Mount_Tabor_High_School

Mount Tabor High School

Mount Tabor High School

Public secondary school in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, United States

Mount Tabor High School is a high school located in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. It is part of the WS/FCS School System.

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School demographics

During the 2010–2011 school year, there were 1,622 students enrolled at Mount Tabor. The racial makeup of the students was 48.8% White, 36.94% Black, 6.66% Hispanic, 4.5% Multiracial, 2.92% Asian/Pacific Islander, and 0.18% American Indian. 23% of students were eligible for free or reduced lunch.[2]

History

Mount Tabor High School was opened as a 7–11 grade school at the beginning of the 1966–1967 school year. The following year the 12th Grade was added. In 1971, the school district reorganized schools and changed Mount Tabor to a junior high school for grades 9 and 10. In 1984, it was changed again to a 9–12 grade high school. A new building containing a new auditorium, new guidance and administration offices, and several classrooms and science labs, was built in 2004.[3]

On September 1, 2021, one student was fatally shot at the high school; after a manhunt, police apprehended the suspect the same day.[4]

Athletics

Mount Tabor is a part of the North Carolina High School Athletic Association (NCHSAA) and is currently classified as a 4A school. It is a member of the Central Piedmont 4A conference.[5][6]

State Championships

Mount Tabor has won the following NCHSAA team state championships:

  • Boys Basketball: 2009 (4A)
  • Boys Cross Country: 1988 (4A), 1989 (4A), 2015 (4A), 2017 (3A), 2021 (4A)
  • Girls Cross Country: 2001 (4A), 2002 (4A)
  • Football: 2020–21 (3AA)
  • Boys Soccer: 2002 (4A)
  • Boys Indoor Track & Field: 2001 (Open), 2002 (Open)
  • Girls Indoor Track & Field: 2001 (Open), 2002 (Open), 2003 (Open), 2004 (Open), 2009 (4A)
  • Boys Outdoor Track & Field: 2001 (4A), 2002 (4A), 2014 (4A)
  • Girls Outdoor Track & Field: 2003 (4A)
  • Wrestling Dual Team: 2001 (4A)
  • Wrestling State Tournament Team: 2001 (4A)

Notable alumni

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