Mount Tabor High School


Mount Tabor High School is a high school located in Winston-Salem, [North Carolina|Winston-Salem], North Carolina. It is part of the WS/FCS School System.

History

Mount Tabor High School opened to grades 7 though 11 at the beginning of the 1966-1967 school year. The following school year in 1967-1968, 12th grade was added. In 1971, the school district reorganized schools and changed Mount Tabor to a junior high school. In 1984, it was changed back to a high school for grades 9 through 12.
In 2004, a new building containing an auditorium, guidance and administration offices, and several classrooms and science labs, was built.
On September 1, 2021, one student was fatally shot at the high school; after a manhunt, police apprehended the suspect the same day.

School demographics

During the 2010-2011 school year, there were 1,622 students enrolled at Mount Tabor. The racial makeup of the students was 48.8% White, 36.94% Black, 6.66% Hispanic, 4.5% Multiracial, 2.92% Asian/Pacific Islander, and 0.18% American Indian. 23% of students were eligible for free or reduced lunch.

Athletics

Mount Tabor is a member of the North Carolina High School Athletic Association.

State Championships

Mount Tabor has won the following NCHSAA team state championships:
  • Boys Basketball: 2009
  • Boys Cross Country: 1988, 1989, 2015, 2017, 2021
  • Girls Cross Country: 2001, 2002
  • Football: 2020–21
  • Boys Soccer: 2002
  • Boys Indoor Track & Field: 2001, 2002, 2023
  • Girls Indoor Track & Field: 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2009
  • Boys Outdoor Track & Field: 2001, 2002, 2014
  • Girls Outdoor Track & Field: 2003
  • Wrestling Dual Team: 2001
  • Wrestling Individual Team: 2001

Notable alumni