Humboldt High School (Iowa)

Humboldt High School
Location
1500 Wildcat Rd. Humboldt , Iowa 50548 United States
Coordinates	42°42′58″N94°13′48″W / 42.716111°N 94.23°W / 42.716111; -94.23
Information
Type	Public High School
Motto	Learning and Successful for All
Established	1967
School district	Humboldt Community School District
Principal	Lori Westhoff
Faculty	29.62 (FTE) [1]
Grades	9-12
Enrollment	464 (2023-2024) [1]
Student to teacher ratio	15.67 [1]
Campus	Rural
Color(s)	Royal Blue & Gold
Athletics conference	North Central Conference
Mascot	Victor E
Nickname	Wildcats
Website	District Website

Humboldt High School is a public, co-educational high school in Humboldt, Iowa. It is a part of Humboldt Community School District, and serves grades nine through twelve.

As the sole high school in its district, it serves Humboldt, Dakota City, Hardy, Renwick, and Rutland. ^[2]

Academics

Humboldt High School has about a 17:1 student / teacher ratio. There are about 389 students enrolled in Humboldt High. ^[3]

Activities

Humboldt High School offers many opportunities through athletic and co-curricular activities.

Athletic

The Wildcats compete in the North Central Conference. ^[4] Humboldt High offers many athletics a student can be involved in. Some include volleyball, football, girls and boys cross country, girls and boys basketball, wrestling, girls and boys track & field, soccer, girls and boys golf, baseball, and softball . ^[5]

State championships

• Humboldt Football was 12-1 in 2006, and won a Class 3A State Championship. ^[6]
• Boys' Cross Country - 1994 Class 2A State Champions ^[7]
• Wrestling - 1968 Class A State Champions ^[8]
• Boys' Track and Field - 1995 Class 3A State Champions ^[9]
• Girls' Golf - 3-time State Champions (1985, 1987, 2017)^{[ citation needed ]}

Co-curricular

Humboldt High also offers many co-curricular activities to their students. ^[5] Some of these are vocal and instrumental music, musicals, KMO, Quiz Bowl, JETS, Science Bowl, and FFA.

Notable alumni

• Bruce Reimers, an offensive lineman for the Cincinnati Bengals and Tampa Bay Buccaneers from 1984–1993. ^[10]
• Frank Gotch, a wrestler who went 154-6 in his wrestling career, winning the world heavyweight championship in 1908. ^[11]
• Frank Gotch (MD), American physician who derived the mathematical expressions Kt/V and standardized Kt/V used internationally to quantify and prescribe dialysis therapy for kidney failure.
• Jon Porter, former member of the United States House of Representatives in Nevada. ^[12]
• Kevin Dresser, Head coach of wrestling at Iowa State University.
• Tony Ersland. Head coach of wrestling at Purdue University.

Notable faculty

• Dick Schultz, baseball and basketball coach at Humboldt High School and later the University of Iowa ^[13]

See also

• List of high schools in Iowa

References

1. "Humboldt High School". National Center for Education Statistics. Retrieved January 12, 2025.
2. "Humboldt Archived 2018-04-27 at the Wayback Machine ." Iowa Department of Education. Retrieved on September 15, 2018.
3. Student Teacher Ratio Humboldt High School - Humboldt, Iowa - IA
4. "North Central Conference". North Central Conference. Retrieved September 17, 2020.
5. Activities
6. "Record Book Football 2020 Complete Edition" (PDF). Iowa High School Athletic Association. June 9, 2020. Retrieved July 23, 2020.
7. "2020 IHSAA Cross Country Stat Book" (PDF). Iowa High School Athletic Association. December 16, 2019. Retrieved September 17, 2020.
8. "2020 Wrestling Stat Book" (PDF). Iowa High School Athletic Association. January 29, 2020. Retrieved September 17, 2020.
9. "2020 IHSAA Track & Field Stat Book" (PDF). Iowa High School Athletic Association. December 16, 2019. Retrieved September 17, 2020.
10. "Bruce Reimers". The Pro Football Archives. Archived from the original on May 28, 2014. Retrieved May 27, 2014.
11. Hirsley, Michael (December 12, 2005). "Hero still has hold on town". Chicago Tribune . Retrieved May 27, 2014.
12. Mishak, Michael (September 21, 2008). "Porter: Played in rock bands, learned about responsibility early". Las Vegas Sun . Retrieved May 27, 2014.
13. Crowe, Jerry (January 17, 1989). "He's Opening NCAA's Door : Schultz Closes Gap Between Members and Organization". Los Angeles Times . Retrieved May 27, 2014.

External links

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