Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
Because of the size and diversity of the population of Louisville, Kentucky, there are many schools in a number of different school systems, both public and private.This list of schools in Louisville, Kentucky, attempts to list the educational institutions in Louisville, as well as some post-secondary institutions in the surrounding metropolitan area.
The rivalry between Trinity High School and St. Xavier dates back to 1956, where every year, Trinity and St. X meet at the University of Louisville's Cardinal Stadium for the annual regular season rivalry. The game is the most-attended annual regular-season high school football game in the country, [29] typically drawing over 35,000 fans. [30]
Male was founded in 1856, being the oldest high school west of the Allegheny Mountains. [4] In 1861, Male was designated The University of Public Schools of Louisville and awarded bachelor's degrees until 1921, [4] after other high schools were established in the years following. the school was named Louisville Male High School due to a separate Louisville Girls High School. [5]
In 1952, when Male became co-educational, the name was changed to Louisville Male and Girls' High School; it reverted to Male High School after protests by faculty, alumni, and students of both sexes. The school was moved in 1991, from downtown to the old campus of Durrett High School. Pleasure Ridge Park High School MCA: 1958
St. Xavier has the largest enrollment of boys among Kentucky high schools, [5] [a] and had been the only school in Kentucky to have won a state championship in every Kentucky High School Athletic Association (KHSAA)-sanctioned sport open to boys before the KHSAA began sponsoring coeducational championships in bass fishing and archery in the early 21st century.
A new 25-acre (10 ha) Southwest Campus was dedicated in 2006 and now serves over 350 students in grades preschool - 8th. In 2010 Christian Academy of Louisville High School was recognized as one of only 304 public or private schools nationwide—and the only high school in Kentucky—to receive the prestigious National Blue Ribbon School award.
Atherton High School is a public school in the Highlands district of Louisville, Kentucky, United States, and is part of the Jefferson County Public School district. It opened in 1924 [ 5 ] as J.M. Atherton High School for Girls at 1418 Morton Avenue.
The school has been part of the Jefferson County school system since before the county system aborted the old Louisville city school system. The school was co-educational from its start and was integrated long before busing was ordered in Jefferson County. In 2009, James A. Sexton, principal at Eastern for 20 years, retired.