Jacksonville_High_School_(Jacksonville,_Texas)

Jacksonville High School (Jacksonville, Texas)

Jacksonville High School (Jacksonville, Texas)

Public school in Jacksonville, Texas, United States

Jacksonville High School is a 5A public high school located in Jacksonville, Texas (USA). It is part of the Jacksonville Independent School District located in north central Cherokee County. For the 2021-2022 school year, the school was given a "B" by the Texas Education Agency.[2]

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Current

Jacksonville High School has recently undergone the first major construction since the late '50s and is now more open to accommodate for the recent switch to a 5A public high school.

Athletics

The Jacksonville Indians compete in the following sports:[3]

Football

Jacksonville and rival Nacogdoches played in the longest high-school football game in history, a 12-overtime affair in 2010 which resulted in Jacksonville winning 84-81.[4] Only four years later the two would play a (short, by comparison) five-overtime game, with Jacksonville again winning, this time 85-79.[5]

State Titles

  • Boys Basketball - [6]
    • 1956(2A)
  • One Act Play - [7]
    • 1952(1A), 1956(1A), 1960(3A)
  • Honor Band (Texas Music Educators Association) -
    • 1984-1985 school year(4A)

Notable alumni

References

  1. [1]
    "JACKSONVILLE H S". National Center for Education Statistics. Retrieved October 6, 2020.
  2. [2]
    "TEA". Texas Education Agency. Retrieved 29 April 2024.
  3. [3]
    The Athletic Department
  4. [4]
    "Jacksonville beats Nacogdoches 84-81 in 12 overtimes".
  5. [5]
    "Carter McCown + Jacksonville Beat Nacogdoches 85-79 in Five-Overtime Thriller".
  6. [6]
    UIL Centennial Webpage Archived 2012-03-06 at the Wayback Machine
  7. [7]
    UIL Centennial Webpage Archived 2015-06-01 at the Wayback Machine
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