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, & 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

PHS was one of the primary filming locations for the 2004 hit movie Napoleon Dynamite, where movie director Jared Hess graduated in 1997.

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)