Shelby County High School (Kentucky)

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Address
Shelby County High School
1701 Frankfort Road Shelbyville, KY 40065
Information
School district	Shelby County Public Schools
Principal	Gary Kidwell
Students	1700
Type	Public
Grades	9-12
Motto	Learning for life - Success for all
Nickname	Rockets
Color(s)	Navy blue and Gold
Established	1960
Feeder schools	East Middle School, West Middle School
Information	+1 (502) 633-2344
Homepage	www.shelby.kyschools.us/SCHS/index.htm

Shelby County High School is a public high school in Shelbyville, Shelby County, Kentucky.

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Shelby County High school is a high school in the Shelby County Public Schools system. The school is located in Shelbyville approximately 30 miles away from Louisville, Kentucky and has a student body of about 1700 students serving grades 9-12.^[1]

The school conducts Advanced Placement and Honors classes in addition to dual credit courses with Jefferson Community College. Shelby County High School is accredited through the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools. The school has an average ACT composite score of 21.5 and SAT average of 1100.^[2]

Classes work on a block schedule format in which students attend four 86-minute classes per day per semester.^[2] The students of the school have a variety of classes to choose from. The classes range all the way from psychology to a Junior ROTC program. The Students are required to have 27 credits to graduate.

Shelby County High School's mascot is the Rocket, and the colors are navy blue and gold. The rocket was chosen because of the Space Age in which the school was founded.^[1]