| Timberline High School | |
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| Address | |
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22869 Highway 11 , | |
| Coordinates | 46°26′07″N115°53′14″W / 46.43528°N 115.88722°W |
| Information | |
| Type | Public [1] |
| Established | 1969 [2] |
| School district | Orofino J.S.D. #171 [3] |
| Principal | Jason Hunter [3] |
| Faculty | 7 [3] |
| Grades | 6–12 [3] |
| Enrollment | 113 (2023–2024) [4] |
| Color(s) | Black & gold [3] |
| Athletics | IHSAA Class 1A |
| Athletics conference | White Pine League |
| Mascot | Spartan [3] |
| Website | www |
Timberline Schools are a combined elementary and secondary school in Clearwater County, Idaho. Midway between Weippe and Pierce on Highway 11, the schools are operated by the Orofino Joint School District #171, headquartered to the west in Orofino. [3] [5] The school colors are black and gold, and the mascot is a Spartan. [3]
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The school was originally established as a high school. In 1969, a merger of the high schools of the two towns, [6] [7] [8] [9] which dissolved the long-time athletic rivalry between the Pierce Foresters and Weippe Gorillas. [10] [11] In 1979, the Pierce elementary building was built near the high school. In 2007, the Pierce and Weippe elementary schools combined at Timberline. [12] After Timberline opened, the gorilla mascot stayed in Weippe until the junior high closed and moved to Timberline in 1989. A gorilla caricature and large "W" adorn the 76-foot (23 m) high water tower in Weippe in the WHS school colors, red and black. Painted over in 2002, it returned five years later after extended civic debate. [13] [14]
One of five schools in the school district, [15] THS currently enrolls 70 students in grades 9–12, [3] and about 80 in kindergarten through sixth grade. The school is located only 8 miles from Pierce, Idaho—the oldest city in Idaho. [16]
