{{Short description|School in Georgia, United States}} {{for|the high school in Rome, New York|Rome Free Academy}} {{Use American English|date=August 2025}} {{Use mdy dates|date=September 2024}} {{Infobox school | name = Rome High School | logo = RomeHSGAcrest.png | logo_size = 150px | image = Rome High School, Rome GA May 2018.jpg | image_size = 250px | caption = Rome High School in May 2018 | us_nces_school_id = 130444000028 | principal = Parke Wilkinson | grades = 9–12 | address = 1000 Veteran's Memorial Highway | city = Rome | state = Georgia | county = | zipcode = 30161 | country = United States | coordinates = {{Coord|34.286957|-85.152421|display=title,inline|format=dms|type:edu_region:US-GA}} | district = Rome City School District | us_nces_district_id = 1304440 | enrollment = 1,986 (2024–2025)<ref name="NCES22" /> | teaching_staff = 123.10<ref name="NCES22" /> | ratio = 16.13<ref name="NCES22" /> | schooltype = high school | fundingtype = Public | established = 1992 | campus_type = Small urban<ref name="NCES22" /> | team_name = Wolves | yearbook = Capitolium | colors = {{color box|#CF112B}} {{color box|#C8B783}} Red and gold | athletic_conference = GHSA Class 5A, Region 5 | website = {{URL|https://www.romehighwolves.net/|romehighwolves.net}} }}
'''Rome High School''' ('''RHS''') is a public high school that opened in 1992 and is located in Rome, Georgia, United States. It is a part of Rome City School District.<ref name="NCES22">{{Cite web |title=Rome High School (2024–2025 school year) |url=https://nces.ed.gov/ccd/schoolsearch/school_detail.asp?Search=1&DistrictID=1304440&ID=130444000028 |access-date=February 14, 2026 |website=National Center for Educational Statistics (NCES)}}</ref>
== About == Rome High offers Advanced Placement (AP), Dual Enrollment, and Career Technical and Agricultural Educations (CTAE) classes.{{Citation needed|date=March 2023}} The school has an average ACT score of 24, and an average SAT score of 1130.{{Citation needed|date=March 2023}} Rome High School receives Title 1 funding.<ref name="NCES22" />
In 2020–2021, the total school minority enrollment is 74%; and 66% of students at the school are economically disadvantaged.<ref name=":5" />
The Rome High Marching Band is known as the, "Sound of the Seven Hills."<ref>{{Cite web |date=2018-07-13 |title=The Rome hills are alive with sounds of music |url=https://apnews.com/article/---c9ad789d214a4879868d7246a472f432 |access-date=2023-04-06 |website=AP NEWS |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2021-09-25 |title=The Sound of the Seven Hills |url=https://www.fox5atlanta.com/video/982378 |access-date=2023-04-06 |website=FOX 5 Atlanta |language=en-US |type=video and article}}</ref><ref name=":2">{{Cite web |last= |first= |date=January 30, 2023 |title=Tab Brown named Rome City Schools director of bands |url=https://www.northwestgeorgianews.com/rome/news/education/tab-brown-named-rome-city-schools-director-of-bands/article_f0a3552e-a0f8-11ed-abce-1b7aefcf95d1.html |access-date=2023-04-06 |website=Northwest Georgia News |language=en}}</ref> In 2023, Thomas "Tab" Brown was named the director of bands for the school.<ref name=":2" /> The Rome High Chorus has four different chorus groups,<ref>{{Cite web |last= |first= |date=December 19, 2018 |title=Rome High School Chorus hosts Winter Concert |url=https://www.northwestgeorgianews.com/rome/news/local/rome-high-school-chorus-hosts-winter-concert/article_f9c66df4-03e4-11e9-abe8-eb54c84a87c2.html |access-date=2023-04-06 |website=Northwest Georgia News |language=en}}</ref> including the advanced chorale, advanced women’s chorus, men’s chorus, and beginning women’s chorus. The Rome High Theatre Department has produced varied stage productions,<ref>{{Cite web |last= |first= |date=April 5, 2022 |title=Rome High Theatre department recently presented 'Spelling Bee' |url=https://www.northwestgeorgianews.com/rome/lifestyles/local/rome-high-theatre-department-recently-presented-spelling-bee/article_4503a19e-b501-11ec-9d45-cf1fc65e6cb2.html |access-date=2023-04-06 |website=Northwest Georgia News |language=en}}</ref> including ''Once Upon a Mattress'' (2013),<ref name=":4">{{Cite web |title=Into The Woods in Atlanta at Rome High School 2023 |url=https://www.broadwayworld.com/atlanta/regional/Into-The-Woods-2979099 |access-date=2023-04-06 |website=BroadwayWorld.com |language=en}}</ref> ''Beauty and the Beast'' (2015),<ref name=":4" /> and ''Into The Woods'' (2023).<ref name=":4" />
==Pre-history== [[File:Rome High School, formerly Shorter College in Rome, Georgia.png|alt=Rome High School in 1911, formerly the building for Shorter College|thumb|Rome High School, formerly the Shorter College building, in 1911|left]] The former campus for Cherokee Baptist Female College, now Shorter College, was used for Rome High School, which opened on September 4, 1911.<ref name=":0">{{Cite book |last=Scott |first=Robin L. |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=5tDyhcQaCKMC&pg=PA71 |title=Rome, Georgia in Vintage Postcards |date=2001 |publisher=Arcadia Publishing |isbn=978-0-7385-1407-9 |pages=71–73 |language=en}}</ref> In 1980, that campus building was demolished, after a history of many fires.<ref name=":0" />
In 1939, due to an increase in attendance at Rome High School, it was divided into two schools separated by gender.<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":1">Stacy McCain, [https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=F1FNAAAAIBAJ&sjid=NDYDAAAAIBAJ&pg=3089,1340243&dq=west-rome+segregation&hl=en "Schools have been divided, united"], ''Rome News-Tribune'', November 5, 1991.</ref> The all-girls high school was named Girls' High School;<ref name=":0" /> and the all-boys high school was named Boys' High School.<ref name=":1" /> The mixed-sex educational system returned to the city by 1950.<ref name=":0" />
In 1958, two new schools were formed East Rome High School, and West Rome High School.<ref name=":0" /> These schools were all segregated and served the White students, until desegregation efforts in 1966.<ref name=":1" /> The Main High School, which opened in 1884 and closed in 1969, was the segregated school that served Black students in the Rome community.<ref name=":1" /><ref>{{Cite web |title=Legacy of Rome Colored School, Main High continues with 10th reunion |url=https://www.northwestgeorgianews.com/rome/news/local/legacy-of-rome-colored-school-main-high-continues-with-10th-reunion/article_86625c1e-7d81-11e7-8c8c-57b7e3d42154.html |access-date=2023-04-06 |website=Northwest Georgia News |language=en}}</ref>
The new Rome High School opened in 1992, and it replaced East Rome High School, and West Rome High School.<ref name=":1" />
== History == The construction started at the current site at 1000 Veteran's Memorial Highway, shared with the Rome Middle School, in the summer of 1990.<ref>{{cite news|last=Grimes|first=Christopher|title=City board counting on funds from sales for central school|newspaper=Rome News-Tribune|date=August 15, 1990|page=5A|quote=Grading has already begun on the Veterans Memorial Highway site, according to Sandra Burk, school board chairman.}}</ref> The new campus for Rome High School opened in 1992.
As part of the National Schools Recognition Program sponsored by the United States Department of Education in an effort to recognize distinguished public schools, the Georgia Department of Education selected this school as a "school of excellence" in 1996. The school was subsequently commended by the Georgia House of Representatives in recognition for being selected as the 1996 Georgia High School of Excellence from the 7th Congressional District. The school has been named "Best High School in America" three times by ''U.S. News & World Report'' (2008, 2009, 2012). The 2020–2021 ranking by U.S. News & World Report placed Rome High 98 of the 476 high schools in Georgia and 4,306 out of 17,245 high schools nationally.<ref name=":5">{{Cite web |title=Rome High School in U.S. News & World Report (2020–2021) |url=https://www.usnews.com/education/best-high-schools/georgia/districts/rome-city/rome-high-school-6077 |website=U.S. News & World Report}}</ref>
The school and its students won two Georgia Scholastic Press Awards in 2007,<ref name='SPA'>{{cite news | first=Sherrie | last=Whaley |author2=Carolyn Crist | title=Georgia Scholastic Press Awards distributed in UGA ceremony | date=2007-05-02 | url =http://www.uga.edu/news/artman/publish/070502_ScholasticPressAwards.shtml | work =UGA Office of Public Affairs | accessdate = 2007-10-10 }}</ref> and had two first place prize winners in the 2007 Georgia Humanities Council National History Day state contest.<ref name='HUMAN'>{{cite web|url=http://www.georgiahumanities.org/programs/history/statecontest.html |title=State Contest Results "Triumph and Tragedy in History " |accessdate=2007-10-10 |date=2007-04-28 |publisher=the Georgia Humanities Council |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20070723152954/http://www.georgiahumanities.org/programs/history/statecontest.html <!-- Bot retrieved archive --> |archive-date = 2007-07-23}}</ref>
==Athletics== [[File:Letter_jackets,_Rome,_GA.jpg|thumb|Letter jackets and a marching band uniform for Rome High School and its predecessor institutions]]Rome High sponsors 13 athletic teams on campus, with boys and girls participating in varsity and junior varsity teams.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.maxpreps.com/high-schools/rome-wolves-(rome,ga)/sports.htm|title=Maxpreps, Rome Wolves Athletics and Sports}}</ref> Rome's teams are known as the Wolves, a reference to the she-wolf's role in the myth of the founding of Rome.{{Citation needed|date=March 2023}}
=== Football === The Rome High Wolves football team secured two state titles in 2016 and 2017.<ref name=":3">{{Cite web |date=December 15, 2017 |title=Rome High Wolves win 2nd straight state title |url=https://www.northwestgeorgianews.com/rome/news/local/rome-high-wolves-win-2nd-straight-state-title/article_dfc1ae10-e1fc-11e7-9574-d3dff033adca.html |access-date=2023-04-06 |website=Northwest Georgia News |language=en}}</ref>
On December 9, 2016, Rome High won the Georgia High School Association 5A Football Championship at the Georgia Dome. Following their 2016 championship season, they added a 38-0 victory over Warner Robins In 2017 on the Demons home field after the championship weekend In Atlanta was canceled due to weather conditions.<ref name=":3" /> The team plays at Barron Stadium. == Notable alumni == * Adam Anderson, former college football player, Georgia Bulldogs<ref>{{Cite web |title=Adam Anderson, Georgia Bulldogs, Edge |url=https://247sports.com/player/adam-anderson-89276/ |access-date=2024-01-15 |website=247Sports |language=en-US}}</ref> * Martel Hight, college football cornerback for the Vanderbilt Commodores<ref>{{cite web |last1=Bahns |first1=Carter |title=Vanderbilt sought advice from Deion Sanders as DB Martel Hight prepares for two-way role with Commodores |url=https://www.cbssports.com/college-football/news/vanderbilt-sought-advice-from-deion-sanders-as-db-martel-hight-prepares-for-two-way-role-with-commodores/ |website=CBS Sports |date=14 July 2025 |access-date=31 December 2025}}</ref> * Beth Shapiro, evolutionary molecular biologist, UC Santa Cruz Genomics Institute<ref>{{Cite book |last=Rinella |first=Steven |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=b5rmuZb1JPAC&pg=PA50 |title=American Buffalo: In Search of a Lost Icon |date=2008-12-02 |publisher=Random House Publishing Group |isbn=978-0-385-52685-2 |pages=50 |language=en}}</ref> * Frankie Welch, former fashion designer<ref>{{Cite book |last= |first= |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=sqxpBgAAQBAJ&pg=PA79 |title=Legendary Locals of Rome |date=2014-12-01 |publisher=Arcadia Publishing |others=Rome Area History Museum |isbn=978-1-4396-4867-4 |pages=79 |language=en |via=Google Books}}</ref>
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==External links== *[https://www.romehighwolves.net/ Rome High School] *[http://romewolvesathletics.net/ RHS Athletics] *[https://www.romebands.net/ RHS Band] {{Rome, Georgia}} {{Education in Floyd County, Georgia}} {{GHSA Class AAAAA Region 5}}
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