Corbin High School is the only high school in the Corbin Independent School District and is located in southeastern Kentucky on Interstate 75 in Corbin, KY which has a population of approximately 15,000 people. Corbin is midway between Knoxville, TN and Lexington, KY and has the distinction of being near Cumberland Falls State Park as well as the unusual feature of being located in three counties: Whitley, Knox, and Laurel.
Corbin High School has an excellent reputation for academics in the community, state, and southern region of the United States. The high school curriculum contains over 100 different course offerings that are available to all students and is designed to provide opportunities in pre-college, accelerated, Advanced Placement, and vocational/technical instruction. The faculty is exceptionally well trained with nearly 95% of its members having a Master’s Degree or higher. Corbin High School has been an accredited member of the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools since 1925, is fully accredited by the Kentucky Department of Education, and is a member of the Southern Region Educational Board. In 2009 Corbin High School was selected by the Educational Policy Improvement Center (EPIC) as one of only 30 high schools nationwide to be included in the CREST project designed to identify high schools that standout in their ability to prepare students effectively for college.