Swanton High School

Swanton High School
Location
601 North Main Street Swanton , (Fulton County) , Ohio 43558 United States
Coordinates	41°35′36″N83°53′59″W / 41.59333°N 83.89972°W / 41.59333; -83.89972
Information
Type	Public, Coeducational high school
School district	Swanton Local School District
Superintendent	Christopher Lake [1]
Principal	Jason Longbrake [1]
Teaching staff	20.49 (FTE) [2]
Grades	9-12
Enrollment	325 (2023-2024) [2]
Student to teacher ratio	15.86 [2]
Color(s)	Purple and white [1]
Athletics conference	NWOAL [1]
Team name	Bulldogs [1]
Rival	Pike-Delta-York, Evergreen
Website	www.swanton.k12.oh.us

Swanton High School is a public high school in Swanton, Ohio, USA. It is the only high school in the Swanton Local School District.

School details

In the 2002-2003 school year Swanton High moved into its new school building.

The school' provides for 9th to 12th grades. During the 2005-2006^{[ needs update ]} school year, there were of 145 freshmen, 127 sophomores, 142 juniors and 127 seniors, totalling 541 students. 495 of those students were Caucasian, 9 were Black, 15 Hispanic and 6 of other races. The student-to-teacher ratio was 24.7.

Athletics

Swanton High School's mascot is the Bulldog. Its colors are purple and white. The school is a member of the Northwest Ohio Athletic League. The current^{[ when? ]} athletic director is Wade Haselman.

NWOAL championships (1957-1969, 1978-)

• American football: 1981, 1985*, 1989*, 1991, 1995, 2015*
• Boys' cross country: 1981, 1982, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992
• Girls' cross country: 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 2003
• Golf: 1992, 1993
• Girls' soccer: 2015, 2016, 2020*
• Volleyball: 2017, 2020*
• Boys' basketball: 1963-64*, 1978–79, 1979–80, 1980-81*, 1981–82, 1987-88*, 2014-15*, 2021–22
• Girls' basketball: 1980-81*, 1981–82, 1982–83, 1984-85*, 1988-89*, 1990–91, 2006–07
• Wrestling: 1978-79, 1979-80*, 1980-81*, 1981–82, 1982-83*, 1985–86, 1986–87, 1990–91
• Baseball: 1965, 1966, 1983, 1984, 1989, 1990*
• Boys' track and field: 1987, 1988*, 1989
• Girls' track and field: 1979, 1987, 1990, 1991, 1992

[Northern Border League championships (1969-1978)

• American football: 1975*, 1976
• Boys' cross country: 1970, 1973, 1974
• Golf: 1969
• Wrestling: 1972-73, 1974–75, 1975–76, 1977–78
• Baseball: 1970*, 1972*
• Boys' track and field: 1974
• Girls' track and field: 1977, 1978

Note: shared league titles are denoted with an asterisk (*)

Band

The Swanton High School marching band and concert band are members of class "C" in the Ohio Music Education Association. The band hosts a yearly marching band competition called "The Bulldog Bowl".^{[ citation needed ]}

Notable alumni

• Fred Sturt - NFL football player
• Emerson Cole ^[3] - member of 1950 NFL Champion Cleveland Browns
• Bernard Benton - former WBC cruiserweight champion
• Paul Schudel - NCAA football coach
• Karl Koepfer ^[4] - former NFL football player
• Gary Jones - costume designer and Academy Award nominee

Notes and references

1. "Ohio High School Athletic Association member directory". OHSAA. Archived from the original on November 2, 2010. Retrieved February 17, 2010.
2. "Swanton High School". National Center for Education Statistics. Retrieved June 26, 2025.
3. "Emerson Cole FB". NFL.
4. "Karl Koepfer G". NFL.

External links

• Swanton High School's football web page