East Chapel Hill High School ("East") is a public high school in Chapel Hill, North Carolina. It is the second high school of the Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools district which contains two other high schools, Chapel Hill High School and Carrboro High School. The mascot is the Wildcat, in keeping with the school system's theme of big cats for high school mascots. East holds multiple 3A and 4A championships and is home to many award-winning extracurricular groups, particularly the two student-run a cappella groups, the Alley Cats, and the Chiefs of Staff. Many of its students take Advanced Placement (AP) courses.
East is also home to the locally famous Randomax Improv Company. Randomax has been voted the number one improv group at East. Randomax has been described as "The best student run improv group in the triangle and quite possibly the state."
Although East previously ranked within the top 100 of American public high schools on U.S. News, reaching as high as #23, it has not appeared on the list since the 2009–2010 school year due to achievement gaps. In 2012, it ranked #88 in Newsweek's "America's Best High Schools 2012."
Also notable is the school's rivalry to nearby Chapel Hill High School.
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