David H. Hickman High School
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1104 North Providence Road Columbia, Missouri 65203 United States |
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| Coordinates | 38°57′51″N 92°19′58″W / 38.96403°N 92.33286°W |
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| Type | Public Secondary |
| Motto | "Keep Smiling" |
| Established | 1889 (1927 current building) |
| Oversight | Columbia Public Schools |
| Principal | Eric Johnson |
| Faculty | 164 |
| Grades | 9-12 |
| Enrollment | 1,671 |
| Student to teacher ratio | 16:1 |
| Medium of language | English |
| Campus type | Urban |
| Color(s) | Purple and Gold |
| Fight song | On Sons of Hickman |
| Athletics | Soccer, American Football, cross country, volleyball, tennis, softball, golf, diving & swimming, basketball, wrestling, baseball, track and field, cheerleading, dance |
| Athletics conference | Independent |
| Mascot | Kewpie |
| Rival | Jefferson City HS, Rock Bridge HS |
| Average ACT scores (2015) | 23.70 |
| Newspaper | The Purple & Gold |
| Yearbook | The Cresset |
| Schedule | Block |
| Website | School Webpage |
David Henry Hickman High School (commonly Hickman or HHS) is a coeducational public secondary school in Columbia, Missouri, United States, serving students in grades 9–12. The school is one of three high schools in the Columbia Public School District, with admission based primarily on the locations of students' homes. Hickman is one of the largest high schools in Missouri and has been called the largest in terms of athletic and academic competition. The school is noted for its strong academic programs.
Hickman has a number notable alumni including a Missouri Governor, several U.S. and State members of congress, Frederick Chapman Robbins, who won the 1954 Nobel Prize for medicine, Sam Walton, founder of Wal-Mart, and Kenneth Lay, founder and former CEO of the now-bankrupt Enron Corporation. Hickman is a two-time Blue Ribbon School and a Missouri Gold Star School.
In 2009, Hickman had eighteen National Merit Finalists, the most of any school in Missouri. In 2011, Eric Young was named as the school's 18th Presidential Scholar. Hickman has more than double the number of Presidential Scholars than any other public or private high school in Missouri.
Hickman was constructed in 1927 on the country estate of Missouri legislator and educator David Henry Hickman, next to what was then U.S. Route 40. The school was built to replace the earlier Columbia High School and carried over many of its traditions including the mascot and yearbook. Today, the school is accredited with distinction by the Missouri Department of Elementary and Secondary Education as well as the North Central Association of Colleges and Schools. Hickman's mascot is the Kewpie.
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