Etowah High School (Alabama)

Etowah High School
Address
201 Case Avenue

,
Alabama
35954

United States
Coordinates33°59′44″N 86°06′37″W / 33.99559°N 86.11028°W / 33.99559; -86.11028
Information
Other nameEHS
TypePublic high school
MottoCharacter, Commitment, Community
School districtAttalla City Schools
NCES School ID010018000033[1]
PrincipalStephen Hall
Teaching staff30.30 (on an FTE basis)[1]
Grades9–12
Enrollment468 (2023-2024)[1]
Student to teacher ratio15.45[1]
Campus typeSuburban
Color(s)Royal Blue and White   
MascotBlue Devil
NicknameBlue Devils
Websiteehs.attalla.k12.al.us

Etowah High School (EHS) is a public high school in Attalla, Alabama, United States. It is part of the Attalla City Schools district.

In 1959 the school had 43 teachers for 1,266 students, a situation Mrs. Clark Mynatt of the Etowah News-Journal described as a "bad situation of overcrowding".[2]

In 2019 drama was added to the fine arts subjects while computer science and robotics were added to the STEM subjects.[3]

Notable alumni

  • Letha Hughes Etzkorn, Ph.D., P.E., Professor and Chair, Computer Science Department, University of Alabama in Huntsville -- prolific publisher of refereed journal articles in computer science field and text book author on computer science
  • Freddie Kitchens, football coach
  • Roy Moore, politician and jurist
  • Derrick Nix, football coach
  • Patrick Nix, football coach
  • Tyrone Nix, football coach
  • Cadillac Williams, football player

References

  1. ^ a b c d "Search for Public Schools - Etowah High School (010018000033)". National Center for Education Statistics. Institute of Education Sciences. Retrieved May 3, 2025.
  2. ^ Mynatt, Mrs. Clark (Actual given name unstated) (October 8, 1959). "Our Etowah High Faced With Bad Situation Of Overcrowding". Etowah News-Journal. Vol. 10, no. 239. Attalla, Alabama. - Clipping from Newspapers.com.
  3. ^ Fox, Dustin (August 6, 2019). "Superintendents discuss school changes". Gadsden Times. Retrieved July 30, 2022.