Natrona County High School
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930 S. Elm Street Casper, Wyoming United States |
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| Type | Public secondary |
| Motto | Pride in Excellence |
| Established | 1896 |
| School district | Natrona County School District #1 |
| Principal | Shannon Harris |
| Faculty | 80 |
| Grades | 9, 10, 11, 12 |
| Number of students | 1,700+ |
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Black, orange and white |
| Mascot | Mustang |
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Natrona County High School
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| Location | 930 S. Elm St., Casper, Wyoming |
| Coordinates | 42°50′29.4″N 106°19′48.3″W / 42.841500°N 106.330083°WCoordinates: 42°50′29.4″N 106°19′48.3″W / 42.841500°N 106.330083°W |
| Area | 11 acres (4.5 ha) |
| Built | 1927 |
| Architectural style | Late Gothic Revival |
| NRHP Reference # | 93001491 |
| Added to NRHP | January 7, 1994 |
Natrona County High School (NCHS) is a public secondary school (grades 9–12) located in Casper, Wyoming, United States. It serves Natrona County School District #1, which encompasses all of Natrona County, Wyoming.
The school remains a rival of Kelly Walsh High School, one of Casper's other two high schools along with Roosevelt High School. A fourth nearby high school is Midwest School in Midwest, Wyoming.
The drama department has the distinction of being home to International Thespian Society Troupe 1. NCHS is an International Baccalaureate World School.
Natrona County High School was originally known as Casper High School. The current building was constructed between 1924 and 1941 in Collegiate Gothic style. It was partially built under the authority of the Works Progress Administration; the crest of the WPA is visible in the sidewalks on the front campus. In exchange for federal assistance, male student participation in the Junior Reserve Officers' Training Corps was mandatory until a few years after Kelly Walsh High School opened in 1965. The JROTC at NCHS is the second oldest unit in the nation and celebrated its 100th anniversary in 2014.
The school's swimming pool was built in 1929, making it the first indoor pool for educational purposes in the state. It was demolished in 2014 during renovations to the building.
Natrona County High School was the first campus for Casper College, a community college also located in Natrona County Wyoming, which occupied the upper level of NCHS in the late 1940s, before it had a campus of its own.
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