Matoaca High School Explained

Matoaca High School
Streetaddress:17700 Longhouse Ln
Zipcode:23838
Url:Official Site
Us Nces District Id:5100840[1]
Superintendent:Dr. Merv Daughtery
Us Nces School Id:510084000340
Principal:Elizabeth Baber
Grades:9-12
Mascot:Warrior
Colors: Red, white, and black
Founded:1950
Enrollment:1,630 (2022-23)
Teaching Staff:111.75
Ratio:14.59
Free 2:Information Technology
Free Label 3:Athletic conference
Feeders:Bailey Bridge Middle School
George W. Carver Middle School
Matoaca Middle School

Matoaca High School is a secondary school in the Matoaca community of unincorporated Chesterfield County, United States. This is the newer campus of the school; the old school campus was converted into a middle school, known currently as Matoaca Middle School. The school's mascot is the Warrior. Matoaca is well known for its sports and its technology specialty center.

This school has a technology specialty program for students to learn about the computer industry, through teaching classes such as Oracle I and II, Cisco, and IT1 and 2 (preparatory classes for Network+ and A+ certifications). Matoaca was formally the only school in Chesterfield County that distributed laptop computers for their students' use, but due to "students [failing] to show any academic gains compared with those in schools without laptops" the school discontinued their use for those not in the Specialty Center program.[2]

The school's only campus is located at 17700 Longhouse Lane in Chesterfield. However, the older school located at 6001 Hickory Road was converted into Matoaca Middle School's East Campus in approximately 2002, where the CBG (Center Based Gifted) program and 8th graders are housed. The school's East Campus covers over 100 acres.

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  1. Web site: MATOACA HIGH. National Center for Education Statistics. July 15, 2024.
  2. News: Seeing No Progress, Some Schools Drop Laptops . Winnie . Hu . August 10, 2014 . The New York Times . May 4, 2007.
  3. Web site: Buettner. Michael. Schools’ outstanding alumni honored by foundation. Chesterfield Observer. March 12, 2014. June 6, 2012. https://web.archive.org/web/20140312212326/http://www.chesterfieldobserver.com/news/2012-06-06/News/Schools_outstanding_alumni_honored_by_foundation.html. March 12, 2014. dead.
  4. Web site: White. Jeff. Farrior and Miller Carry UVa Banner in Super Bowl XLV. University of Virginia Athletics. March 12, 2014.
  5. News: After 'devastating' 2016 election, McClellan plans next political chapter. Moomaw. Graham. December 23, 2016. Richmond Times-Dispatch. 12 April 2024.
  6. News: Matoaca High School graduate has been appointed chair of Dept. of Mechanical Engineering at Howard University. July 19, 2011. The Progress-Index.