T. F. Riggs High School

T.F. Riggs High School
Address
1010 East Broadway Ave
Pierre, South Dakota 57501
USA
Information
Type Public
Motto "To Cooperatively Inspire All Students to Achieve Their Potential"
School district Pierre School District
Principal Kevin Mutchelknaus
Grades 912
Enrollment 829
Color(s) Green and Black
Athletics conference SDHSAAESDC
Team name Governors
Accreditation NCA
Newspaper The Governor
Yearbook Gumbo
Feeder schools Georgia Morse Middle School
Website School website

T. F. Riggs High School, also known simply as Riggs, is the only high school in Pierre, South Dakota. The school mascot is the Pierre Governors and Lady Governors. The school has over 800 students and is one of the biggest in South Dakota. T. F. Riggs is known as one of the top academic schools in South Dakota, as well as the Midwest.

It was named after South Dakota native Dr. Theodore F. Riggs (1874–1962), a Johns Hopkins graduate and local physician.[1]

Demographics

The student body makeup of the school is 49% male and 51% female. The total minority enrollment is 19%. The student-teacher ratio is 18:1[2]

Noted alumni

References

  1. "Dr. T. F. Riggs and the Johns Hopkins connection: an early graduate medical experience in South Dakota". South Dakota Journal of Medicine. 49 (3): 87–90. March 1996. PMID 8966542.
  2. "T.F. Riggs High School". USNews.com. Retrieved July 30, 2017.

Coordinates: 44°22′04″N 100°20′19″W / 44.36773°N 100.33849°W / 44.36773; -100.33849


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