McCracken County High School is a public secondary school (grades 9–12) located west of

Paducah, Kentucky Paducah ( ) is a home rule-class city in and the county seat of McCracken County, Kentucky. The largest city in the Jackson Purchase region, it is located at the confluence of the Tennessee and the Ohio rivers, halfway between St. Louis, Missour ...

that opened on August 9, 2013. Operated by the

McCracken County Public Schools McCracken County Public Schools (MCPS) is a school district headquartered in Hendron, unincorporated McCracken County, Kentucky. The district serves all of McCracken County except for most of the area within the city limits of Paducah, which is s ...

district, it consolidates that district's three former high schools—

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, Lone Oak, and Reidland. Before ground was broken for the new school in June 2010, the school's nickname of Mustangs and colors of crimson, black, and white had been finalized. The school opened with an enrollment of slightly under 1,900. Consolidation plans began taking shape in the mid-2000s due to signs of overcrowding at some of the existing high schools. Residents of the county school district ( the Paducah school district, which includes most of the city's population, did not participate in the consolidation) voted in November 2008 to approve the new high school. The original opening date for the school was August 2012, but it was delayed because all of the bids for construction came in above the originally planned budget. The school is organized into a

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, a common feature at schools in many

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countries but rare in the U.S. Each student is assigned to one of five houses, each with its own principal, guidance counselor, and teachers. Most core courses are taught in the student's own house; electives may be taught in any part of the building. As of the 2021–22 school year, the school had an enrollment of 2,030 students and 113 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a

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of 18:1. There were 815 students (37% of enrollment) eligible for

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and 67 (3% of students) eligible for reduced-cost lunch.

State champions

*Boys Bowling: 2021 *Girls Tennis: 2015, 2016, 2017 *Softball: 2015http://khsaa.org/fastpitchsoftball/2015/2015statefastpitchbracket.pdf *Coed Cheer 2021 Region Champions *Dance team: 2019 state Champions

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McCracken County High School
Educational institutions established in 2013 Schools in McCracken County, Kentucky Public high schools in Kentucky 2013 establishments in Kentucky {{Kentucky-school-stub