Maryville High School (Tennessee)

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Maryville High School is four-year public high school founded in 1918 in Maryville, Blount County, Tennessee.

There are approximately 1500 students enrolled, and the 2003-2004 senior class consisted of 325 students. The staff-to-student ratio is approximately 1:15. The current school principal is Dr. Ken Jarnigan.

Maryville High School is famous for both its academic and athletic excellence. The Governor of Tennessee has designated Maryville High School as an A+ school, and five National Merit Finalists graduated in the class of 2003. Almost every year students qualify for various state and national championships in both academics and extracurricular activities.

Many of its sports teams (nicknamed the "Red Rebels") are also well-known for region and state championships nearly every year. The Red Rebel football team is the 2006 AAAA Tennessee State Champion, and has won six of the last seven state championships.

[edit] History

The southwest wing is the oldest part of the current building, built in the 1930s by the Works Progress Administration. The school has been extended several times to the northeast. The school once included the Maryville Polytechnic Institute building, which faced onto Broadway Avenue, but this building has since been demolished.