Orofino Junior/Senior High School, is a six-year

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Orofino, Idaho Orofino (''"fine gold"'' rein Spanish) is a city in and the county seat of Clearwater County, Idaho, along Orofino Creek and the north bank of the Clearwater River. It is the major city within the Nez Perce Indian Reservation. The population was ...

, part of a combined high school and junior high school operated by the Orofino Joint School District #171. The

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c. West of the city center, the present campus was built in the late 1960s, and the junior high was added recently, following the closure of the century-old junior high building in 2010. The 8th grade was added in 2010 and the 7th grade in 2012, after two years at the elementary school. OHS overlooks the Clearwater River from above its north bank. Orofino is the larger of the two high schools operated by the school district; the other is Timberline to the east, midway between Weippe and

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on Highway 11.

Athletics

Orofino competes in athletics in IHSAA Class 2A in the Central Idaho League with Grangeville and St. Maries.

State titles

Boys

* Basketball (2): 1949, 1950idhsaa.org
- Basketball champions - through 2012 * Track (1): 1985

Girls

* Golf (1): 2008idhsaa.org
- Golf champions - through 2012

References

External links

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- Orofino Maniacs
Orofino Joint School District #171
{{authority control Public high schools in Idaho Schools in Clearwater County, Idaho Public middle schools in Idaho 1960s establishments in Idaho