Preston High School (Idaho)

For similarly named schools, see Preston High School.

Preston High School is a four-year public secondary school in Preston, Idaho, the only traditional high school in the Preston School District #201. The school colors are blue, white, and gold and the mascot is a Native American.^[3]

Preston High School
Main entrance in 2006
Location
151 East 200 South Preston , Idaho United States
Coordinates	42.0922°N 111.8725°W / 42.0922; -111.8725
Information
Type	Public[1]
School district	Preston Joint School District 201
NCES School ID	160096000182[2]
Principal	Russ Lee
Faculty	36.56 (FTE)[2]
Grades	9–12 [1]
Enrollment	723 (2023–2024)[2]
Student to teacher ratio	19.78[2]
Color(s)	Blue, white, and gold[3]
Athletics	IHSAA Class 4A[3]
Athletics conference	Great Basin (East)
Mascot	Indian[3]
Yearbook	Quiver
Feeder schools	Preston Jr. High
Information	[phone]
Elevation	4,710 ft (1,440 m) AMSL
Website	Preston High School

The school was one of the primary filming locations for the 2004 hit movie Napoleon Dynamite; the film's director, Jared Hess, graduated from Preston in 1997.^{[citation needed]}

Athletics

Preston competes in athletics in IHSAA Class 4A in the Great Basin (East) Conference with Pocatello and Century of Pocatello. Longtime in Class A-2 and its successor 3A, Preston moved up to 4A in 2004.^[4]

State titles

Boys

• Football (1): fall (A-2, now 3A) 1993 (official with introduction of A-2 playoffs, fall 1978)^[5]
  • (unofficial poll titles - 0) (poll introduced in 1963, through 1977)
• Cross Country (4): fall (A-2, now 3A) 1994, 2000; (3A) 2001, 2002 ^[6] (introduced in 1964)
• Basketball (9): (A, now 5A) 1946; (A-2, now 3A) 1968, 1989, 1990; (3A) 2001, 2003 ^[7] (4A) 2016,^[8] 2017, 2018, 2020, 2025
• Wrestling (1): (A-2, now 3A) 1979 ^[9] (introduced in 1958)

Girls

• Cross Country (6): fall (A-2, now 3A) 1994, 2000; (3A) 2001; (4A) 2008, 2022, 2023^[6] (introduced in 1974)
• Soccer (1): fall (4A) 2015 ^[10] (introduced in 2000)
• Volleyball (5): fall (A-2, now 3A) 1981, 1983, 1994, 1995; (3A) 2002 ^[10] (introduced in 1976)
• Basketball (1): (A-2, now 3A) 1986 ^[11] (introduced in 1976)