Capital High School (Boise, Idaho)

43.644°N 116.282°W / 43.644; -116.282

Capital High School
Capital High School, 2019
Location
8055 Goddard Rd.

Boise
,
Idaho

United States
Information
TypePublic
EstablishedSeptember 1965 [1]
58 years ago
School districtBoise School District#1
PrincipalDerek Gardner
Faculty77.98 (FTE)[2]
Grades10–12
Enrollment1,270 (2019-20)[2]
Student to teacher ratio16.29[2]
Color(s)Gold, Silver, & Black[3]      
AthleticsIHSAA Class 5A
Athletics conferenceSouthern Idaho (5A) (SIC)
MascotEagle[3]
RivalsBoise, Borah, Timberline
NewspaperFlight
YearbookTalon
Feeder schoolsFairmont Junior High
Riverglen Junior High
Elevation2,670 ft (814 m) AMSL
WebsiteCapital High School

Capital High School is a three-year public secondary school in Boise, Idaho, United States.[4] Opened in the fall of 1965, it was the third of four public high schools constructed in the Boise School District, and serves its northern portion. The other high schools are Boise (1902) in the east, Borah (1958) in the southwest, and Timberline (1998) in the southeast.

The Capital High boundary includes sections of Eagle and Garden City.[5][6]

Athletics

Capital competes in athletics in IHSAA Class 5A in the Southern Idaho Conference (5A) (SIC). The longtime rivals are Boise and Borah. The tennis team has won 16 state titles, including five consecutive from 1972 to 1976.[7] The boys basketball team won four consecutive A-1 (now 5A) state titles from 1975 to 1978.[8]

State titles

Boys

  • Football (2): fall 1983,[9] 1991 [10] (official with introduction of playoffs, fall 1979)
    • (unofficial poll titles - 2) - fall 1974,[11] 1977[12] (poll introduced in 1963, through 1978)
  • Cross Country (2): fall 1965, 1977, 2004, 2013 [13]
  • Basketball (6): 1968,[14] 1975,[15] 1976,[16] 1977,[17] 1978,[18] 2014 [8][19]
  • Baseball (3): 1989, 2009,[20] 2014 [21] (records not kept by IHSAA)
  • Track (5): 1974, 1979, 1980, 1985, 2009, 2015 [22]
  • Golf (1): 1974 [23]
  • Tennis - (combined until 2008, see below)

Girls

  • Cross Country (1): fall 1980 [13]
  • Basketball (1): 1977 [24]
  • Track (3): 1981, 1984, 1988 [25]

Combined

  • Tennis (16): 1968, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1978, 1981, 1985, 1988, 1989, 1992, 1993, 2002, 2006, 2007[7] (combined until 2008)

Notable alumni


References
  1. "Capital High School". Capital High School. Archived from the original on 2009-02-24. Retrieved 2009-04-29.
  2. "CAPITAL SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL". National Center for Education Statistics. Retrieved May 29, 2021.
  3. "Idaho High School Activities Association". IHSAA. Archived from the original on 2015-04-18. Retrieved 2015-04-08.
  4. "Capital High School" (PDF). Boise School District. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2007-07-10. Retrieved 2009-04-29.
  5. "2020 CENSUS - SCHOOL DISTRICT REFERENCE MAP: Ada County, ID" (PDF). U.S. Census Bureau. Retrieved 2022-07-21. - Text list
  6. "Sr High School Boundaries" (PDF). Boise School District. Retrieved 2022-07-21.
  7. idhsaa.org Archived April 15, 2012, at the Wayback Machine - Tennis champions - through 2012
  8. idhsaa.org Archived April 15, 2012, at the Wayback Machine - Boys Basketball champions - through 2012
  9. "Eagles stop Vikings 14-10 for A-1 title". Lewiston Morning Tribune. (Idaho). Associated Press. November 27, 1983. p. 2B.
  10. idhsaa.org Archived 2012-04-15 at the Wayback Machine - Idaho high school football - state champions
  11. "Capital, Homedale, win mythical state grid titles". Lewiston Morning Tribune. Associated Press. November 15, 1974. p. 2B.
  12. "Capital unanimous choice as No. 1 large school". Lewiston Morning Tribune. Associated Press. October 27, 1977. p. 3B.
  13. idhsaa.org Archived April 15, 2012, at the Wayback Machine Cross Country champions through fall 2011
  14. "State A-1 crown goes to Capital". Lewiston Morning Tribune. (Idaho). Associated Press. March 10, 1968. p. 12.
  15. "Capital tops A-1; Bears 4th". Lewiston Morning Tribune. (Idaho). Associated Press. March 9, 1975. p. 1B.
  16. "Capital repeats as state's top team". Lewiston Morning Tribune. (Idaho). Associated Press. March 14, 1976. p. 1B.
  17. "Capital wins third A-1 title". Spokesman-Review. (Spokane, Washington). Associated Press. March 12, 1977. p. 11.
  18. "Capital wins fourth title by nipping Coeur d'Alene". Lewiston Morning Tribune. (Idaho). Associated Press. March 12, 1978. p. 4B.
  19. "5A state basketball tournament: 2014 bracket". Idaho HSAA. March 8, 2014. Archived from the original on May 22, 2014. Retrieved May 21, 2014.
  20. "5A state baseball tournament: 2009 bracket". IdahoSports.com. May 16, 2009. Archived from the original on March 7, 2015. Retrieved May 21, 2014.
  21. "5A state baseball tournament: 2014 bracket". IdahoSports.com. May 17, 2014. Retrieved May 21, 2014.
  22. idhsaa.org Archived March 21, 2014, at the Wayback Machine - Boys Track champions - through 2012
  23. idhsaa.org Archived March 21, 2014, at the Wayback Machine - Golf champions - through 2012
  24. idhsaa.org Archived October 1, 2012, at the Wayback Machine - Girls Basketball champions - through 2012
  25. idhsaa.org Archived April 15, 2012, at the Wayback Machine - Girls Track champions - through 2012
  26. "GO HAILEY GO". Townsquare Media Group. Retrieved June 3, 2016.
  27. "ERNIE HUGHES". profootballarchives.com. Archived from the original on November 29, 2014. Retrieved November 18, 2014.
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