Newnan High School (NHS) is a public high school in southwestern Coweta County, Georgia, United States. It is located south of Newnan's historic downtown district. Feeder schools include Evans Middle School, Smokey Road Middle School, and Madras Middle School. Madras also feeds into the nearby Northgate High School.

History

Founded in 1918 as the first high school in Newnan, NHS was a Southern Accredited School by 1919. In 1952, a new school building was built, eventually expanding to fill an entire city block. On March 26, 2021, an EF4 tornado seriously damaged many buildings on the school campus. In 2022, it was proposed to demolish 13 buildings on the school campus, and replace them with 5 new buildings. On July 28, 2024 an opening ceremony to the public commenced with a tour of the new school. On August 2, 2024 Newnan High School opened to a fully completed campus to its students and staff with a state of the art building which features a large auditorium, library with noise cancelling rooms, and much more and a tornado shelter along with the first floor which is partially underground and updated technology against school security and safety.

Athletics

NHS' athletic programs include football, soccer, baseball, gymnastics, cheerleading, track, volleyball, wrestling, tennis, swimming, softball, lacrosse, basketball, golf, cross country and marching band. NHS' football team has competed in many region championships in the AAAAA class. The most recent was their varsity football team reaching the State Semi-Finals, losing to Northside High School from Warner Robins, Georgia. The Cougars have won many basketball championships and are a constant Elite 8 competitor in baseball.

Notable alumni

In popular culture

Some scenes in The Walking Dead episode "Save The Last One" (season 2, episode 3), were filmed in and near the NHS campus. The High School scene of the Christmas themed Slasher film Santa's Slay was filmed on campus.