Mount Pleasant High School (North Carolina)

Mount Pleasant High School is a comprehensive public high school in Mount Pleasant, North Carolina, United States, in the Cabarrus County Schools system. The school's current campus opened in 1992.

Mount Pleasant High School
Address
700 Walker Road Mount Pleasant, North Carolina 28124 United States
Coordinates	35°24′27″N 80°28′56″W
Information
School type	Public
School district	Cabarrus County Schools
CEEB code	342805
Principal	Lacee Jacobs
Teaching staff	54.40 (FTE)[1]
Enrollment	902 (2022-2023)[1]
Student to teacher ratio	16.58[1]
Color(s)	Blue and gold
Athletics conference	Yadkin Valley 1A/2A
Nickname	Tigers
Rival	Central Cabarrus High School
Website	cabarrus.k12.nc.us/Domain/43

Athletics

Mount Pleasant played its first football game in 1954.^[2]

Mount Pleasant's athletic teams are known as the Tigers. The Tigers are in the 2A classification of the North Carolina High School Athletic Association (NCHSAA) and compete in the Yadkin Valley Conference. The school has sports teams in football, basketball, baseball, golf, cross country, track and field, tennis, swimming, volleyball, softball, wrestling, and soccer.

On August 14, 2023, the Cabarrus County Board of Education voted to name Tiger Stadium for Mike Johns, who retired after 23 years as football coach.^[3]

History

The original two-story building^[4] opened November 15, 1926. The school had 138 students and six teachers. The next year there were 463 students and 13 teachers, and the first 10th grade graduating class had 13 members. In 1934 the school added ten rooms, and in 1952 a cafeteria was added, with students paying 25 cents for lunch.^[2]

The building which became the middle school was added in 1957.^[2]

After the new building opened, the original building was torn down.^[4] The former building, with additions, became Mount Pleasant Middle School.^[5]

See also

• Education in the United States

References

1. "Mount Pleasant High". National Center for Education Statistics. Retrieved September 25, 2024.
2. Cline, Charity (October 22, 2001). "Alum come from far and wide to celebrate MPHS's 75th birthday". Independent Tribune.
3. Miller, Christopher (August 16, 2023). "Make that Michael Johns Stadium - school board changes naming at Mt. Pleasant". Independent Tribune. Retrieved August 24, 2023.
4. "Not all memories of this old school will be erased". Concord Tribune. June 20, 1993.
5. Farewell Celebration - History of the School. Cabarrus County Schools. Event occurs at 3:00. Retrieved April 11, 2023.