Humboldt High School is a
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,
co-educational
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high school
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in
Humboldt, Iowa
Humboldt is a city in Humboldt County, Iowa, United States. The population was 4,792 at the time of the 2020 census, gaining 340 people over the 2000 total.
History
Frank A. Gotch Park (just south of present-day Humboldt and Dakota City) was a ...
. It is a part of
Humboldt Community School District, and serves grades nine through twelve.
As the sole high school in its district, it serves Humboldt,
Dakota City,
Hardy,
Renwick, and
Rutland.
Academics
Humboldt High School has about a 17:1 student / teacher ratio. There are about 389 students enrolled in Humboldt High.
Auditorium
R. Wesley Carlson
auditorium
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is in the west portion of the school, and is used for school events such as musicals, plays, and band and chorus concerts. Carlson, for whom the auditorium was named, was a
superintendent
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at Humboldt from 1970-1989 and the auditorium was dedicated in his honor June 19, 1989. There is seating for 450 attendees.
Activities
Humboldt High School offers many opportunities through athletic and co-curricular activities.
Athletic
The Wildcats compete in the
North Central Conference
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History
The NCC ...
.
Humboldt High offers many athletics a student can be involved in. Some include
volleyball
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,
football, girls and boys
cross country, girls and boys
basketball
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,
wrestling
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, girls and boys
track & field
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,
soccer, girls and boys golf,
baseball
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, and
softball
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.
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State championships
* Humboldt Football was 12-1 in 2006, and won a Class 3A State Championship.
* Boys' Cross Country - 1994 Class 2A State Champions
* Wrestling - 1968 Class A State Champions
* Boys' Track and Field - 1995 Class 3A State Champions
* Girls' Golf - 3-time State Champions (1985, 1987, 2017)
Co-curricular
Humboldt High also offers many co-curricular activities to their students. Some of these are vocal and instrumental music, musicals, KMO, Quiz Bowl, JETS, Science Bowl, and FFA.
Notable alumni
* Bruce Reimers, an offensive lineman for the Cincinnati Bengals and Tampa Bay Buccaneers
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from 1984–1993.
*Frank Gotch
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, a wrestler who went 154-6 in his wrestling career, winning the world heavyweight championship in 1908.
* Frank Gotch (MD), American physician who derived the mathematical expressions Kt/V and standardized Kt/V used internationally to quantify and prescribe dialysis therapy for kidney failure.
*Jon Porter
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He ...
, former member of the United States House of Representatives
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in Nevada.
* Kevin Dresser, Head coach of wrestling at Iowa State University
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.
*Tony Ersland. Head coach of wrestling at Purdue University
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.
Notable faculty
*Dick Schultz
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, baseball and basketball coach at Humboldt High School and later the University of Iowa
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See also
*List of high schools in Iowa
This is a list of high schools in the state of Iowa. You can also see a list of school districts in Iowa. Where the high school information is on the school district page, the link below will direct you to the district page.
Adair County
* AC/ ...
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Schools in Humboldt County, Iowa
1967 establishments in Iowa
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