Locust Fork High School
The Locust Fork High School is a high school in Locust Fork, Alabama. Part of the Blount County School District in Blount County, Alabama, it is at 77 School Road. The hornet is the school mascot.
Overview
six percent of the student body was Hispanic, four percent was African-American, and the overwhelming majority was Anglo-Saxon. The school principal is Thomas Smitherman.The original school burned down in 1961, causing $250,000 in damage. The cause of the fire was never determined.
In 2017, the Lady Hornets basketball team won its first Alabama High School Athletic Association state title, with a 72-62 win over Pisgah at Legacy Arena inside the BJCC.
Dylan "Dino" Embry was a star athlete at the school.
In 2005, a teacher was placed on leave after being charged with second-degree rape. In 2018, a former teacher was convicted of sex crimes with students. In 2023, a former assistant principal was convicted of filming girls undressing and was ordered to pay in restitution.