James Monroe High School (West Virginia)

James Monroe High School is the only public high school in Monroe County, West Virginia

Monroe County, West Virginia

As of the census of 2000, there were 14,583 people, 5,447 households, and 3,883 families residing in the county. The population density was 31 people per square mile . There were 7,267 housing units at an average density of 15 per square mile...

. It has 483 students by the methods of the WVSSAC. The building is also home to the Monroe County Vocational Technical Center.

The school is located in Lindside, West Virginia

Lindside, West Virginia

Lindside is an unincorporated community in Monroe County, West Virginia, United States. Lindside is located on U.S. Route 219 northwest of Peterstown. Lindside has a post office with ZIP code 24951....

. It was formed in 1993 by consolidation of the former Peterstown and Union high schools. It is named for James Monroe

James Monroe

James Monroe was the fifth President of the United States . Monroe was the last president who was a Founding Father of the United States, and the last president from the Virginia dynasty and the Republican Generation...

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The school's teams are stylized "Mavericks" and is expressed with western themes. The school sponsors interscholastic teams for young men and women in basketball and soccer, for young men in baseball and football, and for young women in softball and volleyball. The school also sponsors 11 non-athletic student organizations.

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