Medical Lake High School

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Medical Lake High School
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Medical Lake High School
200 E. Barker St.

Medical Lake
,
Washington
99022

U.S.
Coordinates 47°34′34″N117°40′52″W / 47.576°N 117.681°W / 47.576; -117.681
Information
Type Public, four-year
MottoSoaring into the future to create a better tomorrow
Established1905, 1958 (current) [1]
School districtMedical Lake S.D. #326
NCES School ID 530495000755 [2]
PrincipalChris Spring
Faculty32 [3]
Grades9–12
Enrollment517 (2020-2021) [2]
Student to teacher ratio19.44 [2]
CampusOpen campus
Color(s) Cardinal & White    
Athletics WIAA Class 1A (District 7)
Athletics conferenceNortheast 1A (NEA)
Mascot Cardinal
YearbookThe Cardinal
Information(509) 565-3200
Elevation2,420 ft (740 m) AMSL
Website mlhs.mlsd.org/

Medical Lake High School is a four-year public secondary school in Medical Lake, Washington, the sole traditional high school in the Medical Lake School District (#326) in western Spokane County. West of the city of Spokane, the school district includes the base housing area of Fairchild Air Force Base to the north. [4]

Contents

History and Enrollment

Medical Lake High School was founded in 1905, in Medical Lake, Washington. In 1958, the high school was refounded and moved into a new building, but then was added on to in 1970 to encompass the growing number of students being enrolled.

In 2017, a Medical Lake High school student was investigated for a Google Drive filled with sexually explicit pictures of other students with the youngest victim being 14. [5] In February 2018, a threat was made against the school by a student and was investigated by the Spokane County Sheriff's Office. [6] A few months later in April 2018, a Medical Lake student was killed while three other students were injured in a car crash when headed to a track meet. [7] This started the #MedicalLakeStrong movement in Spokane, with schools such as Freeman High School and Shadle Park High School offering their support and solidarity.

That June, the district announced that they had received a one million dollar STEM grant and that the high school students would be receiving their own personal Chromebooks that September. [8] In November 2021, a bombing threat against Medical Lake High School was exposed. [9]

Enrollment has declined within the Medical Lake School District [3] and is expected to continue. A contributing factor has been the privatization of base housing at Fairchild Air Force Base; an increasing number of military families have chosen to live off-base and outside the M.L. school district. A building moratorium by the city of Medical Lake and a sluggish economy have also contributed. [10]

MLHS grew in the 1970s from 487 in 1970 [11] to 650 in 1978, [12] but declined in the early 1980s to below 500 in 1983 and athletics dropped from the 'AA' Frontier League and returned to the 'A' NEA in 1984. [13] Enrollment was 675 in October 2007, but fell to 512 in four grades in May 2012. [3] As of 2021, the current enrollment number is 517. [14]

School Administration

Notable alumni

Sports and Activities

Sports

Medical Lake athletic teams compete in WIAA Class 1A in District 7. MLHS was a member of the Great Northern League (GNL) in class 2A since its inception in 1998, [15] but dropped out of the GNL for football in 2010. [10] The school dropped to class 1A in the summer of 2012; [16] and returned to the Northeast 'A' League (NEA). [17]

Fall Sports

Winter Sports

Spring Sports

State championships

  • 1992 "A" Wrestling Team
  • 2004 "2A" Boys Tennis Team
  • 2005 "2A" Boys Basketball
  • 2005 "2A" Boys Tennis Team
  • 2005 "2A" Knowledge Bowl
  • 2013 "1A" Boys Cross Country
  • 2014 "1A" Boys Track & Field
  • 2014 "1A" Boys Cross Country
  • 2017 "1A" Boys Cross Country

Activities

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