Halifax County High School

Demographics

The student body makeup is 49 percent male and 51 percent female, and the total minority enrollment is 51 percent. Halifax County High is the only high school in Halifax County Public Schools. Halifax County High School has an 82.2 percent on-time graduation rate and a 2.1 percent drop out rate.

Academics

Halifax County High School is a comprehensive high school for grades 9–12, and the only high school in Halifax County Public Schools. Of the 1,827 students in the school, 51% are African American (937), 47% are White (861), and 1% are Hispanic (25).

Athletics

Halifax High competes in the Virginia High School League's 4a Region, and are in the Piedmont District. The school fields 16 different sports in baseball, boys' and girls' basketball, cross country, football, boys' and girls' golf, boys' and girls' soccer, softball, boys' and girls' tennis, track and field, girls' volleyball, wrestling, and swimming diving & JV/ Varsity cheerleading

The school is a part of Halifax County Public Schools and, in athletics, the AAA Northwest Region of the Virginia High School League.

Halifax County High School is equipped with two football fields, one soccer field, one field for baseball, and a basketball arena.

Notable alumni

Robert "Bootie" Barker, NASCAR PIT Crew Chief

Jeb Burton, NASCAR Camping World Truck Series driver

Alonzo Coleman, former NFL player

Terry Davis, Former NBA center

Tyrone Davis, former NFL player

Earl Ferrell, former NFL player

Adam Page, current professional wrestler signed to All Elite Wrestling

Jeremy Jeffress, Former MLB player (Milwaukee Brewers, Kansas City Royals)

Don Testerman, former NFL player

Tisha Waller is an American athlete who participated in the 1996 Summer Olympics and 2004 Summer Olympics

Barry Word, former NFL player

Andrew Abbott, current MLB pitcher for the Cincinnati Reds