title: Gates County Senior High School
text: # Gates County Senior High School
  
  Gates County Senior High School (often just called Gates County High School) is a public, co-educational secondary school located in Gatesville, North Carolina. It is the only high school in the Gates County Schools system.
  
  ## School information
  
  For the 2010–2011 school year, Gates County Senior High School had a total population of 590 students and 47.00 teachers on a (FTE) basis. The student population had a gender ratio of 51.86% male to 48.14% female. The demographic group makeup of the student population was: White, 57.46%; Hispanic, 1.02%; Black, 39.15%; Asian/Pacific Islander, 0.34%; and American Indian, 0.17% (two or more races, 1.86%). For the same school year, 43.22% of the students received free or reduced-cost lunches.
  
  ## History
  
  The school was opened in 1962, after the consolidation of the former Gatesville High School and Sunbury High School.
  
  ## Academics
  
  High School was ranked as a Bronze Level school by the U.S. News & World Report.
  
  ## Athletics
  
  According to the North Carolina High School Athletic Association, for the 2018–2019 school year, Gates County Senior High is a 1A school in the Albemarle Athletic Conference (AAC) . The Gates County mascot is the Red Barons, wearing the school colors of red and white.
  
  ## Notable alumni
  
  * Jessie Britt, NFL wide receiver
  * Thomas Smith, NFL cornerback
  