Harrisonville High School

Harrisonville High School is a public high school located in Harrisonville, Missouri. It serves students in grades 9 through 12 and is the only high school in the Harrisonville R-IX School District.

Harrisonville High School
Address
1504 E. Elm Harrisonville , Missouri 64701 United States
Coordinates	38.658789°N 94.335874°W / 38.658789; -94.335874
Information
Type	Public secondary school
School district	Harrisonville R-IX School District
Principal	Mark Rorvig
Teaching staff	43.74 (on an FTE basis)[1]
Grades	9-12
Enrollment	746 (2022-2023)[1]
Student to teacher ratio	17.06 [1]
Color(s)	Blue and white
Athletics conference	Missouri River Valley Conference
Nickname	Wildcats
Website	www.harrisonvilleschools.org/domain/29

History

Harrisonville High graduated its first class in 1888.^[2]

Academics

HHS offers Advanced Placement classes. About a quarter of students take AP courses.^[3]

Athletics

Harrisonville athletic teams are nicknamed the Wildcats and compete in the Missouri River Valley Conference West.^[4]

State Championships^[5]

Sport	Year(s)
Football	2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2016
Softball	2006
Wrestling (girls)	2020

Sports at Harrisonville High School include: (Fall) girls’ golf, girls’ tennis, softball, boys’ soccer, cross country, cheer, and dance (Winter) girls’ basketball, boys’ basketball, girls’ wrestling, boys’ wrestling, cheer, and dance (Spring) boys’ golf, boys’ tennis, baseball, girls’ soccer, and track

Performing arts

Harrisonville has two competitive show choirs, "Music Makers" and "Forefront".^[6] The program also hosts an annual competition.^[7]

The school also has a competitive dance team, the "Silver Sensations".^[8]

Notable alumni

• Brutus Hamilton, pentathlete and decathlete^[9]

External links

• Official website

References

1. "HARRISONVILLE HIGH". National Center for Education Statistics. Retrieved November 15, 2024.
2. "Each Had an Essay: High School at Harrisonville Enjoys Typical Commencement". Kansas City Times. May 22, 1897. Retrieved October 18, 2020 – via Newspapers.com.
3. "Harrisonville High in Harrisonville, MO". U.S. News & World Report. Retrieved October 18, 2020.
4. "Welcome to the Missouri River Valley Conference West!". Missouri River Valley Conference. Retrieved October 18, 2020.
5. "State Championships and Top 4 Finishes". Missouri State High School Activities Association. Retrieved October 18, 2020.
6. "SCC: Viewing School - Harrisonville High School". Show Choir Community. Retrieved October 18, 2020.
7. "SCC: Harrisonville Show Choir Invitational 2020". Show Choir Community. Retrieved October 18, 2020.
8. "Sensations Successful". Cass County Democrat-Missourian. August 7, 2015. Retrieved October 18, 2020 – via Newspapers.com.
9. Chamberlain, Chance (August 16, 2020). "Remembering a HHS legend". South Cass Tribune. Retrieved October 18, 2020.