Heath High School was a secondary school operated by the McCracken County Public Schools district in the rural community of West Paducah, unincorporated McCracken County, Kentucky, near the largest city in the state's far-western Purchase region, Paducah.

At approximately 7:14 a.m on December 1, 1997, fourteen-year old Micheal Carneal, armed with a rifle, shotgun and a Ruger pistol, shot eight students while at a prayer meeting, fatally killing three.

Carneal then surrendered to the principal and was sentenced to life in prison with the possibility of parole after 25 years.

Teams were also fielded in baseball, basketball, cheerleading, golf, soccer, softball, swimming, tennis, and volleyball.

[5] State championship titles held by the school's teams include: