Salem High School (Ohio)

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Salem High School
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Location
Salem High School (Ohio)
1200 East 6th Street

Salem
,
Ohio
44460

United States
Coordinates 40°54′25″N80°50′41″W / 40.90694°N 80.84472°W / 40.90694; -80.84472
Information
Type Public, coeducational high school
Established1860
School district Salem City School District
SuperintendentSean Kirkland
CEEB code 364560
PrincipalTodd McLaughlin
Teaching staff38.68 (FTE) [1]
Grades 9–12
Enrollment658 (2023-2024) [1]
Student to teacher ratio17.01 [1]
Campus typeFringe town [2]
Color(s) Red and black [3]   
SloganLove those Quakers
Fight song Quaker Pride
Athletics conference Eastern Buckeye Conference [3]
Nickname Quakers
Team nameQuakers [3]
RivalWest Branch High School
NewspaperThe Quaker
YearbookQuaker Annual
Website salemquakers.k12.oh.us/highschool/

Salem High School is a public high school in Salem, Ohio, United States. It is the only high school in the Salem City School District. The school's athletic teams compete as the Salem Quakers in the Ohio High School Athletic Association as a member of the Eastern Buckeye Conference.

Contents

Since 2006, the building has also housed Salem Junior High School for grades 7 and 8, though it is administered separately from the high school.

Academics

According to the National Center for Education Statistics, in 2021–2022, the school reported an enrollment of 665 pupils in grades 9th through 12th. The school employed 33.00 teachers, yielding a student–teacher ratio of 20.12. [1] Salem High School offers courses in the traditional American curriculum. Entering their third and fourth years, students can elect to attend the Columbiana County Career and Technical Center in Lisbon as either a part-time or full-time student. [4]

Athletics

Salem High School's athletic teams are known as the Quakers. The mascots are Quaker Sam for boys' teams, and Quaker Lady for girls' teams.

College Football Hall of Fame inductee Earle Bruce had his first head coaching position at Salem. He led the Quakers to a record of 28–9 over four seasons from 1956 to 1959. [5] [6]

OHSAA State Championships

Notable alumni

Former downtown campus, now used by Kent State University at Salem Salem High School, now Kent State branch.jpg
Former downtown campus, now used by Kent State University at Salem

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "Salem High School". National Center for Education Statistics. Retrieved May 28, 2025.
  2. ↑ "Salem High School". U.S. News & World Report. Retrieved July 7, 2017.
  3. 1 2 3 OHSAA. "Ohio High School Athletic Association member directory" . Retrieved February 17, 2010.
  4. ↑ "High School Career and Technical Programs". Columbiana County Career and Technical Center. Retrieved April 5, 2021.
  5. ↑ SalemHistoryMakers.com, accessed November 17, 2007. Archived January 15, 2008, at the Wayback Machine
  6. ↑ Park, Jack (2003). The Official Ohio State Football Encyclopedia: National Championship Edition. Sports Publishing LLC. ISBN   1-58261-695-7.
  7. ↑ "Columbus rocker, a 1999 Salem grad, high bidder for Side Door". salemnews.net. Retrieved October 24, 2024.
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