Newton High School (Kansas)

Newton High School is a public high school in Newton, Kansas, United States operated by Newton USD 373 school district, and serves students of grades 9 to 12. It is located on a 90-acre (360,000 m²) campus with a Cedar-tree surrounded parking lot.

Newton High School
Location
900 West 12th Street[1] Newton , Kansas 67114 United States
Coordinates	38.059588°N 97.364108°W / 38.059588; -97.364108
Information
School type	Public, High School
Established	1885
School district	Newton USD 373
CEEB code	172175[2]
Principal	Blake Smith[3]
Teaching staff	69.50 (FTE)[4]
Grades	9–12
Gender	coed
Enrollment	982 (2023-2024)[4]
Student to teacher ratio	14.13[4]
Campus type	Suburban
Color(s)	Black   Gold
Athletics	Class 5A,[5] District 5[6]
Athletics conference	Ark Valley Chisholm Trail League[3]
Sports	Football, Basketball, Swimming, Bowling, Wrestling, Tennis, Softball, Baseball, Volleyball, Track and field, Cross Country
Mascot	The Railerman
Rival	Hutchinson High School
Newspaper	Newtonian
Yearbook	Railroader
Communities served	Newton, Walton, North Newton
Website	nhs.usd373.org

History

Newton High School was founded in 1885.^{[citation needed]} Historically, Newton High School has been located at three different locations:

• first school was located at the northwest corner of 6th and Ash (currently Lincoln Park Apartments) and built in TBD,^{[citation needed]}
• second school was located at the northeast corner of Broadway and Poplar (currently Santa Fe 5/6 Center school) and built in 1914,
• third (current) school is located at the northeast corner of 12th and Boyd (in northwest Newton) and built in the early 1970s. In October 1971, Newton voters approved a $4.9 Million school bond to build a new high school complex and remodel the old high school for use as a middle school.^[7]

As a result of a bond election that took place in 2007, renovation construction began on the school in 2009 and was completed in 2010. The renovation added several sections to the school and redistributed the rooms within the building; in this redistribution, safety and modernization were both heavy concerns. Aside from significantly changing the exterior of the school, the renovations also pushed the administration offices forward and relocated the school library.^{[citation needed]}

Extracurricular activities

Athletics

Students from grades 9-12 participate in football, volleyball, cross country, tennis, girls and boys basketball, wrestling, gymnastics, bowling, swimming, girls and boys soccer, baseball, softball, boys and girls golf, track and field and bowling. Activities available include cheerleading, Railiners Dance Team, Azteca Dancers, debate, forensics, FFA, GSA, KFC, BPA, Drama, Music (Vocal, Band, Jazz Band, Pep Band, Orchestra), Science Olympiad, Model UN, and FIRST Robotics Competition Team.

State championships

State Championships[8][9]
Season	Sport	Number of Championships	Year
Fall	Gymnastics, Girls	2	1976, 2009
	Softball	1	1985
Winter	Basketball, Boys	13	1916, 1917, 1921, 1926, 1931, 1936, 1937, 1942, 1946, 1949, 1952, 1956, 1979
	Basketball, Girls	1	2006
	Debate, Girls	8	1931, 1933, 1937, 1938, 1943, 1945, 1949, 2013 (2-speaker)
	Wrestling	4	1963, 1973, 1974, 1977
Spring	Baseball	1	1970
	Tennis, Boys	1	1970
	Track & Field, Boys	1	2009
	Track & Field, Girls	3	2016, 2017, 2018
	Golf, Boys	2	1972, 1975
Total		37

Updated Summer 2024

Notable people

Faculty

• Mike Moore, former head football coach at Bethel College, assistant head coach and defensive coordinator at Newton High School

Alumni

• Frosty Cox (1908–1962), college basketball coach at the University of Colorado Boulder and the University of Montana
• Reed Crandall (1917-1982), illustrator and penciller of comic books and magazines, inducted into Will Eisner Comic Book Hall of Fame in 2009
• Jayne Hrdlicka (c. 1963-), business executive; President and Chair of Tennis Australia and CEO of Virgin Australia Holdings
• Miles Johns (1994-), Mixed martial artist currently competing in the UFC bantamweight division
• Muadianvita Kazadi (1973-), former linebacker for St. Louis Rams in 1997 and Montreal Alouettes in 1999
• Dustin Richardson (1984-), former MLB player (Boston Red Sox)

Attended

• Errett Bishop (1928-1983), mathematician, college professor
• Orville Harrold (1877-1933), operatic tenor and musical theatre actor

See also

• Fischer Field Stadium
• List of high schools in Kansas
• List of unified school districts in Kansas