an Elizabethtown mailing address. It serves most of Hardin County. However areas in Elizabethtown are instead zoned to Elizabethtown Ind ...

(HCS). West Point students already enrolled at EHS will be allowed to continue their education there; future West Point high school students will attend

North Hardin High School North Hardin High School, located in Radcliff, Kentucky, United States, has a student population of approximately 1,600. The school, a part of Hardin County Public Schools, was founded in 1962. The athletics teams are known as the Trojans. The ...

Education system

The school runs on "period" scheduling. There are six one-hour periods of class per day. Lunch is taken during fourth period and there are three rotations of lunch. Students must acquire four credits before graduation. EHS is on the traditional semester class rotation where it stresses the mastery of basic skills. EHS offers the opportunity to seniors to take dual credit classes at

Elizabethtown Community and Technical College Elizabethtown Community and Technical College (ECTC) is a community college in Elizabethtown, Kentucky. It is one of 16 two-year, open-admissions colleges of the Kentucky Community and Technical College System (KCTCS). History It was formed b ...

Athletics

The Elizabethtown Panthers and Lady Panthers represent the school and have won 14 state championships. The school's main rivals are the three high schools operated by HCS—

Central Hardin High School Central Hardin High School is a school located in Elizabethtown, Kentucky, United States. On this map, the area within the city limits of Elizabethtown has a pink background. Although the school is within the city limits, it is served by the post ...

, located within the Elizabethtown city limits but outside the EIS boundary;

John Hardin High School John Hardin High School is a school located in Radcliff, Kentucky, but served by the post office of neighboring Elizabethtown. Established in 2001, the school is named after the Revolutionary War officer and Native American fighter, John Hardin. ...

, located in a part of neighboring Radcliff served by the Elizabethtown post office; and North Hardin High School, also in Radcliff.

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