Covington High School (Covington, Tennessee)
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Covington High School (Covington, Tennessee) is a grade 9-12 institution in
Tipton County, Tennessee Tipton County is a County (United States), county located on the western end of the U.S. state of Tennessee, in the Mississippi Delta region. As of the 2020 United States census, 2020 census, the population was 60,970. Its county seat is Covingt ...
.


History

Covington High School was founded in 1970.


Academics

CHS received a top grade of five or "most effective" on all four composite grades on the one, two and three-year trends on the TCAP/EOC/SAT 10. In 2011, the school recorded the highest rate of growth in Algebra proficiency in the state. In 2012 CHS won the state's SCORE award for the highest improvement trend in the state of
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. It repeated the same feat in 2013 and 2014 making it the winner of the award for three consecutive years and in three of the award's four years of existence.


Athletics

Covington High School won the
Tennessee Secondary School Athletic Association The Tennessee Secondary School Athletic Association (TSSAA), along with the affiliated Tennessee Middle School Athletic Association (TMSAA), is an organization which administers junior and senior high school sporting events in Tennessee. The TSSAA ...
state championship in baseball in 1999 and 2006.


Clubs and organizations

Clubs and Organizations at Covington High School include
Future Business Leaders of America The Future Business Leaders of America, or FBLA, is an American career and technical student organization (CTSO) headquartered in Reston, Virginia. Established in 1940, FBLA is a non-profit organization of high school ("FBLA High School"), mi ...
,
Future Farmers of America The National FFA Organization or FFA is an American nonprofit career and technical student organization, which offers middle and high school classes that promote and support agricultural education. Future Farmers of Virginia (FFV) was founded in ...
, HOSA, Band, and Choir.


Demographics

Of a total enrollment of 831, 53% of the student body are minorities. 61% are economically disadvantaged.


References

Public high schools in Tennessee 1970 establishments in Tennessee Educational institutions established in 1970 Schools in Tipton County, Tennessee {{Tennessee-school-stub