Monroe Area High School

Monroe Area High School
Monroe Area High School
Location
	300 Double Springs Church Road; Monroe, Georgia; United States
Coordinates	33°49′07″N 83°44′11″W / 33.81861°N 83.73639°W
Information
Type	Public
School district	Walton County School District
NCES School ID	130539001772
Principal	Bryan Hicks
Faculty	66.80 (on FTE basis)
Grades	9–12
Enrollment	1,045 (2018-19)
Student to teacher ratio	15.64
Color(s)	Purple, white and black;
Team name	Hurricanes
Website	www.monroeareahigh.org

Monroe Area High School is located in Walton County, Georgia, United States. It serves the city of Monroe.

The school

Monroe Area High School is a public, four-year comprehensive high school for grades nine through twelve.

The present campus was constructed in 2005, and includes a football stadium (the Purple Pit) with a nine-lane rubberized track, baseball and softball fields, tennis courts, and a practice field for football and soccer. The current facility replaced the former campus a few miles away.

The old Monroe Area High School building (currently home to the Walton County satellite campus of Athens Technical College), its football stadium, and the Monroe Area football team were used during filming of the TV series The Vampire Diaries.

Demographics

The demographic breakdown of the 1,102 students enrolled in 2012-2013 was:

Male - 50.0%
Female - 50.0%
Native American/Alaskan - 0.3%
Asian/Pacific Islanders - 3.1%
Black - 32.3%
Hispanic - 4.8%
White - 56.5%
Multiracial - 3.0%

62.1% of the students were eligible for free or reduced lunch.^[1]

Sports

Monroe Area is home to the Purple Hurricanes and competes in region 8-AAA of the Georgia High School Association. The school offers the following sports:

Baseball
Basketball (boys' and girls')
Cheerleading
Color guard
Cross country (boys' and girls')
Dance team
Football
Golf (boys' and girls')
Majorettes
Soccer (boys' and girls')
Softball
Swimming (boys' and girls')
Tennis (boys' and girls')
Track and field (boys' and girls')
Volleyball
Wrestling

In 2012 the girls' track team won the State Championship for 8-AAA.

Notable alumni

Marquis Floyd - former NFL and AFL player
Michael Gallup - American football player, Dallas Cowboys
Stephon Tuitt, American football player, Pittsburgh Steelers

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e "Monroe Area High School". National Center for Education Statistics. Archived from the original on March 22, 2016. Retrieved May 13, 2020. Total Students: 1,271 (2009-2010)
^ "Monroe Area High School". Maxpreps. Retrieved August 29, 2012.

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[NCES-1] "Monroe Area High School". National Center for Education Statistics. Archived from the original on March 22, 2016. Retrieved May 13, 2020. Total Students: 1,271 (2009-2010)

[Maxpreps-2] "Monroe Area High School". Maxpreps. Retrieved August 29, 2012.

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