Rock Hill High School (South Carolina)

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Rock Hill High School (RHHS) is the first of the three high schools in Rock Hill, South Carolina. A part of Rock Hill Schools, it offers the International Baccalaureate diploma to its senior class students,[2] as well as dual credit and Advanced Placement.[3] As of February 2016, RHHS has approximately 2,000 students in grades 9–12.[4]

Coordinates34°54′09″N 80°58′48″W
TypePublic high school
MottoCarpe Diem Latin for, Take Advantage for the Day
Established1888 (138 years ago) (1888)
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Rock Hill High School
Location
320 West Springdale Road

Rock Hill, South Carolina
29730

United States
Coordinates34°54′09″N 80°58′48″W
Information
TypePublic high school
MottoCarpe Diem Latin for, Take Advantage for the Day
Established1888 (138 years ago) (1888)
School district
Rock Hill Schools
Principal
Ozzie Ahl
Teaching staff
118.00 (FTE)[1]
Grades9–12
Enrollment1,980 (2024-2025)[1]
Student to teacher ratio
16.78[1]
Campus type
Suburban
ColorsGarnet and black
  
MascotBearcat
Websitewww.rock-hill.k12.sc.us/Domain/32
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Athletics

Rock Hill High offers a number of sports, including baseball, women's and men's basketball, cheerleading, cross country, football, golf, women's and men's soccer, softball, swimming, women's and men's tennis, track and field, wrestling, and volleyball. Its sports teams are known as the Bearcats and compete in Region 3-AAAAA of the South Carolina High School League (SCHSL).

The athletic teams have achieved considerable success. The Bearcats wrestling team is recognized as a traditional South Carolina powerhouse, having won 19 team state championships. Rock Hill High SCHSL team accomplishments are listed below.

Football

  • AA Champions: 1945, 1946, 1953
  • AAAA Division 1 Champions: 2002, 2004

Baseball

  • AAA Baseball Champions: 1967

Basketball

  • AAAA (Boy's) Champions: 2006
  • AAAAA (Girl's) Champions: 2022

Cross Country

  • AAAA (Boy's) Champions: 1990

Tennis

  • AAAA (Boy's) Champions: 1971
  • AAAAA (Girl's) State Champions: 2017

Men’s Wrestling

  • AAAAA Champions: 2018
  • AAAA Champions: 1980, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1999, 2000, 2009, 2014, 2015

Women’s Wrestling

  • AAAAA Champions:

2023, 2024, 2025

Golf

  • AAAAA (Boy's) Champions: 2018

Notable alumni

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