Humboldt High School is a

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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

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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

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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

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. Humboldt High offers many athletics a student can be involved in. Some include

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, football, girls and boys cross country, girls and boys

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, girls and boys

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, soccer, girls and boys golf,

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, and

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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

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from 1984–1993. *

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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. *

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, former member of the

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in Nevada. * Kevin Dresser, Head coach of wrestling at

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. *Tony Ersland. Head coach of wrestling at

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Notable faculty

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, baseball and basketball coach at Humboldt High School and later the

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