Wilcox Central High School
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{{Infobox school
|name = Wilcox Central High School
|image =Wilcox Central High School entrance WCHSbuilding.jpg
|caption =The main entrance to Wilcox Central High School
|type = Public school
|address = 1310 Threadgill Rd
|city = Camden, Alabama
|zipcode = 36726
|country = United States
|coordinates = {{coord|32|0|26|N|87|19|21|W|type:landmark|display=inline,title}}
|grades = 9-12
|ceeb = 010570
|principal =
|us_nces_school_id = {{NCES School ID|010351001780|school_name=Wilcox Central High Sch|access_date=August 9, 2024}}
|teaching_staff = 29.24 (on FTE basis)
|mascot = Jaguars
|colors = Red, white, and blue
{{color box|red|border=silver}}{{color box|white|border=silver}}{{color box|royalblue|border=silver}}
|district = Wilcox County School District
|website = {{URL|https://www.wilcox.k12.al.us/o/wchs}}
}}
Wilcox Central High School (WCHS or Wilcox), is a public high school in Camden, Alabama. Part of the Wilcox County School District, it serves as the only public high school in Wilcox County. More than 600 students were enrolled for the 2010–2011 school year. The student body is predominantly African American.{{cite web | title=Wilcox Central High School in Camden, AL | website=US News| url=https://www.usnews.com/education/best-high-schools/alabama/districts/wilcox-county/wilcox-central-high-school-370 | access-date=July 15, 2023}} Many white students in the area attend Wilcox Academy.Wilcox Central open doors with the first graduating class in 1990. Converting Wilcox County High, PineHill High & W. J. Jones High School. The Wilcox Central Alumni nicknamed the School "the Jungle" because of the Jaguar Mascot.
Athletics
Jaguars are the school.mascot and sports include: varsity/junior varsity girls and boys basketball, varsity boys baseball, varsity girls softball, and varsity boys football. The Wilcox-Central varsity boys basketball has won 2 past 5A State Championships in 2000 and 2003. They also have a state title in 1985 and one from the early years of the 20 and 30s. In the 2006-07 year Wilcox lost to John Carroll 49–44 in State Regional semifinals. Then in 2007-08 lost to Parker High School also in the State Regional semifinals in Montgomery.
Clubs
School clubs include AFJROTC, BETA Club, Drama Club, Future Business Leaders of America, Future Farmers of America, HOSA, Library/Book Club, Science Club, SGA, VICA.{{cite web|url=http://wilcox.wch.schoolinsites.com/?PageName='Organizations'|title=Wilcox Central High Organizations|accessdate=October 26, 2008}}
Alumni
- Antoine Pettway - Kennesaw State basketball head coach and former professional basketball player{{Cite web |last=Marshall |first=Brittany |title=Black History Makers of Alabama Honors Antoine Pettway for His Contributions to Alabama Athletics |url=https://tuscaloosathread.com/antwon-pettway-black-history-maker/ |access-date=2023-04-13 |website=Tuscaloosa Thread |language=en}}
- Jeff Sessions - US Senator and Attorney General{{cite news |last1=Judd |first1=Alan |title=For Trump's AG nominee Jeff Sessions, race is great battle not fought |url=https://www.ajc.com/news/national/for-trump-nominee-jeff-sessions-race-great-battle-not-fought/9cpM4nR3NUFQTbuSPSDzXL/ |accessdate=May 20, 2019 |publisher=The Atlanta Journal-Constitution |date=February 8, 2017 |quote=At Wilcox County High School, Sessions graduated in the class of 1965. He had never attended school with a black child.}}
- Hank Harris - College and Pro Football player
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