Type High School Enrollment 800 Phone +1 509-865-3370 Mascot Wildcats | Grades 9–12 Color(s) Cardinal, Grey Principal Brenda Mallonee | |
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Toppenish High School is a public high school in Toppenish, Washington. It enrolls about 800 students in grades 9–12. The school colors are cardinal and grey and the school mascot is the wildcats.
Top-Hi enjoys plenty of cultural diversity, with over 80% of the student body Hispanic. Despite the fact that over 90% of the students are economically disadvantaged, the school earned a silver medal in U.S. News & World Report's annual ranking of American high schools in 2008. Additional awards followed, making the high school the most decorated in Washington State during a five year period.
2010 Recipient of a Washington Achievement Award (Language Arts) — Engineering Program nationally certified (2011) — 2011 Recipient of Washington Achievement Awards in four areas (Excellence, Language Arts, Extended Graduation Rate, and Improvement) — 2012 Washington State STEM Lighthouse School — 2012 KCTS 9 Stanley O. McNaughton Golden Apple Award for Excellence in Education — 2013 Recipient of a Washington Achievement Award (High Progress) — 2013 KCTS 9 (Seattle) Golden Apple “Pathways to Excellence” School
Sports
Toppenish High School plays in the Central Washington Athletic Conference as a size 2A school. Sports offered include football, volleyball, basketball, soccer, wrestling, track, and tennis.