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Idaho Falls High School (IFHS) is a four-year
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Idaho Falls, Idaho Idaho Falls (Shoshoni language, Shoshoni: Dembimbosaage) is a city in and the county seat of Bonneville County, Idaho, Bonneville County, Idaho, United States. It is the state's largest city outside the Boise metropolitan area. As of the 2020 Un ...
, USA. The current building opened in 1952, though the school itself has been in operation since 1897. Idaho Falls is the older of the two traditional high schools, the other is
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, in the Idaho Falls School District#91. The
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are orange and black and its teams are the
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s; the mascot is known as ''Tigger''.


History

As the oldest high school in Idaho Falls, IFHS was established in 1897. The first building was a three-story structure on the corner of North Water and Walnut Street, behind what later became O. E. Bell Junior High School. Following the construction of a larger building that occupied the entire block between 6th and 7th Streets and S. Boulevard and South Lee Avenue (where the Wesley W. Deist Aquatic Center is presently located), the original school building became the school district administration building and was also used for overflow classrooms as part of O.E. Bell Jr. High. It was later razed and is now part of the parking lot behind the present O.E. Bell office building. When the current campus on South Holmes Avenue opened in 1952, the building on 7th Street became Central Junior High School, which burned down on 24 April 1973. The Civic Auditorium was concurrently constructed by the city in 1952, adjacent to the then-new Idaho Falls High School, and remains a major center for performing arts in the area. The school newspaper is the ''Tiger Times'' and the yearbook is ''The Spud Annual''. Paul Haack wrote the school song. "Dear Old I.F. High", in 1927. The school district added the freshman class to the high schools in August 2012.


Demographics

The demographic breakdown of the 1,179 students in 2014–2015 was: *Male - 47.6% *Female - 52.4% *Native American/Alaskan - 0.6% *Asian/Pacific islanders - 1.3% *Black - 0.7% *Hispanic - 18.4% *White - 75.5% *Multiracial - 3.5% 33.6% of the students were eligible for free or reduced price lunch.


Athletics

Idaho Falls competes in athletics in
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Class 5A. It is currently a member of the High Country Conference (5A).


State titles

Boys * American football (4): ''fall'' (A-1 Div II, now 5A) 1987, 1988, 1990, 1991 ''(official with introduction of playoffs, fall 1979)''idhsaa.org
- Idaho high school football - state champions
**''(unofficial poll titles - 0) ''(poll introduced in 1963, through 1978)'' * Cross country (3): ''fall'' 1995, 1996, 2002, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2021.idhsaa.org
Cross Country champions through 2011
''(introduced in 1964)'' * Basketball (9): 1931, 1932, 1951, 1952, 1953, 1960, 1961, 1988, 2019idhsaa.org
- Basketball champions - through 2012
* Wrestling (4): 1997, 1998, 2006, 2009 ''(introduced in 1958)'' * Baseball (1): 2002 ''(records not kept by IHSAA, state tourney introduced in 1971)'' * Track (3): 1927, 1943, 1967 * Golf (2): 1968, 2006idhsaa.org
- Golf champions - through 2012
''(introduced in 1956)'' * Tennis (1): 2001idhsaa.org
- Tennis champions - through 2012
''(combined team until 2008)'' Girls * Volleyball (6): ''fall'' 2003, 2004, 2005, 2011,idhsaa.org
Soccer & Volleyball champions - through 2011
2014, 2015 ''(introduced in 1976)'' * Tennis (2): 2011, 2012 ''(combined team until 2008)'' Combined * Tennis (2): 1990, 2001 ''(introduced in 1963, combined until 2008)''


Notable alumni

* Bethine Clark Church - wife of Senator
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), class of 1941 * D. Worth Clark -
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(1935–39) from Idaho, *
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- U.S. senator from Idaho (1999–present), class of 1969 *
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- fashion designer, appeared on ''
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, class of 1995. * Roland Minson - former basketball player. *
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, class of 1989 * Ryan Nelson - federal judge, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit (2018–present), class of 1991 * Thomas Nelson - federal judge, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit (1990–2009), class of 1955 *
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and VivintSolar, class of 1987 *
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, class of 1989 * Jesse Walters - former justice of the
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, class of 1957 * Rachel Martin - journalist and co-host of
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Gallery

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References


External links

* {{authority control Public high schools in Idaho Buildings and structures in Idaho Falls, Idaho Schools in Bonneville County, Idaho 1897 establishments in Idaho