Jacksonville High School is a 5A public high school located in Jacksonville, Texas, United States. It is part of the Jacksonville Independent School District located in north central Cherokee County. For the 2021–22 school year, the school was given a "B" by the Texas Education Agency.[2]

Current

Jacksonville High School has recently undergone the first major construction since the late '1950s, and is now more open, to accommodate the recent switch to a 5A public high school.[when?]

Athletics

The Jacksonville Indians compete in the following sports:[3]

Football

Jacksonville and rival Nacogdoches played in the longest high-school football game in history, a 12-overtime affair in 2010 which resulted in Jacksonville winning 84-81.[4] Only four years later, the two played a (short, by comparison) five-overtime game, with Jacksonville again winning, this time 85-79.[5]

State titles

  • Boys' basketball[6]
    • 1956 (2A)
  • One Act Play[7]
    • 1952 (1A), 1956 (1A), 1960 (3A)
  • Honor Band (Texas Music Educators Association)[8]
    • 1984–1985 school year (4A)

Notable alumni

References

source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jacksonville_High_School_(Jacksonville,_Texas)