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Mullens High School was a high school located in Mullens, Wyoming County, West Virginia, United States. It was closed in 1998 after consolidating with nearby Pineville High School, Herndon High School, and Glen Rogers High School to form Wyoming East High School.
Students from nearby Herndon High School had been consolidated into Mullens High School when that school closed in 1992.
Mullens High School's mascot was the Rebels and the school colors were blue and gray.
Feeder schools for Mullens High School included Mullens Middle School and Herndon Consolidated Elementary School.
Athletics consisted of baseball, volleyball, football and most prominently…basketball, the Mullens Rebels won 7 State Basketball Championships amongst their 70 year run, those being in 1955 (Class A(now AAA)), 1970,1972 (Class AA), 1982, 1983, 1984 (Class A), as well as a State Championship in 1998 also, this being in the schools final year of operation. Mullens Rebel Basketball also having 3 State Runner Up finishes in 1954, 1971, and 1981 as well.
The Mullens Rebels also has two state football championships, those being in 1941, as well as a Co-Championship with Mt. Hope High School in 1959 whenever, due to the weather present during the game, neither team was able to score, and at the end of regulation, the score read 0-0, the two teams would end up doing a coin flip for the trophy, and Mullens would lose the coin flip.
Individual State Wrestling Champions, Mike King in 1985, 1986, Derrick Hypes in 1994.
Individual Basketball Accolades include Herbie Brooks Receiving The Evans Award in 1984, as the State’s Top Basketball Player. He was also the States Annual Scoring Leader in 1983, and is also ranked 6th All-Time in West Virginia High School Boys Basketball Leading Scorers, with the record for most points ever scored in a West Virginia High School State Tournament Game (50, V. Parkersburg Catholic High), as well as the 29th most points scored in a single game by a single player.(60, V. Independence High.)
The Mullens Rebels also have a State Runners Up in Class “A” Football in 1956, State Runners Up in Class “A” Baseball in 1997, State Runners Up in Class “A” Cheer in 1991, as well as 1992.