Valley High School (VHS) is a public
high school
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in
Lucasville, Ohio
Lucasville is a census-designated place (CDP) in Scioto County, Ohio, United States. The population was 2,757 at the 2010 census.
Lucasville is the location of the Scioto County Fairgrounds. The Southern Ohio Correctional Facility, Ohio's one of ...
in
Scioto County
Scioto County is a county located along the Ohio River in the south central region of the U.S. state of Ohio. As of the 2020 census, the population was 74,008. Its county seat is Portsmouth. The county was founded March 24, 1804, from Adams ...
in
Southern Ohio
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. It is the only high school in the Valley Local School District. Their nickname is the Indians, and their colors are purple and gold.
Campus
The high school building is located on a large property adjacent to the
Southern Ohio Correctional Facility
The Southern Ohio Correctional Facility (commonly referred to as Lucasville) is a maximum security prison located just outside Lucasville in Scioto County, Ohio. The prison was constructed in 1972. As of 2022, the warden is Donald Redwood.
The ...
. The Valley Elementary School building sits on the same property northeast of the high school building. The local Kiwanis group assisted in the setting up of playground equipment on the side of the elementary building.
Both the high school and elementary were built in 1992-1993 and were scheduled to begin holding classes after the Easter break in the spring of 1993. However, a prisoner uprising on Easter Sunday at the Southern Ohio Correctional Facility, commonly referred to as the
Lucasville Prison Riot
The Southern Ohio Correctional Facility (commonly referred to as Lucasville) is a maximum security prison located just outside Lucasville, Ohio, Lucasville in Scioto County, Ohio. The prison was constructed in 1972. As of 2022, the Prison warden ...
,
prevented the opening of the buildings.
The high school stadium which boasts a
FieldTurf surface is immediately north of the high school building and finished construction prior to the start of the school year in 2000.
The high school has tennis courts as well as five baseball/softball fields, three additional soccer fields, and two football fields used for local youth sports are also located on the property. The high school baseball and softball stadiums are located on a nearby property.
Academics
Valley High School has an average graduating class size of 94 students, and the student teacher ratio is 16:1.
The number of students in grade 10 that were at or above proficiency standards exceeded the state average in all five subjects of the Ohio Graduation Test in 2011.
Advance placement courses are offered in English literature and composition, U.S. government and politics, calculus, and chemistry.
Athletics
There are ten school districts and eleven high schools in Scioto County along with one parochial school as well several private and community schools.
The school's athletic affiliation is with the
Ohio High School Athletic Association
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(OHSAA) and the
Southern Ohio Conference (SOC), which has seventeen member schools and is divided into two divisions (SOC I & SOC II) based on the schools' enrollment. The SOC includes teams from four different Ohio counties -
Jackson County (
Oak Hill High School),
Lawrence County (
Saint Joseph Central High School and
Symmes Valley High School
Symmes Valley High School (SVHS) is a public high school near Willow Wood in Lawrence County in Southern Ohio. It is the only high school in the Symmes Valley Local School District. Their nickname is the Vikings and the official school colors a ...
),
Pike County (
Waverly High School,
Eastern High School, and
Western High School Western High School may refer:
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*Western High School (Anaheim, California) – Anaheim, California
* Western High School (Illinois) – Barry, Illinois
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), and
Scioto County
Scioto County is a county located along the Ohio River in the south central region of the U.S. state of Ohio. As of the 2020 census, the population was 74,008. Its county seat is Portsmouth. The county was founded March 24, 1804, from Adams ...
(
Clay High School,
Green High School,
Glenwood High School,
Sciotoville Community School
Sciotoville Community School is a charter school in Sciotoville (within the city limits of Portsmouth), Scioto County, Ohio, United States. Their mascot is the Tartans and their colors are blue and white/gray. In 2000, East High School was suppose ...
, Valley High School, Northwest High School,
Minford High School
Minford High School (MHS) is a rural, public, high school located in Minford, Ohio in Scioto County in Southern Ohio
Appalachian Ohio is a bioregion and political unit in the southeastern part of the U.S. state of Ohio, characterized by the ...
,
Portsmouth West High School
Portsmouth West High School (PWHS) is a public high school in Washington Township, just south of West Portsmouth, Ohio, United States. It is the only high school in the Washington–Nile Local School District. Athletic teams are known as the Se ...
,
Notre Dame High School,
South Webster High School, and
Wheelersburg High School
Wheelersburg High School (WHS) is a public high school in Wheelersburg, Ohio, United States. It is the only high school in the Wheelersburg Local School District, which is located in Porter Township along the northern bank of the Ohio River in ...
).
''See also
Ohio High School Athletic Conferences
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and the
Southern Ohio Conference''
Ohio High School Athletic Association championships and appearances
*Boys' Baseball
::OHSAA Division A Championship
:::::1975 - defeated
Russia
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5-0
::::: 2021- Final four Appearance, Division IV, defeated by Licolnview, 2-1
*Girls' Softball
::OHSAA Final Four Appearances
:::::1993 - lost to
North Robinson Colonel Crawford 9-3
:::::1994 - lost to Jeromesville Hillsdale 6-1
*Boys' Soccer
::OHSAA Final Four Appearance
:::::1998 - lost to
Canal Fulton Northwest 7-2
*Football
:::::2014 - Regional Champions. Lost to Kirtland 28-7 in State Semi Finals
Notable alumni
Gene Tenace
Fury Gene Tenace (; born Fiore Gino Tenacci; October 10, 1946), better known as Gene Tenace, is an American former professional baseball player and coach. He played as a catcher and first baseman in Major League Baseball from through , most n ...
- professional baseball player and coach, 6 time World Series Champion
References
External links
Valley Local School District
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High schools in Scioto County, Ohio
Public high schools in Ohio
Educational institutions established in 1887
1887 establishments in Ohio