Keyser High School | |
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Address | |
1 Tornado Way Keyser, West Virginia 26726 United States |
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Coordinates | 39°24′01″N 79°01′16″W / 39.400148°N 79.021048°WCoordinates: 39°24′01″N 79°01′16″W / 39.400148°N 79.021048°W |
Information | |
School type | High School |
School district | Mineral County Schools |
Superintendent | Shawn Dilly |
Principal | Michael Lewis |
Teaching staff | 49 (as of 2006-07) |
Grades | 9-12 |
Enrollment | 670 (as of 2016-2017) |
Student to teacher ratio | 2:1 (as of 2006-07) |
Color(s) | Black and gold |
Athletics | AA |
Mascot | Tornado |
Team name | Golden Tornado |
Rival | Frankfort High School |
Feeder schools | Keyser Middle School |
Website | http://khs.mine.k12.wv.us/ |
Keyser High School is a comprehensive four-year public high school located in Keyser, West Virginia, in Mineral County that operates as part of the Mineral County School District.
Piedmont High School was combined into Keyser High School in 1976. In the late 1990s, Keyser High School moved from its former location on East Piedmont Street, which had served as Keyser High for over 100 years, to a brand new, state-of-the-art facility approximately three miles south.
Eligible students may take courses at the Mineral County Technical Center.
The school has won 12 West Virginia State Championships in a variety of sports:
Baseball: 1967, 1969
Basketball (Boys): 1923 (B)
Cross Country(Boys): 1971
Football: 1956, 1962, 1969
Golf: 1992(AAA: 2002 (AA)
Track & Field (Boys): 2009, 2016
Tennis (Girls): 1997