Poca High School

Poca High School first opened its doors in September 1922 using a small white schoolhouse located on a hillside between Bancroft and Black Betsy, West Virginia. The school then moved to a much larger building overlooking Poca's Main Street in 1926. In 1970, the school relocated to its current building on the outskirts of town. Over the next decade, Poca High School's then-modern 1970 design was replicated to build new buildings for Hurricane and Winfield High Schools, also located in Putnam County. Thus, while subsequent renovations and additions over the years have introduced unique character, the core sections of three of Putnam County's four high schools share nearly identical floor plans. Poca High School itself received significant renovation and addition in 2011-12 and again in 2023-24. Following the high school's move to its current building, the former 1926-era building was used as Poca Junior High (later Middle) School from 1970 until 2012; that building was demolished in 2013 after the construction of a new building for the middle school. The first graduating class consisted of eleven students. The first school paper, The School Echo, was published in January 1924. Three years later, the first annual yearbook, The Pocatalico, was published. Since then, an issue of The Pocatalico has been released every year. ==Arts and athletics==