Banks County High School | |
Streetaddress: | 1486-A Historic Homer Highway |
City: | Homer |
State: | Georgia |
County: | Banks |
Zipcode: | 30547 |
Country: | USA |
Coordinates: | [1] |
District: | Banks County School District |
Principal: | Christine Bray[2] |
Teaching Staff: | 67.40 FTE |
Ceeb: | 111640 |
Avg Class Size: | 30 |
Ratio: | 12.51 |
Grades: | 9–12 |
Athletics: | Marching band, baseball, softball, wrestling, football, track, cross country, tennis, golf, basketball, and soccer |
Slogan: | Seize the Opportunity to Win the Day. |
Mascot: | African Leopard |
Team Name: | Leopards |
Colors: | Blue and white |
Enrollment: | 843[3] |
Enrollment As Of: | 2018–19 |
Banks County High School is a public co-educational high school located in Homer, in the mountains of northern Georgia, United States. The school enrolls about 928 students in grades 9–12.
The school serves all of Banks County, and is part of the Banks County School District. In addition to all of Homer, the district also includes Banks County sections of Alto, Baldwin, Gillsville, Lula, and Maysville.[4]
The school is fed with students from Banks County Middle School, also in Homer.
One of the largest clubs is the Banks County chapter of the National FFA Organization, which teaches students about various Career Development Events (CDEs),[5] including electrical safety, in which a Banks County student won a state competition in 2014.[6]