Winfield High School is a high school

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 located on the banks of the Kanawha River

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 in Winfield, West Virginia

Winfield, West Virginia

Winfield is a town in Putnam County, West Virginia, along the Kanawha River. The population was 2,301 at the 2010 census. It is the county seat of Putnam County....

. The community

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 is a rural

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 town

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, located halfway between Huntington

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 and Charleston

Charleston, West Virginia

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. Winfield High School is the newest of the four high schools in Putnam County

Putnam County, West Virginia

As of the census of 2000, there were 51,589 people, 20,028 households, and 15,281 families residing in the county. The population density was 149 people per square mile . There were 21,621 housing units at an average density of 62 per square mile...

. The school mascot is The General and official school colors

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 are Green and White, with Black also commonly used. As of 2011, the principal is Bill Hughes. The school yearly houses about 850 students.

The current building opened in 1980, prior to that what is currently Winfield Middle School housed students in grades 6-12. Winfield High underwent major expansion in 2006 to compensate for the extreme overcrowding of the school and to update many of the facilities. The 6 million dollar project was completed in the fall of 2007. After several years at the Class AA, Winfield was reclassified as a Class AAA school by the WVSSAC in the fall of 2008.

School Demographics

The most recent statistics indicate that Winfield High School student body consists of the following racial/ethnic demographics:

97% White <1% Black <1% Other

Awards and Recognition for Academics

In 2009 Winfield was honored by Business Week as being the top Academic School in West Virginia

• WV Exemplary School - 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010
• School of Excellence - 1993-1994, 2003–2004, 2006–2007
• WV Blue Ribbon School - 1996
• National Blue Ribbon School - 1996

State championships

Baseball Class AA (1985, 2001, 2002)

Boys' Basketball Class AA(2004)

Girls' Basketball Class AA (2004, 2006)

Cheerleading Class AA (2003)

Football Class A (1960, 1961, 1963) Class AA (1985, 1987)

Boys' Golf Class AA (2004)

Girls' Soccer One Class Only (1995, 1996, 1997)

Girls' Swimming One Class Only (2010)

Boys' Track and Field Class AA/A(1997, 1998) Class AA (2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008)

Girls' Track and Field Class AA/A (1998) Class AA (2003, 2004, 2005, 2007, 2008)

Girls' Volleyball Class AA (2006)