Capital High School (Boise, Idaho)

Capital High School
Capital High School, 2019
Location
8055 Goddard Rd.

Boise
,
Idaho

United States
Information
Type Public
Established September 1965
59 years ago
School district Boise School District#1
Principal Derek Gardner
Faculty 77.98 (FTE)
Grades 10–12
Enrollment 1,270 (2019-20)
Student to teacher ratio 16.29
Color(s) Gold, Silver, & Black      
Athletics IHSAA Class 5A
Athletics conference Southern Idaho (5A) (SIC)
Mascot Eagle
Rivals Boise, Borah, Timberline
Newspaper Flight
Yearbook Talon
Feeder schools Fairmont Junior High
Riverglen Junior High
Elevation 2,670 ft (814 m) AMSL
Website Capital High School

Capital High School is a three-year public secondary school in Boise, Idaho, United States. Opened in the fall of 1965, it was the third of four public high schools constructed in the Boise School District, and serves its northern portion. The other high schools are Boise (1902) in the east, Borah (1958) in the southwest, and Timberline (1998) in the southeast.

The Capital High boundary includes sections of Eagle and Garden City.

Athletics

Capital competes in athletics in IHSAA Class 5A in the Southern Idaho Conference (5A) (SIC). The longtime rivals are Boise and Borah. The tennis team has won 16 state titles, including five consecutive from 1972 to 1976. The boys basketball team won four consecutive A-1 (now 5A) state titles from 1975 to 1978.

State titles

Boys

  • Football (2): fall 1983, 1991 (official with introduction of playoffs, fall 1979)
    • (unofficial poll titles - 2) - fall 1974, 1977 (poll introduced in 1963, through 1978)
  • Cross Country (2): fall 1965, 1977, 2004, 2013
  • Basketball (6): 1968, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 2014
  • Baseball (3): 1989, 2009, 2014 (records not kept by IHSAA)
  • Track (5): 1974, 1979, 1980, 1985, 2009, 2015
  • Golf (1): 1974
  • Tennis - (combined until 2008, see below)

Girls

  • Cross Country (1): fall 1980
  • Basketball (1): 1977
  • Track (3): 1981, 1984, 1988

Combined

  • Tennis (16): 1968, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1978, 1981, 1985, 1988, 1989, 1992, 1993, 2002, 2006, 2007 (combined until 2008)

Notable alumni