Ravenwood High School

Ravenwood High School
Address
1724 Wilson Pike
Brentwood, Tennessee, Williamson County, 37027
United States of America
Coordinates 35°57′28″N 86°46′04″W / 35.95773°N 86.767647°W / 35.95773; -86.767647Coordinates: 35°57′28″N 86°46′04″W / 35.95773°N 86.767647°W / 35.95773; -86.767647
Information
Type Public
Motto Go Raptors/G2BARR
Established 2002
School district Williamson County Schools
Principal Pam Vaden
Grades 9-12
Enrolment 2000 [1]
Color(s) Red, Black, Khaki
Mascot Raptor
Nickname RHS
National ranking 200/(est.) 37,000
Yearbook Eye of the Raptor
Website wcs.edu/rhs/

Ravenwood High School is a public high school located in Brentwood, Tennessee, which serves the easternmost part of Williamson County.

Opened in 2002, the $24.5 million facility, designed by architect Charlie Johnson, progressively grew its student body, beginning with only 540 students in grades nine and ten, 32 teachers, and 7 staff members. Currently enrolling aprocimately 2,000 students, Ravenwood aims "to become a model of successful community collaboration with the purpose of developing all learners to be able to work, learn and lead in the 21st century."[2] The mission of Ravenwood is "to develop a community of learners that cultivates the intellect, ability, and character of each person within it."[3] The school colors are red, black, and khaki. The mascot is the Raptor, a bird of prey represented by the Red Tail Hawk. Ravenwood High School was ranked in Newsweek magazine's list of the top 1,000 public schools in the United States.[4]

Academics

Most students at Ravenwood take four academic classes, two electives, one directed study, and a lunch/advocate period. Credits are distributed along a fairly standard path, with most students taking English, mathematics, foreign language, science, and social studies. One year and a half of physical education is also required. The standard high school diploma requires twenty-three credits. In addition, two honors diplomas are offered, the Williamson County Honors Diploma and the Ravenwood Honors Diploma. Ravenwood ranks students using weighted GPA.

Ravenwood offers Advanced Placement (AP) courses. AP Comparative Government and AP Environmental Science were added for the 2012-2013 school year. In 2005, 62% of students scored a 3 or higher on end-of-course AP tests, and in 2006, 77% of students scored a 3 or higher. For the year of 2011-2012, the pass rate for AP Statistics was a 96%, while the pass rate for AP US History was a 94% (77/82; 4.2 average).

Ravenwood also has a Media Center with multiple computers and labs for students and faculty to use as well as a library. The Ravenwood Media Center library holds over 16,000 online resources, books, magazines, reference works, audio-visual materials and equipment. Resources are remotely accessible to students and teachers.[5]

Student body

Ravenwood High School is populated primarily through Woodland and Sunset Middle Schools, which are in turn populated by Kenrose, Nolensville, Sunset, Edmonson, and Crockett Elementary Schools.

Sports

Ravenwood provides many various athletic teams in which students are invited to participate. TSSAA-sponsored sports include:

Ravenwood is home to many club sports, including:

The Marching Band, under the direction of Mark Kinzer, is nationally and internationally known and accredited, and has received countless awards and accommodations, such as a USBands Class 5A state championship in 2012 and placing 4th in the famous Contest of Champions in 2014, and has competed at the BOA Grand National Championships 3 times (2010, 2011, 2012), and is scheduled to compete at the 2015 championships in November. The band also performed at the Cotton Bowl and marched in the Cotton Bowl Parade in 2010, and was awarded 1st place for both the parade and standstill performances. The indoor drumline is also successful, medaling every year at the Southeastern Color Guard Circuit Championships for the past 4 years, including currently having a gold medal in the Percussion Scholastic A class. They have also competed at the WGI World Championships in the Percussion Scholastic A class twice in the past three years (2013 and 2015).

Testing

The ACT exam is a graduation requirement. In 2015, the average ACT score of Ravenwood High School was a 25.3. The State average ACT for public schools was 19.8 and the National average was 21.[6]

References

  1. ↑ "About RHS". Williamson County School District. Retrieved 4 November 2015.
  2. ↑ "Ravenwood High School". Directory of Schools. Williamson County Schools. Archived from the original on 2008-03-02. Retrieved 2008-06-09.
  3. ↑ "Mission, Vision". Ravenwood High School.
  4. ↑ Complete List of the 1,000 Top U.S. Schools (2011)
  5. ↑ "Ravenwood Report Card". Ravenwood High School. Archived from the original on October 25, 2006.
  6. ↑ "In Focus". Williamson County School District. Retrieved 4 November 2015.

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