Sugar-Salem High School

Sugar-Salem High School is a four-year public secondary school in Sugar City, Idaho, the only traditional high school of the Sugar-Salem Joint School District #322 in Madison County. The school colors are royal blue and white and the mascot is a digger, a reference to sugar beet cultivation.

Sugar-Salem High School
Address
1 Digger Drive

Sugar City
,
Idaho

United States
Coordinates43°52′19″N 111°44′21″W
Information
TypePublic high school
School districtSugar-Salem School District (#322)
PrincipalJared Jenks[1]
Teaching staff28.50 (2018–19)[2]
Grades9–12
Enrollment523 (2018–19)[2]
Student to teacher ratio18.35:1 (2018–19)[2]
Color(s)Royal blue & white [1]
   
AthleticsIHSAA Class 3A[1]
Athletics conferenceMountain Rivers
MascotDigger
RivalSouth Fremont
YearbookBlue & White
Feeder schoolsSugar-Salem Junior High
Websitewww.sugarsalem.org/high-school/

The school district takes in students from the surrounding area, from the community referred to locally as Plano and Salem on the west to beyond the town of Newdale on the east. On the north it borders Fremont County, following the Henry's Fork of the Snake River, and on the south it borders with Madison School District and the city of Rexburg.

History

Sugar-Salem High School was built in 1989. The high school was previously housed in what is now the junior high.

Academic Awards

Sugar-Salem High School has received academic awards including a bronze medal on U.S. News & World Report’s list of America’s Best High Schools in 2008 and was listed as a top school in Redbook Magazine in 1994. Sugar Salem High School has a graduation rate of 97 percent. In 2013, it became a National Blue Ribbon School.

Athletics

Sugar-Salem competes in athletics in IHSAA Class 3A and is a member of the Mountain Rivers Conference. It has received many sportsmanship awards in boys’ and girls’ basketball, volleyball, cross country, wrestling, track & field, and soccer.

State titles

Boys

  • Cross Country (1): fall (3A) 2009 [3] (introduced in 1964)
  • Basketball (5): (AA, now 3A) 1962; (A-3, now 2A) 1973; (A-2, now 3A) 1993, 1994, (3A) 2017 [4]
  • Wrestling (10): (A-3, now 2A) 1984, 1986, 1991; (A-2, now 3A) 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000; (3A) 2002, 2003, 2017 [5] (introduced in 1958)
  • Track (3): (3A)2015[6]

Girls

  • Cross Country (2): fall (3A) 2012, 2013[3] (introduced in 1974)
  • Soccer (0): fall [7] (introduced in 2000)
  • Volleyball (5): fall (A-3, now 2A) 1990; (3A) 2003, 2006, 2007, 2008 [7][8] (introduced in 1976)
  • Basketball (5): (A-3, now 2A) 1991; (3A) 2007, 2009, 2011, 2015 [9](introduced in 1976)
  • Track (9): (A-3, now 2A) 1983, 1985, 1986; (3A) 2007, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2013, 2014[10] (introduced in 1971)

Notable alumni

References
  1. "Idaho High School Activities Association". Retrieved 2011-01-30.
  2. "Search for Public Schools - SUGAR-SALEM HIGH SCHOOL (160309000538)". National Center for Education Statistics. Institute of Education Sciences. Retrieved November 5, 2020.
  3. idhsaa.org Archived 2012-04-15 at the Wayback Machine Cross Country champions through 2011
  4. idhsaa.org Archived 2012-04-15 at the Wayback Machine - Basketball champions - through 2012
  5. idhsaa.org Archived 2012-04-15 at the Wayback Machine - Wrestling champions - through 2012
  6. idhsaa.org Archived 2012-04-15 at the Wayback Machine - Track champions - through 2015
  7. "Soccer & Volleyball champions - through 2011" (PDF). idhsaa.org. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-04-15.
  8. "Past state volleyball tournament results". IHSAA. Archived from the original on October 18, 2012. Retrieved November 11, 2012.
  9. idhsaa.org Archived 2012-10-01 at the Wayback Machine - Girls Basketball champions - through 2015
  10. idhsaa.org Archived 2012-04-15 at the Wayback Machine - Girls Track champions - through 2015
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