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Solon High School Comets Logo
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33600 Inwood Road Solon, Ohio, (Cuyahoga County) 44139 United States |
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Coordinates | 41°22′39″N 81°26′26″W / 41.37750°N 81.44056°WCoordinates: 41°22′39″N 81°26′26″W / 41.37750°N 81.44056°W |
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Type | Public high school |
Established | 1898 |
School district | Solon City School District |
Superintendent | Joe Regano |
Principal | Erin Short |
Grades | 9-12 |
Enrollment | 1,700 |
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Navy Blue White Gold (trim) |
Athletics conference | Greater Cleveland Conference |
Mascot | None |
Team name | Comets |
Rival | Twinsburg High School |
Newspaper | The Courier |
Fight Song | Across the Field |
Athletic Director | Mark Mcguire |
Website | www |
Solon High School, founded in 1898, is a public high school located in Solon, Ohio, a southeastern suburb of Cleveland in the Northeast Ohio Region, the 15th largest Combined Statistical Area in the United States.
It comprises grades 9 through 12, and is the only high school in the Solon City School District, which also includes Solon and Orchard Middle Schools, and four elementary schools: Arthur Road, Lewis, Parkside and Roxbury. Solon High School's student body is approximately 1,700 students while the faculty roster includes approximately 200 teachers, administrators, and staff. Erin Short currently serves as principal.
Solon High School and the entire Solon City School District consistently rank among the best schools in Ohio. In 2013, Solon High School was listed as #107 on Newsweek's annual list of America's Best High Schools. The school was given a Gold Ranking and listed #264 by US News and World Report, #11 in Ohio, and #100 nationally in STEM.
Solon High School is one of few schools to have received Blue Ribbon awards twice, both in 1991 and 2009.
In 2013, Solon High School was awarded the prestigious Red Quill Award from the ACT organization for the sixth consecutive year, and the Red Quill Legacy Award for the second consecutive year, for excellent overall student scores on the ACT (Test). Solon was the only Ohio school to receive the award and one of 21 in the Midwest.
Solon High School students are perennially recognized by the National Merit Scholarship Program. In 2013, 30 Solon High School students were named National Merit Semifinalists, a new record for the State of Ohio. Solon High School has also had 6 Presidential Scholars in its history.