McCracken County High School is a public secondary school (grades 9–12) located west of Paducah, Kentucky that opened on August 9, 2013.
[3] Operated by the McCracken County Public Schools district, it consolidates that district's three former high schools—Heath, Lone Oak, and Reidland.
[3] Consolidation plans began taking shape in the mid-2000s due to signs of overcrowding at some of the existing high schools.
[3] The school was originally (2013-2024) organized into a house system, a common feature at schools in many Commonwealth countries but rare in the U.S. Each student was assigned to one of five houses, each with its own principal, guidance counselor, and teachers.
[7] Now (24-25 onward) it uses the traditional American high school system of counselors assigned to grades, and the former houses are now organized by subject (ex.