Gloucester High School (Virginia)
Gloucester High School is a fully accredited public high school located four miles from Gloucester Courthouse (the county seat) in Gloucester County, Virginia, USA. It is operated by Gloucester County Public Schools, a Virginia public school division.
The current complex was originally built in 1976, and has been expanded several times since. The high school was formerly located at the former Page Middle School building, which used to house the sixth to eighth graders until 2011 when a tornado partially destroyed the middle school. The current high school facility remains the only high school in the county, even though student numbers have risen steadily since its construction date. the current amount of students ranges somewhere between 1,500 and 2,000.
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