Mount Rainier High School
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22450 19th Avenue South Des Moines, Washington 98198 United States |
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| Coordinates | 47°24′00″N 122°18′28″W / 47.400125°N 122.307916°WCoordinates: 47°24′00″N 122°18′28″W / 47.400125°N 122.307916°W |
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| Type | Public High School |
| Established | 1957 |
| Status | Active |
| School district | Highline Public Schools |
| Superintendent | Susan Enfield |
| Principal | Terry Chapman |
| Staff | About 90 |
| Teaching staff | 75 |
| Grades | 9-12 |
| Number of students | 1656 |
| Color(s) | Columbia Blue, Navy and White |
| Athletics conference | Class 4A - NPSL-Cascade Division |
| Mascot | Ajax the Ram |
| Nickname | Rams |
| Newspaper | The Rams Horn |
| Yearbook | Tor |
| Website | School Website |
 Mount Rainier's 2007 Facility |
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Mount Rainier High School is a secondary school in Des Moines, Washington, United States; named for Mount Rainier which can be seen quite well from the school on a clear day, which is rare in the fall and winter but very common in spring and summer. Mount Rainier serves approximately 1700 students and has been active since 1957. It was created to handle the overflow from nearby Highline High School, the district's first high school located in Burien, Washington. The original, aging facility was replaced with a new building at the same location; it opened in September 2007.
Mount Rainier is home to a somewhat ethnically diverse population as the school's number of minorities exceeds Washington state averages. 49.9% of students currently qualify for free or reduced price lunch.
Mount Rainier is an IB World School and since July 1987 has offered an International Baccalaureate program. The first IB coordinator at Mount Rainier was Mr. Malcolm Willems. The IB coordinator was Mr. Christopher Wilder for many years afterword but is now Mr. Greg Harrington, who was previously only the IB History teacher. He is now in charge of both departments and teaches the Theory of Knowledge class that is mandated for all IB Diploma candidates. Students have the option of testing in all their IB subjects to receive an IB diploma and receive college credit. To do so, a students combined score must be over 24.
Mount Rainier is in the Cascade Division of the North Puget Sound League, since 2016.
Mount Rainier has been recently successful in boys' basketball, boys and girls soccer, girls volleyball, tennis, baseball, drill team, boys wrestling,boys swimming and girls basketball.
The boys' swim team has won 6 state AAA titles since 1991, most recently with three straight from 2003-05. They were runners up in 1992 and 2009. The boys team frequently, practices with member's of the Swim & Dive team from both John F. Kennedy Catholic High School and Seattle Christian High School.
The former drill team won six 1st place state championship titles, consecutively in 1998, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2010, and 2011.
The boys' soccer team won 3 straight AAA titles from 1987–89 and again in 1991, winning 13 straight games in that stretch. Most recently the team finished second in 2004, and made the state tournament 5 straight years, 2001-05. The 2009 boys soccer team had great success going undefeated to win the Seamount League title and only allowed 2 goals for the entirety of the season and their stretch into the 3A state tournament. The girls' team finished second in 1984 and 1999. The team made the state tournament seven of eight years from 1997-2004.
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