Andover High School (Kansas)
| Andover High School | |
|---|---|
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| Location | |
1744 North Andover Road , 67002 United States 37°43′02″N 97°07′59″W / 37.71722°N 97.13306°W | |
| Information | |
| School type | Public, High School |
| Established | 1914 |
School district | Andover USD 385 |
Principal | Brent Reidy |
Teaching staff | 56.22 (FTE)[1] |
| Grades | 9 to 12 |
| Enrollment | 1,009 (2023–2024)[1] |
Student to teacher ratio | 17.95[1] |
| Campus | Urban |
| Colors | Blue White |
Athletics conference | Ark Valley Chisholm Trail League |
| Mascot | Trojan |
| Rival | Andover Central High School |
| Newspaper | The Bluestreak |
| Website | ahs.usd385.org |
Andover High School is a public secondary school in Andover, Kansas, United States, and operated by Andover USD 385 school district. There are approximately 850 students in attendance at Andover High School. The school is located at 1744 N. Andover Road. It was formerly connected to the Andover Butler Community College campus. The school mascot is the Trojan. The high school has 90 academic staff members including the principals.
Extracurricular activities
Athletics
The Trojans compete in the Ark Valley Chisholm Trail League and are classified as a 5A school, the second-largest classification in Kansas according to the Kansas State High School Activities Association. Throughout its history, Andover has won 37 state championships in various sports. Several graduates have gone on to participate in collegiate athletics.
State championships
| State Championships[2][3] | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Season | Sport | Number of Championships | Year |
| Fall | Cross Country, Girls | 3 | 1991, 1993, 2001 |
| Golf, Girls | 4 | 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007 | |
| Football | 1 | 1984 | |
| Soccer, Boys | 1 | 2003 | |
| Tennis, Girls | 8 | 2013, 2014, 2015, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025 | |
| Volleyball | 3 | 1973, 2001, 2004 | |
| Winter | Basketball, Boys | 1 | 2023 |
| Swim & Dive, Boys | 4 | 2023, 2024, 2025, 2026 | |
| Swim & Dive, Girls | 2 | 2022, 2025 | |
| Spring | Golf, Boys | 4 | 1989, 2000, 2007, 2009 |
| Tennis, Boys | 2 | 2003, 2025 | |
| Track and Field, Boys | 3 | 1993, 2008, 2019 | |
| Track and Field, Girls | 1 | 1993 | |
| Total | 37 | ||
Activities
Andover High School is home to many extracurricular activities. The music program includes marching band, jazz band, orchestra, and several vocal music groups. These groups have earned recognition at numerous regional and state competitions. The high school has an active Scholars Bowl team with an active schedule and regular placements at the state championship. Science Olympiad is another successful program at the high school, regularly winning regionals and competing at the state championship.[4] On the business side, the school has a large Future Business Leaders of America program that boasts several individual state champions and regularly attends the FBLA National Leadership Conference. The Andover High School theater program has a strong tradition of excellence, winning several Music Theater Wichita Jester Awards over the past several years. Each year, the program stages a full musical and a full play, along with student directed one-acts. They are also part of the International Thespian Society, Troupe #3540.[5]
One of the school's most successful programs is their speech and debate team. Since it's establishment in 1995, these teams have won several team state championships, 17 individual speech state championships, regularly qualify a large number of students to the National Speech and Debate Association National Championship, and won the NSDA national championship in original oratory in 2015 and were 2nd in the nation in 2016.
| KSHSAA State Championships | ||
|---|---|---|
| Activity | Number of
Championships |
Years |
| Policy Debate | 4 | 1998,1999, 2005, 2026 |
| Speech | 2 | 2025, 2026 |
| Scholars Bowl | 1 | 2000 |
Notable alumni
- Jaylyn Agnew, assistant basketball coach for the Creighton Bluejays
- B. Clay Moore, professional comic book writer
See also
- Other high schools in Andover USD 385 school district
- Andover Central High School in Andover
References
- 1 2 3 "Andover High". National Center for Education Statistics. Retrieved April 28, 2025.
- ↑ "State Records & State Champions". Archived from the original on April 21, 2009. Retrieved February 5, 2010.
- ↑ "Kansas State High School Activities Association Championship History 1908-2021" (PDF). Kansas State High School Activities Association. Archived (PDF) from the original on January 21, 2022. Retrieved February 28, 2022.
- ↑ "Andover Science Olympiad - Program Accolades". sites.google.com. Retrieved July 28, 2026.
- ↑ "AHS Theatre Dept".