Salem High School (Ohio)
Salem High School is a public high school in Salem, Ohio, United States. It is the only high school in the Salem City School District. The school's athletic teams compete as the Salem Quakers in the Ohio High School Athletic Association as a member of the Eastern Buckeye Conference.
| Salem High School | |
|---|---|
| Address | |
1200 East 6th Street , 44460 United States | |
| Coordinates | 40°54′25″N 80°50′41″W |
| Information | |
| Type | Public, coeducational high school |
| Established | 1860 |
| Opened | 1959 |
| School district | Salem City School District |
| Superintendent | Joe Shivers |
| CEEB code | 364560 |
| Principal | Sean Kirkland |
| Teaching staff | 35.00 (FTE)[1] |
| Grades | 9–12 |
| Enrollment | 667 (2017-18)[1] |
| Student to teacher ratio | 19.06[1] |
| Campus type | Fringe town[2] |
| Color(s) | Red and black [3] |
| Athletics conference | Eastern Buckeye Conference[3] |
| Team name | Quakers[3] |
| Yearbook | Quaker Annual |
| Website | salemquakers |
Since 2006, the building has also housed Salem Junior High School for grades 7 and 8, though it is administered separately from the high school.
Athletics
Salem High School's athletic teams are known as the Quakers. The mascots are Quaker Sam for boys' teams, and Quaker Ann for girls' teams.
College Football Hall of Fame inductee Earle Bruce had his first head coaching position at Salem. He led the Quakers to a record of 28-9 over four seasons from 1956 to 1959.[4][5]
OHSAA State Championships
- Boys' cross country - 1930, 1931, 1993, 2004, 2005
- Girls' cross country - 2005, 2006
- Boys' track - 2005, 2006
Notable alumni
Former downtown campus, now used by Kent State University at Salem
- Alan Freed - disc jockey who coined "rock and roll"
- Rich Karlis - NFL kicker
- Kirk Lowdermilk - NFL offensive lineman
- Jerry Meals - Major League Baseball umpire
- Chip Mosher - newspaper columnist, high school "Educator of Distinction," poet
- Tim Schuller (1949–2012) music critic
- Lou Slaby - NFL linebacker
- Lloyd Yoder - College Football Hall of Fame inductee
References
- "Salem High School". National Center for Education Statistics. Retrieved April 11, 2020.
- "Salem High School". U.S. News & World Report. Retrieved 2017-07-07.
- OHSAA. "Ohio High School Athletic Association member directory". Retrieved 2010-02-17.
- SalemHistoryMakers.com, accessed November 17, 2007. Archived January 15, 2008, at the Wayback Machine
- Park, Jack (2003). The Official Ohio State Football Encyclopedia: National Championship Edition. Sports Publishing LLC. ISBN 1-58261-695-7.
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