Boone High School

This article is about the high school in Iowa. For the high school in Florida, see William R. Boone High School.

Boone High School
Location
500 Seventh Street Boone , Iowa 50036 United States
Coordinates	42°03′43″N93°53′13″W / 42.062°N 93.887°W / 42.062; -93.887
Information
School type	Public secondary
School district	Boone Community School District
NCES District ID	1905130 [1]
Superintendent	Julie Trepa [2]
CEEB code	160450 [3]
NCES School ID	190513000156 [1]
Principal	Jon Johnson [4]
Teaching staff	46.85 (FTE) [1]
Grades	9-12
Enrollment	720 (2023-2024) [5]
Student to teacher ratio	15.37 [1]
Color(s)	Red and green
Athletics conference	Raccoon River Conference
Mascot	Toreador
Website	School website

Boone High School is a public high school located in Boone, Iowa, United States. The school's mascot is the Toreadors, and their colors are red and green. It is part of the Boone Community School District.

Athletics

The Toreadors compete in the Raccoon River Conference in the following sports: ^[6]

Fall sports

• Cross country (boys and girls)
• Swimming (girls)
• Volleyball (girls)
• Football

Winter sports

• Basketball (boys and girls)
  • Boys' - 3-time State Champions (1920, 1921, 1931) ^[7]
• Wrestling
  • 3-time State Champions (1923, 1924, 1925) ^[8]
• Swimming (boys)

Spring sports

• Track and field (boys and girls)
• Golf (boys and girls)
  • Boys' - 2-time State Champions (1946, 1970) ^[9]
• Tennis (boys and girls)
  • Girls' - 2008 Class 2A State Champions^{[ citation needed ]}
• Soccer (boys and girls)
• Baseball
  • 2-time State Champions (1965, 1967) ^[10]
• Softball

Notable people

Alumni

• Pete Kostelnick, Ultramarathon runner^{[ citation needed ]}
• Joyce Lonergan, former Iowa state legislator ^[11]
• Chad Rinehart, NFL player ^[12]
• Allen C. Winsor, district judge

Faculty

• Bucky O'Connor, former coach and athletic director ^{[13] [14]}
• Bob Vander Plaats, politician, former teacher ^[15]

See also

• List of high schools in Iowa

References

1. "Boone High School". National Center for Education Statistics . Retrieved May 27, 2025.
2. "Trepa Named Boone Superindendent". KWBG. January 23, 2020. Retrieved October 31, 2022.
3. "High School CEEB Codes Listed Alphabetically" (PDF). Appalachian State University. Archived from the original (PDF) on December 22, 2014. Retrieved August 18, 2014.
4. "Johnson Selected as New Boone HS Principal". KWBG. May 28, 2021. Retrieved October 31, 2022.
5. "Boone High School". National Center for Education Statistics . Retrieved May 27, 2025.
6. "Raccoon River Conference". Raccoon River Conference. Retrieved July 30, 2020.
7. "2020 State Tournament Stat Book Basketball" (PDF). Iowa High School Athletic Association. January 29, 2020. Retrieved July 23, 2020.
8. "2020 Wrestling Stat Book" (PDF). Iowa High School Athletic Association. January 29, 2020. Retrieved July 23, 2020.
9. "2019-2020 Golf Stat Book" (PDF). Iowa High School Athletic Association. December 16, 2019. Retrieved July 23, 2020.
10. "2020 IHSAA Baseball State Tournament Stat Book" (PDF). Iowa High School Athletic Association. June 10, 2020. Retrieved August 11, 2020.
11. "Joyce Lonergan". The Des Moines Register. Iowa, Des Moines. January 7, 1979. p. 33. Retrieved May 29, 2019– via Newspapers.com.
12. Sager, Whitney (March 5, 2014). "Work put in now will pay off later". Boone News-Republican. Archived from the original on August 19, 2014. Retrieved August 18, 2014.
13. "Bucky O'Connor Named Iowa Golf, Frosh Basketball Coach". Iowa City Press-Citizen. Newspapers.com. June 30, 1948. p. 4. Retrieved December 15, 2014.
14. "Bucky O'Connor Takes Iowa U. Coaching Position". Carrol Daily Times Herald. Newspapers.com. June 30, 1948. p. 7. Retrieved December 15, 2014.
15. Wolf, Gordon (October 21, 2005). "Gubernatorial candidate Vander Plaats wants to increase private investment in state's economy". Denison Bulletin Review. Retrieved August 18, 2014.

External links

• School profile