Spring Creek High School (Nevada)

Spring Creek High School
Spring Creek High School
Address
14550 Lamoille Highway
Spring Creek, Nevada
United States
Information
Type Public secondary
Established 1993
Principal Keith Walz
Grades 9-12
Enrollment 892 (2014-15)[1]
Campus Rural
Colour(s) Purple , Silver ,and Black             
Athletics conference Northern 3A
Mascot Spartan
Rival Elko
Website http://www.schs.ecsdnv.net/

Spring Creek High School (SCHS) is a public secondary school in Spring Creek, Nevada, in the United States. Part of the Elko County School District, its mascot is the Spartan and the school's colors are purple, silver, and black.

History

In 1993, Spring Creek High School was built to help with the population boom in Elko County. SCHS sits in the middle of Spring Creek, Nevada, a small bedroom community just south of Elko. Spring Creek has a population just over 10,000. It has a total area of 58.7 square miles (152 km2). The first graduating class at Spring Creek High was the Class of 1996.

Extracurricular activities

Athletics

The Spring Creek Spartans compete in the Northern 3A, which belongs to the NIAA.

  • Girls Track won the 3A State Title from 2000-2006.
  • Wrestling 4 time 3A State Champions
  • Football holds a 7–5 advantage against its rival Elko. Spring Creek has won six in a row with the other win coming in 1997.

NIAA state championships

  • Football - 1997,
  • Basketball (Girls) - 2006, 2007, 2009
  • Cross Country (Girls) - 1994-1997
  • Softball - 1996, 2000
  • Track and Field (Girls) - 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006
  • Wrestling -1996, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008
  • Golf - 1997

Music

The Spring Creek music department had seen success early in the program's short history. The Marching Spartans have four state titles in the small band division (1996, 1998, 2015, 2016), marched in the Hollywood Christmas Parade in 1998, and toured the Basque country in Northern Spain and Southern France in 1999.

References

  1. ↑ "Spring Creek High School". National Center for Education Statistics. Retrieved October 22, 2017.


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