Loveland High School is a

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located in

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, United States. It is one of the five high schools in the

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. Founded more than one hundred years ago, it is the oldest high school in the district. The first class of graduates left the institution in 1894, and the most recent location was opened in 1964. Before then the school was located in downtown Loveland where Bill Reed Middle School is located. Loveland High School is an

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World School, the inaugural class of which graduated in May 2009.

Demographics

Enrollment size is approximately 1,600 students distributed between grades 9-12, resulting in graduating classes of approximately 400 students. According to 2022-2023 data provided by the school district, the predominant ethnicities at the school are white (70.2%), hispanic (24.0%), and multi-ethnic (3.0%). The demographics of the school largely mirror the population of the city.

Academics

Academic performance as measured by ''mean''

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composite scores in 2021 and 2022 puts Loveland High School squarely in the middle of the pack nationally, performing within 1 deviation of the mean (2022 national mean composite score = 1050, standard deviation = 216).

Mascot

For much of its history the school mascot was the ''Indians''. In 2020 a student-led effort to remove the mascot encouraged the school board to pass a resolution retiring the ''Indian'' mascot at Loveland High School and the closely-related ''Warrior'' mascot at nearby Bill Reed Middle School. The driver for changing the mascot was sentiment that Native American mascots were deemed by the school board to be harmful and perpetuating of derogatory stereotypes. The replacement mascot was decided on by community input and the school board unveiled the ''Red Wolves'' as the new mascot for the school on October 7, 2020. The school colors remained the same red and black as they had been before the mascot change.

Notable alumni

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, Olympian and professional football player *

Jeff Byers Jeff Byers (born September 7, 1985) is a former American football center who played in the National Football League. He played his college football for the University of Southern California. High school career Byers attended Loveland High School ...

, former center for the

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, former cornerback for the San Francisco 49ers (1959–63) and New York Giants (1963) *

Alec Hansen Alec John Hansen (born October 10, 1994) is an American former professional baseball pitcher. He played college baseball at Oklahoma and professionally in the Chicago White Sox organization. Amateur career Hansen attended Loveland High School ...

, second round pick in the 2016 MLB Draft by the

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, quarterback coach at

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and 2012 Heisman Finalist *

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, former general manager of the

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* Ryan Wood, co-founder of the

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