Mayo High School

Not to be confused with Mayo High School for Math, Science, and Technology in Darlington, South Carolina.
Mayo High School
Mayo High School main entrance
Address
Map
1420 11th Avenue Southeast

Rochester, Minnesota
55904

United States
Coordinates44°0′10″N 92°26′51″W / 44.00278°N 92.44750°W / 44.00278; -92.44750
Information
TypeCoed Public High School
Motto"To be a Spartan is to be the very best that one can be"
Established1966
CEEB code242103
PrincipalTroy Prigge
Teaching staff97.51 (FTE)[1]
Grades9–12
Enrollment1,739 (2018–19)[1]
Student to teacher ratio17.83[1]
Color(s)   Green and gold
MascotSparty the Mayo Spartan
NicknameSpartans
NewspaperAdvocate
YearbookOdyssey
Websitemayo.rochester.k12.mn.us
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Mayo High School (Mayo) is a public high school in Rochester, Minnesota, United States. It is named after the brothers William James Mayo and Charles Horace Mayo, physicians and founders of the Mayo Clinic. It is a public school and part of the Rochester Independent School District #535. It is notable for being constructed in an almost perfect circle aside from a few appendages, and for housing the Rochester Planetarium. The current principal of Mayo High School is Troy Prigge.

History

Mayo High School was built in 1966 in the southeastern section of Rochester, Minnesota. It has a capacity to hold approximately 1800 students (although historically the student populations of both Mayo and John Marshall high schools have exceeded well over 2,000 students) and was the largest high school in the city until Century High School was built, and was named after the brothers William James Mayo and Charles Horace Mayo, physicians and founders of Mayo Clinic.

Statistics

As of 2020, there are 1689 students attending Mayo High School.[3] There are 92 teachers and a student to teacher ratio of 18:1. The boy to girl student ratio is 51:49.[4]

Curricular and extra curricular

The school mascot is a Spartan warrior. The sports teams, students, and staff are known as the Mayo Spartans. The school colors are green and gold. It has teams in speech, chess, classic debate, theatre, mock trial, football, tennis, swimming, cross country, soccer, lacrosse, softball, baseball, rowing, basketball, golf, hockey, volleyball, track and field, Science Olympiad, FIRST Robotics Competition team, Math League, and Knowledge Bowl. Students may also letter in citywide athletics such as crew with the Rochester Rowing Club, figure-skating with the Rochester Figure Skating Club, Nordic skiing with the Rochester Nordic Ski Team, and mountain biking with the Rochester Mountain Bike Team.

Sports

Mayo High School participates in many sports, competing in the Big 9 conference within the Minnesota State High School League, usually at the largest class level. The sports available are boys baseball, boys and girls basketball, boys and girls cross country, boys and girls hockey, girls cheerleading, boys football, boys and girls soccer, boys and girls golf, girls softball, boys and girls swimming, girls dance team, boys and girls track and field, boys and girls tennis, boys wrestling, and girls volleyball,and bowling.

The boy’s tennis team won a state championship in 2007 and 2011.[5][6]

The women’s tennis team won a state championship in 2023.[7]

Mayo High School acquired the removable NFL football turf from the Minnesota Vikings after the demolition of the Metrodome in 2014.

Notable alumni

References

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  2. ^ "Mayo Senior High School". GreatSchools.org. GreatSchools.org. Retrieved 14 October 2014.
  3. ^ "Explore Mayo Senior High School in Rochester, MN". GreatSchools.org. GreatSchools.org. Retrieved 26 April 2020.
  4. ^ "Mayo Senior High School". publicschoolreview.com. Public School Review 244 5th Avenue, # J-229 New York, NY 10001. Retrieved 14 October 2014.
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  10. ^ "1981 NHL Entry Draft – John Johannson". Hockey Draft Central. Retrieved December 21, 2021.
  11. ^ "The Solomon H Snyder Department of Neuroscience".
  12. ^ "Gov. Walz makes Worthington judge his first Minnesota Supreme Court selection". Retrieved April 24, 2022.
  13. ^ Official Player Profile
  14. ^ David, Dan. "Eric Strobel". hockeydraftcentral.com. Dan David. Retrieved 14 October 2014.
  15. ^ "Mayo High grad riding the Gravy train to musical fame".