Clarksville High School (Tennessee)

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| name = Clarksville High School

| streetaddress = 151 Richview Rd
Clarksville, Tennessee, 37043 United States

| coordinates = {{Coord|36.5157|-87.2774|type:edu_region:US-TN|display=inline,title}}

| type = Public

| colors = Purple and Gold
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| founded = 1906

| ACT =

| team_name = Wildcats

| homepage = {{url|https://clarksvillehigh.cmcss.net}}

| grades = 9-12

| enrollment = 1,513 (2023-24){{cite web|url=https://www.cmcss.net/demographic-info/|title=Clarksville High|publisher= Clarksville-Montgomery County Schools|access-date=March 27, 2022}}

| ratio = 19.73{{cite web|url=https://nces.ed.gov/ccd/schoolsearch/school_detail.asp?Search=1&DistrictID=4703030&ID=470303001210|title=Clarksville High|publisher=National Center for Education Statistics|access-date=May 7, 2020}}

| teaching_staff = 70.10

| principal = Erin Hedrick{{cite web|url=https://clarksvillehigh.cmcss.net/directory/?group=20|title=Clarksville High Administration|publisher=CMCSS|access-date=February 5, 2019}}

| athletics = TSSAA

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Clarksville High School is a public high school located in Clarksville in Montgomery County, Tennessee. It is part of the Clarksville-Montgomery County School System. The original building was built in 1906 but the school moved to the current building in 1968. Clarksville High School holds the CMCSS Business Academy which provides an open enrollment option for entering freshmen in Montgomery County. Its mascot is Wiley the Wildcat. The school colors are purple and gold, and the sports teams wear purple and gold with some black. Athletics are part of the TSSAA. The School meets expectations for the standardized tests and ACT's.{{cite web|url=https://www.usnews.com/education/best-high-schools/tennessee/districts/montgomery-county/clarksville-high-school-18136|title=How Does Clarksville High School Rank Among America's Best High Schools?|website=usnews.com|publisher=U.S. News & World Report|access-date=September 15, 2016}}{{cite web|url=http://www.cmcss.net/schools/schoolwebsites/frontpage.aspx?locid=CHS|title=Clarksville High School|website=cmcss.net|publisher=Clarksville-Montgomery County School System|access-date=September 15, 2016}}

Athletics

Clarksville High School Football is led by Head Coach Isaac Shelby, whose accomplishments include a 45-13 record against teams in the city. Under Shelby, the team has made the playoffs ten out of twelve years at Clarksville High, with a 10-9 playoff record. Shelby has coached 13 players who have gone on to play in the Tennessee All-Star Game and 62 players who have signed to play college football, 2 of which have gone on to play in the NFL. Coach Shelby also holds the record for the most winningest coach in school history at Clarksville Northeast High School, which he joined in 2008. He left Northeast to coach for Clarksville High School in 2014.{{cite news |last1=Austin |first1=Chris |title=Isaac Shelby returns to his roots as new Clarksville High School football coach |url=https://www.clarksvilleonline.com/2014/02/06/isaac-shelby-returns-roots-new-clarksville-high-school-football-coach/ |access-date=14 June 2024 |work=Clarksville Online |date=6 February 2014}}

In its second year, the 2021 Lady Cats Girls Wrestling Team had two State Champions Ella-Lina Gonzalez and Brielle Bissonette. The team won the TSSAA State Duals and placed second in the Girls Traditional State Tournament. The girls' soccer team won the state title in 2014 and 2016 with a 2nd place trophy in 2015. The women's golf team won the state title in 2016, their third.[http://tnsports360.com/lady-wildcats-capture-third-state-golf-title/ third title]

Girls' Golf has also won multiple state titles as well.

Notable alumni

Donny Everett, former College Baseball player at Vanderbilt
Galen Fott, director and animator{{Cite web|url=http://artsnash.com/film/animation-nashville-bigfott/|title=Animation in Nashville: Bigfott Studios at Belcourt This Saturday|last=Donnell|first=Evans|date=August 15, 2013|website=ArtsNash|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131216203937/http://artsnash.com/film/animation-nashville-bigfott/|archive-date=December 16, 2013|access-date=}}
Harry Galbreath, former NFL Football player
Bashaara Graves, WNBA basketball player
Ryne Harper, MLB pitcher{{cite web|url=https://clarksvillenow.com/local/two-former-clarksville-high-baseball-players-are-headed-to-the-majors/|title=Two former Clarksville High baseball players are headed to the majors|date=March 27, 2019|publisher=clarksvillenow.com|access-date=April 23, 2019}}
Trenton Hassell, former NBA basketball player
Shawn Marion, former NBA basketball player
Wes Parsons, MLB pitcher
Robert Penn Warren, poet and novelist{{Cite web|url=https://www.clarksvilleonline.com/2012/04/25/robert-penn-warren-and-the-high-school-connection/|title=Robert Penn Warren and the High School Connection|last=Culverhouse|first=Sue Freeman|date=April 25, 2012|website=Clarksville Online|access-date=}}
Ted Young, former JBL basketball player for the Akita Isuzu Motors

References

Category:Education in Clarksville, Tennessee

Category:Public high schools in Tennessee

Category:Schools in Montgomery County, Tennessee

Category:1906 establishments in Tennessee