Eufaula High School (Alabama)

Eufaula High School is a secondary school, grades 9 through 12, in Eufaula, Alabama, United States.[2] A member of the Alabama High School Athletic Association (AHSAA), it plays in the 5A division for girls and boys athletics.

Eufaula High School
Address
530 Lake Drive

Eufaula, Alabama
36027

United States
Coordinates31°55′9″N 85°8′20″W
Information
School districtEufaula City Schools
CEEB code010995
PrincipalReevice Girtman
Teaching staff49.35 (FTE)[1]
Enrollment1,255 (2017–18)[1]
Student to teacher ratio25.43[1]
Color(s)Red, black, and white
   
Team nameTigers
Websitewww.eufaulacityschools.org/ehs

History

Van Buren High School, eventually renamed for doctor Thomas Vivian McCoo, served Eufaula's African American students.[3][4] Schools in Eufaula remained segregated by race until around 1970.[5] After integration began the school stopped sponsoring social events such as proms[5] although unofficial segregated events were still held. By 1990, students at Eufaula High had begun pressuring school officials to allow integrated proms. The first one was held on Saturday, May 18, 1991, without incident.[5]

More than half the student body is African American and more than a third white.[6]

Alumni

Eufaula High School has produced three NFL players (Walter Reeves, Courtney Upshaw, and Jerrel Jernigan). Upshaw and Jernigan played in, and won, a Super Bowl in their rookie years. Jernigan is currently an assistant coach at Eufaula High, while Upshaw is still in the NFL as a free agent. EHS has also produced WNBA player (Gwen Jackson). Terran Condrey helped Baylor University reach a national title game in 2012. In 2021, Les Snead was the General Manager for the Los Angeles Rams when they won the Super Bowl 23-20 against the Cincinnati Bengals.[7][8]

References
  1. "Eufaula High School". National Center for Education Statistics. Retrieved December 24, 2019.
  2. Official website
  3. "Basketball success helped unite Eufaula". 10 January 2017.
  4. Williams, Arline W. (1955). "A Study of the History of van Buren High School, Eufaula, Alabama, from 1934-1954, as to Faculty, Enrollment and School Plant".
  5. "No Incidents at School's First Integrated Prom". The Tuscaloosa News. May 22, 1991.
  6. "Eufaula High School in Eufaula, AL". US News Best High Schools. 20 February 2023. Retrieved 28 July 2023.
  7. Johnston, Patrick (April 2012). "Eufaula native Terran Condrey shines as Baylor reaches title game". Dothan Eagle.
  8. "Terran Condrey - Women's Basketball". Baylor University Athletics.

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