Gallup High School Explained

Gallup High School
Type:Public High School
Grades:9-12
Head Name:Kim Orr
Address:1005 Rico St.
City:Gallup
State:New Mexico
Country:USA
Coordinates:35.4972°N -108.8174°W
Students:884 (2018–19)[1]
Teaching Staff:53.62 (FTE)
Ratio:16.49
Athletics:NMAA
District 1 AAAA
Colors:
Black, Orange
Mascot:Bengal
Website:Gallup High School

Gallup High School (GHS) is a public high school in Gallup, New Mexico. Gallup High School is the largest high school in the Gallup-McKinley County School District. The school's campus is relatively new as GHS moved to its current location in 1998 and the old campus became known as Gallup Junior High School, which housed 8th and 9th grade students from 1998 to 2008. In the 2008–2009 school year, Gallup started splitting their 9th and 10th grade students with cross-town Miyamura High School. The Gallup High School attendance boundary after the split will be Gallup's westside and areas located west and north of town.

History

Wendell Hendricks became the principal in 1970.[2]

For over 50 years, a partnership with the UNM Extension Division has brought students to Gallup High School for part-time instruction in college-level courses.[3]

Attendance boundary

In addition to portions of Gallup, it serves Crestview,[4] Defiance, Manuelito, Mentmore,[5] Purty Rock,[4] Rock Springs, Tse Bonito, and Ya-ta-hey,[5] as well as a small section of Catalpa Canyon.[4]

Sports and activities

Gallup High School is a member of NMAA's District 1-4A and is highly competitive in girls and boys basketball, the GHS Bengal Girls dance team, and boys and girls cross country. District 1-4A includes Miyamura High School (Gallup, NM), Shiprock High School (Shiprock, NM), Kirtland Central High School (Kirtland, NM), Aztec High School, Bloomfield High School (Bloomfield, NM)

SportClassYear(s)
BaseballN/A1953
Basketball State Champions(Girls)5A, 4A1994, 1997, 2011, 2021
Cross Country State Champions (Boys)5A1983, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1989,
1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1999, 2005, 2007
Cross Country State Champions (Girls)4A1988, 1989, 1990, 1993, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999
Dance/Drill4A2011

Notable alumni

Notes and References

  1. Web site: GALLUP HIGH. National Center for Education Statistics. February 6, 2021.
  2. News: Clurman. Irene. New GHS Principal States Youth Want Rules. The Gallup Independent. Gallup, New Mexico. 1970-08-22. 81. 198. 1, 9. - See clipping of first and of second page at Newspapers.com.
  3. Web site: UNM-Gallup celebrates 50 years . 2024-05-07 . UNM Newsroom . en.
  4. Web site: 2020 CENSUS - SCHOOL DISTRICT REFERENCE MAP: McKinley County, NM. U.S. Census Bureau. 2021-07-20. - Compare with school district maps.
  5. Web site: GMCS Address Lookup. Gallup-McKinley County Schools. 2022-01-15. - KML files: Elementary boundaries and locations, Middle boundaries and locations, and High boundaries and locations.
  6. Book: Lester, Patrick D. (Patrick David). The biographical directory of Native American painters. 1995. Tulsa, OK : SIR Publications ; Norman, OK : Distributed by University of Oklahoma Press. Internet Archive. 978-0-8061-9936-8.