Idaho Falls Senior High School - Idaho Falls, Idaho/ID

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Idaho Falls Senior High School

601 S Holmes Avenue, Idaho Falls, ID, 83401-4726 -

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Definition of Terms

Idaho Falls Senior High School

School Level

High school

Grades Offered

Grades 10 - 12

County

Bonneville County, ID

Students & Faculty

Total Students

1242 students

% Male / % Female

52% / 48%

Total Classroom Teachers

66 teachers

Students by Grade

Grade 10 - 438 students

Grade 11 - 406 students

Grade 12 - 398 students

This School

(ID) School Average

Teacher : Student Ratio

1:19

1:16

Students by Ethnicity

This School

(ID) School Average

% American Indian	n/a	1%
% Asian	2%	1%
% Hispanic	6%	10%
% Black	1%	n/a
% White	91%	85%

Additional Student Information

This School

(ID) School Average

% Eligible for Free Lunch

11%

23%

% Eligible for Reduced Lunch

% Migrant Students Enrolled

(ID) Statewide Testing Performance

School Statewide Performance

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School District Name

Idaho Falls 91 School District

This School's Agency

(ID) District Average

Number of Schools Managed	20	4
Number of Students Managed	10,587 students	1,136 students
District Total Revenue	$66,376,000	$8,230,000
District Expenditure	$65,581,000	$8,273,000
District Revenue / Student	$6,270	$7,245
District Expenditure / Student	$6,194	$7,283
District Graduation Rates	78%	n/a

Idaho Falls High School (IFHS), commonly referred to as I.F., IFHS is one of two high schools in Idaho School District 91, along with Skyline High School. Its mascot is the tiger, known as Teeger the Tiger.
History
A new school was built in 1952 following the loss of Central High School in a fire at its present location. Also in 1952, the city of Idaho Falls constructed the Civic Auditorium which adjoins Idaho Falls High School[1]. The Auditorium remains to be a center for performing arts in the area. Paul Haack wrote its school song in 1927 and its newspaper is the Tiger Times.
Academics
Idaho Falls High School's Mr. James Francis, teacher of Advanced Placement European History and Advanced Placement United States History, was the recipient of the 1997 Idaho Teacher of the Year Award.
Advanced placement classes offered at IFHS include calculus, statistics, biology, physics, English composition, literature, European history, United States history, and government. AP chemistry was offered through the 2006-2007 school year, but was discontinued with the retirement of chemistry teacher Gary Long, yet in 2009 the advanced chemistry class was brought back by Mrs. Nelson.
Also, Idaho Falls Scholastic Team has competed at the State Tournament fourteen times, the most for any Idaho school. The team won the state competition in 2008.
Recently the debate team of Idaho Falls has grown in number and success. In 2009 the team won third in the state due to their large amount of success in The Lincoln Douglas division, having a total of four debaters in the finals round, one which took second in the state, Ariel Lawson. In addition their policy debate program is also increasing as represented in their high success in the Blacksnake Tournament at ISU. They won 1st, 2nd, quarterfinals, and two speaker awards in novice division, and two semifinals, quarterfinals, and several speaker awards in Junior Varsity.
Athletics
Idaho Falls High School has been known for its dominant wrestling team, winning state in 1997, 1998, 2006, and 2009, while placing 2nd in 2005, 2007, and 2008. The team has been ranked nationally, 11th in 1997 and 4th in 1998. The head coach currently is Jeff Einerson.
External links
School web site

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