Cox Mill High School
Location
1355 Cox Mill Road

28027

United States
Coordinates35°23′42″N 80°43′49″W / 35.3949232°N 80.7302935°W / 35.3949232; -80.7302935
Information
School typePublic
Established2009 (2009)
School districtCabarrus County Schools
CEEB code340302
PrincipalAndrew Crook
Teaching staff53.09 (FTE)[1]
Enrollment866 (201920)[1]
Student to teacher ratio16.31[1]
Color(s)Purple, teal, black
   
Athletics conferenceGreater Metro 4A
NicknameChargers
RivalNorthwest Cabarrus,
Jay M. Robinson,
Hickory Ridge

Cox Mill High School is a comprehensive public high school in Concord, North Carolina.

History

In 2006, Cabarrus County officials began looking for land in the western portion of the county for a high school that would alleviate the overcrowding at Northwest Cabarrus High School and Jay M. Robinson High School. Land was found in the burgeoning Cox Mill area of Concord, near the Odell Community, approximately three miles from the Mecklenburg County line.

On October 8, 2007, the name "Cox Mill High School" was chosen by the Cabarrus County Board of Education over other candidates including "Odell High School", "West Winds High School", and "Bernie Edwards High School" (in honor of the longtime Northwest Cabarrus football coach and Concord mayor). Cabarrus schools superintendent Harold Winkler's name was also considered by the board, but Winkler himself asked that it be removed from consideration.[2]

Cox Mill opened with 9th through 11th grades on August 25, 2009, and graduated its first senior class on June 11, 2011.

Other

During the COVID-19 quarantine in 2020, a group of students constructed a 1:1 scale model of the school in the video game Minecraft.[3]

Notable alumni

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Mount Pleasant High". National Center for Education Statistics. Retrieved August 17, 2021.
  2. "Charlotte Observer | 10/08/2007 | 'Cox Mill' new Cabarrus Co. High school". Archived from the original on October 11, 2007. Retrieved October 9, 2007.
  3. IP address, cmhsreplica.shadowdash.com
  4. Wertz, Langston (March 15, 2019). "Cox Mill's Wendell Moore named NC Gatorade player of the year". The News & Observer. Retrieved May 13, 2020.
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