page_title: Ravenscroft School
section_title: Athletics
hierarchical_section_title: Ravenscroft School / Athletics
caption_attribution_description: The track and football field at Ravenscroft School in Raleigh, North Carolina.
context_page_description: Ravenscroft School is a coed independent school located in Raleigh, North Carolina. The school enrolls students between kindergarten and twelve grade, and serves 1,200 students. The school has three divisions: Lower School, Middle School, and Upper School.
context_section_description: Ravenscroft's Athletic department offers 25 sports (boys and girls), and fields 53 teams in those sports at the Middle School, junior varsity and varsity levels. More than 80 percent of Ravenscroft students in grades 7–12 participate in school-sponsored athletics. The school mascot is a Raven named Edgar, after Edgar Allan Poe's poem The Raven.
  Facilities include:  Aquatic Center with 6 lanes and upper deck viewing, 4 gyms, fitness and weight training facility, 3 lighted stadiums, 6 lighted tennis courts, 8-lane rubberized track, 2 wrestling rooms.
  Ravenscroft is a member of the North Carolina Independent Schools Athletic Association (NCISAA) and competes in the 4A division.
  NCISAA Championships
  2016 NCISAA Girls' Swimming State Champions (4th time in a row)
  2016 NCISAA Boys Lacrosse State Champions
  2015 NCISAA Football State Champions
  2012 NCISAA Boys Basketball State Champions
  2013 NCISAA Girls Lacrosse State Champions
caption: Ravenscroft School football field and track
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