Summit High School (Colorado)

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Summit High School
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Summit High School (Colorado)
16201 Highway 9

80443

United States
Coordinates 39°33′56″N106°03′22″W / 39.56553°N 106.05604°W / 39.56553; -106.05604
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School district Summit School District
CEEB code 060135
PrincipalBritney Acres & Douglas Blake [1]
Staff65.96 (FTE) [2]
Age14to 18
Enrollment1,132 (2022–2023) [2]
   Grade 9 306 [2]
   Grade 10 276 [2]
   Grade 11 296 [2]
   Grade 12 254 [2]
Student to teacher ratio17.16 [2]
Color(s)Green, White, Yellow
   
MascotTigers
Nickname Summit
RivalBattle Mountain High School
NewspaperTiger Times
Website shs.summitk12.org

Summit High School is a high school serving Summit County in the central Rocky Mountains of Colorado, United States. About 1,500 students attend the school from the surrounding mountain towns of Frisco, Dillon, Silverthorne, Breckenridge, Copper Mountain, Keystone and Summit Cove. Summit Middle School, located in Frisco, is the only feeder school for Summit High School.

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The high school is located 75 miles west of Denver, between Breckenridge and Frisco, near the Farmer's Korner housing subdivision. It sits at an elevation of 9,050' (2,758m).

Timothy Ridder serves as the school's principal and Brittny Acres as the assistant principal.

Summit High offers AP, IB, DP, and college-level courses through Colorado Mountain College.

The high school has a variety of sports offered not limited to but including: rugby, lacrosse, football, basketball, swimming, wrestling and track and field.

Notable alumni

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  3. "Summit High School graduate Mandy Moore completes choreography for 'La La Land'". Summit Daily News. January 6, 2017. Retrieved June 3, 2019.