Warren County High School

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Warren County High School is a high school located in Front Royal, Virginia. The mascot is a Wildcat and its colors are maroon and white. Warren County competes in VHSL activities in the Evergreen District, Region II, Group AA. Its main rivals are Skyline High School and John Handley High School. For 67 years it was located on Luray Avenue. A new WCHS is located on Westminster Drive, serving the eastern 40% of the county.Skyline High School opened in the Fall of 2007, serving the western 60% of the county.Early history: the 1910s, 1920s, 1930s and 1940sIn 1906 a high school department was added to Front Royal's first public school at 21-23 South Royal Avenue . In 1910 a new building for both the grade school and the Front Royal High School opened on Crescent St. . In 1918 the school board changed the name to Warren County High School, reflecting the consolidation of several county schools. County population growth, particularly accompanying the American Viscose rayon factory opening, necessitated a new high school building, occupied in 1940. The impressively sited, Classical Revival-style, Works Progress Administration-funded building was erected on Luray Avenue, and originally housed grades eight through twelve. The Crescent St. high school building burned in 1942 and the elementary school was expanded on the site thereafter. A sports rivalry with nearby John Handley High School in Winchester, became one-sided and diminished in the late 1960s as Handley focused more on nearby Frederick County rival James Wood High School.