Toppenish High School(Top-Hi) is a

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Toppenish Toppenish () is a city in Yakima County, Washington, Yakima County, Washington (state), Washington. As of the 2020 United States census, 2020 census, the city population was 8,854. It is located within the Yakama Indian Reservation, established in ...

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. It is a part of the Toppenish School District in

Yakima County Yakima County is a county in the U.S. state of Washington. As of the 2020 census, its population was 256,728. The county seat and largest city is Yakima. The county was formed out of Ferguson County in January 1865 and is named for the Yakama t ...

Demographics

In October 2019 the student population was identified as 86.8% Hispanic, 9.9% American Indian/Alaska Native, 2.2% White and 1.1% other. 97.9% of students graduated in four years.

Awards

The school earned a silver medal in U.S. News & World Report's annual ranking of American high schools in 2008. Additional awards followed, making the high school the most decorated in Washington State during a five-year period. * 2010 Recipient of a Washington Achievement Award (Language Arts) * 2011 Engineering Program nationally certified * 2011 Recipient of Washington Achievement Awards in four areas (Excellence, Language Arts, Extended Graduation Rate, and Improvement) * 2012 Washington State STEM Lighthouse School * 2012 KCTS 9 Stanley O. McNaughton Golden Apple Award for Excellence in Education * 2013 Recipient of a Washington Achievement Award (High Progress) * 2013 KCTS 9 (Seattle) Golden Apple “Pathways to Excellence” School

Sports

Toppenish High School plays in the South Central Athletic Conference (SCAC) as a size 1A school. Sports offered include football, golf, volleyball, basketball, soccer, wrestling, track and field, swimming, and tennis. Toppenish is well known for their extremely successful wrestling program. The boys wrestling team has taken home state championships in 1991, 1993, 1998, 2016, 2017, 2019, 2020, 2022 and 2023.https://wiaa.com/results/wrestling/MC33/1ATeam2022.pdf

References

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