Elko High School

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Elko High School
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Old Main Building
Address
Elko High School
987 College Avenue

,
89801

United States
Coordinates 40°50′20″N115°45′36″W / 40.839°N 115.760°W / 40.839; -115.760
Information
School type Public, secondary
Established1895
School district Elko County School District
School number(775) 738-7281
PrincipalJohnathon Foss [1]
Faculty62.00 (FTE) [2]
Grades9-12
Enrollment1,424 (2022-23) [2]
Student to teacher ratio22.97 [2]
Colour(s)Maroon and white    [3]
Fight song "On Ye Indians" (to the tune of "On, Wisconsin!")
Athletics conferenceDivision 3A
MascotIndian
Team nameIndians [3]
NewspaperPow-Wow
YearbookPohob
Website elkohigh.ecsdnv.net

Elko High School (EHS) is a public secondary school in Elko, Nevada, in the United States. It is part of the Elko County School District.

Contents

The school's mascot is the Indian and its colors are maroon and white. Its marching band, the Elko High School Marching Band, is known as the "Pride of Nevada." [4]

Elko County, Nevada highlighted Nevada map showing Elko County.png
Elko County, Nevada highlighted

History

Elko High School was established in 1895 as the first county public school in Nevada. [5]

Elko High School's old gymnasium stands on the site of the first University of Nevada. The University of Nevada in Elko was open from October 12, 1874, to July 10, 1885. Other than a few memories, all that remains of the first University of Nevada is a street called College Avenue. It runs in front of Elko High School - put in and named after the school left town.

Extracurricular activities

Athletics

The Indians now compete in the Northern Division 3A. They had a long run competing in 4A athletics.

Nevada Interscholastic Activities Association

  • Baseball - 1980, 1981, 1983, 1988, 1989; consecutive 2A state champs 1982-83-84, 57 consecutive wins; 1986; 1989; 3A-1994-1995; Coach Lynette Davis - NIAA all-time leader most wins- 563; 3rd all time state titles - 7

Performing arts

The Choral music department is represented by the award-winning Choraliers. They have received top ratings in national choral festivals for the past 20 years.[ citation needed ] In 2006, they received an invitation to the National Invitation of Gold Choral Festival in New York City.

They have traveled to Anaheim, Hollywood, Las Vegas, Orlando, Seattle, San Francisco and Hawaii (2008, 2012, 2016 & 2020) and were invited to and participated in the National Invitational Festival of Gold in San Francisco in 2009 and 2013. In 2013, they were selected as the top large ensemble and men's ensemble at the San Francisco Festival of Gold.

The Choraliers Sang in Carnegie Hall in April 2018. They accepted an invitation to sing in 2018, having been invited four times before.

Publications

Rivalries

Football rivalries are Spring Creek High-Elko (Battle of the Summit). The series is led by Elko and McQueen-Elko (High Desert League).

Basketball rivalries are Churchill County High School-Elko.

The school's hometown rival is Spring Creek. Other Nevada rivals are Churchill County Lowry and Winnemucca.

Notable alumni

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