South Iredell High School

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South Iredell High School is a public school located near Troutman, North Carolina and is part of the Iredell-Statesville school system. South Iredell High is designated an Expected Growth School of Distinction by the North Carolina ABCs Accountability program. It educates students from surrounding areas including Troutman and south Statesville, North Carolina. The school was constructed in 1966 to replace Troutman High School. The school's enrollment was about 800 students in the 2005-2006 school year. Attendance was double that figure before 2002, when Lake Norman High School was created to alleviate South Iredell's overcrowding. The school's mascot is the Viking and the school colors are navy blue and gold.

[edit] Television Appearance

South Iredell High School was the set for the 1989 made-for-television movie The Ryan White Story, based on the life of 13-year old AIDS patient Ryan White. Who was also a von Wilabrands Hemophilliac

[edit] Historic Moments

According to legand during one academic year an school administrator hit a deer with a school bus in the morning, brought the deer back on the bus, and during morning classes cleaned the deer to have it cooked in the school cafeteria that day for lunch.