Jackson High School is a public high school located in Jackson Township,

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, United States, near Massillon. Part of the Jackson Local School District, it serves grades 9 through 12. The school's colors are purple, black, and gold, and the athletic teams are known as the Polar Bears.

Academics

Jackson High School is ranked the 57th best public high school within Ohio, and 1,605th nationally as of 2024. Students have the opportunity to take Advanced Placement® course work and exams. The AP® participation rate at Jackson High School is 48 percent - with 35 percent passing at least one exam. At the state level, 87 percent of students met established thresholds of achievement on state proficiency tests.

Athletics

Jackson High School is a founding member school of the

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, a high school athletic conference in Ohio.

State championships

*Boys basketball: 2010, 2017 *Boys baseball: 2014, 2017 *Boys cross country: 2023 *Girls cheerleading: 2024, 2025

Individual team titles

*Boys tennis singles: 1994

Music department

The Jackson Marching Band produces a show yearly (along with one black light halftime show). The band has marched in the

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(1982 and 1998),

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(1999), Cotton Bowl Parade, Orange Bowl Parade (1992), Fiesta Bowl Parade and pre-game (1994), and

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(1987, 1991, 1995 and 1998). The band has also traveled to

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, and

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. In 2009 the Marching Band traveled to

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to play in the

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halftime show. In 2012, the band traveled to Orlando to play in the Disney Thanksgiving Day Parade. In March 2014 the band successfully traveled to China. While in China the band performed on the

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, along with sightseeing, the band visited their sister school in Jiaozhou, Qingdao. The band performed in a grand concert tour with their sister school. The band department has four bands, a Freshman band, two concert bands, and Symphony band. All four bands participate in competitions sponsored by the Ohio Music Educators Association. In 2018, the band took a trip to Ireland and marched in the St. Patrick's Day Parade in Ireland. In 2021, the band participated in the first

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skull session in nearly two years on September 11, and traveled to Disney World and marched in the Magic Kingdom Parade over the district's spring break in 2022. In November of 2023, the band traveled to

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to take part in the Buckeye Invitational, hosted by the Ohio State University Marching Band, and sponsored by the Ohio Music Educators Association. The band also traveled to Honolulu, Hawaii to march in the Waikiki Holiday Parade as well as play at the USS Missouri Memorial. The choral department has six choirs, which compete in competitions sponsored by the Ohio Music Educators Association. Jackson's show choir, the Jacks-N-Jills, performs throughout the region. The Choral Department puts on the school's annual musical production and the choir takes a semi-annual trip to

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Art department

Jackson High School an arts program called Jackson School for the Arts or JSA. Students are accepted into the arts school as freshmen and sometimes sophomores and follow the program until senior year. In the school of the arts students must meet GPA requirements, audition for dance classes and participate in technical and performing areas. Students in JSA begin their day an hour before other students to fit in more classes and thus have more time to be in more arts courses as well as the required core classes. In their senior year, students are also required to complete an internship in a field relating to their area of concentration.

Other distinctions

In 2006, Jackson High School was rated "academically excellent" by the Ohio State Board of Education, scoring 110 and meeting 12 of 12 academic achievement indicators. The Jackson Local School district scored 106.9, making it the highest scoring public school district in Stark and several surrounding counties. In 2005 and 2006, Jackson High School was named to ''

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''s list of the top 1,000 schools in

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. In 2010, Jackson High School received recognition as a "National Blue Ribbon School". In 2015, Jackson High School was ranked as the 33rd best public high school in the state of

. US News also ranked Jackson High School as the 870th best public high school in the nation for 2015. Jackson also boasts a speech and debate program, where students can be a part of the National Forensics League. The team won state championships in the Ohio High School Speech League's 2010, 2012, and 2017 tournaments.

Notable alumni

* Dillon Dingler - Professional baseball player in

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on the

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. *

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- Professional rugby union player, and

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athlete. * Mark Kozelek - Professional singer, guitarist, and record producer * Shawn Lutz -

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coach * Kyle Nicolas Professional baseball player in Major League Baseball on the

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. * Kyle Young - Former College basketball player for the

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References

External links

District Website
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