Johns Creek High School

Johns Creek High School
Address
5575 State Bridge Road
Johns Creek, Georgia
United States
Coordinates 34°01′22″N 84°11′48″W / 34.022684°N 84.196739°W / 34.022684; -84.196739Coordinates: 34°01′22″N 84°11′48″W / 34.022684°N 84.196739°W / 34.022684; -84.196739
Information
Type Public high school
Motto "Integrity, Service, Excellence"
Established August 2008
Principal Dr. Jimmy Zoll
Grades 9-12
Enrollment 2,100p
Color(s)      Dark red      Gold      Black
Mascot Gladiators
Rival Chattahoochee High School, Northview High School, Centennial High School
National ranking 214
Newspaper The Chariot
Yearbook Vantage Point
Website Johns Creek High School

Johns Creek High School is a public high school in Johns Creek, Georgia, United States, serving grades 9-12. The school is a part of the Fulton County School System. Its students primarily reside inside the city of Johns Creek, though the school also serves part of Alpharetta. Students from both Autrey Mill Middle School and River Trail Middle School attend Johns Creek. The school, a state-of-the-art facility, was opened in the fall of 2009 and has an enrollment around 1,935.

In 2013, Johns Creek was ranked by Newsweek as one of America's best public high schools, #214 in the nation, #5 in the State of Georgia and #2 in Fulton County.

The school's mascot is the Gladiator.

Athletics

In 2012 Johns Creek came in first place in Region 7AAAA and second in the state in the prestigious Regions Director's Cup, which measures success over all sports. In the 2012 Director's Cup, the JCHS Girls finished in first place in all programs in AAAA.

Johns Creek is in Region 6 in Class AAAAAA with geographic rivals Chattahoochee High School, located 2.5 miles away, and Lambert High School, located in nearby Forsyth County. Johns Creek and Chattahoochee share a particularly intense rivalry. Many of Johns Creek's students would be attending Chattahoochee if JCHS had never been built. Many of the athletes were a part of the Chattahoochee "Junior Cougar" feeder programs and played on the same youth sports teams prior to the existence of Johns Creek.

The 2009 cheerleading squad won the AAA State Championship, making JCHS one of the fastest schools to win a state championship in state history. The 2010 boys' tennis team followed, also claiming the AAA State Championship. In the 2011/2012 school year Johns Creek won state championships in both boys' and girls' tennis and were Region Champions or Region Runners-up in baseball, track (boys' and girls'), football, volleyball, swimming, cheerleading, golf (boys') and cross country (girls'). In the spring of 2012, five Johns Creek teams won the region championship and both the boys' and girls' tennis teams won the AAAA State Championship.

In 2010 the Johns Creek Volleyball team made the AAAA Final Four before losing to eventual state champion, Pope High School. In 2011 the Johns Creek boys' golf team placed 2nd in the state.

Johns Creek's athletic teams include:

Activities

Johns Creek offers many clubs and activities, including debate (2009 State Runner-Up) and one-act play (2011 Region 7-AAAA Champions, 2011 AAAA State Runner-Up).

Academics

Johns Creek offers dual enrollment courses with Georgia Tech, Gwinnett Technical College, and Georgia Perimeter College.

Advanced Placement classes include:

Johns Creek also has a Science Olympiad team.

Demographics

Of Johns Creek's student body, 62 percent are White, 19 percent are Asian, 8 percent are African American, 5 percent are Hispanic, 3 percent are multi-racial, and 1 percent are Native American.

References

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