Moorhead High School


Moorhead High School is a public high school in Moorhead, Minnesota, United States. Established in 1883, the school serves approximately 2,000 students in grades 912. The school has a student-teacher ratio of 18.81.
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History

The Moorhead School District started in 1872 as a subscription school. This however, was shortly lived as the school closed down in just 2 months. Later that year the school would become housed in a Presbyterian Church and changed into a 5-month permanent school.
On April 15th, 1873, James H Sharp organized the first school board and school district. He served on the board of education and was largely remembered as the Father of Moorhead Area Public Schools.
In 1883 Mathias Forsberg became the first graduate of Moorhead High School.
In 1894 the school was rebuilt and served the students until 1921.
In 1921 the school was torn down and replaced with a new building on the townsite center. This building was used until 1967 when the current High School building was built.
In 2019 Moorhead voters passed a 110 million bond referendum to reconstruct the high school. Beginning in summer of 2021, Moorhead started construction on the building. They planned on adding 3 new academic wings, a new sports center, and a new music wing. Construction is projected to finish during the 2024-2025 school year.
In 2020 Moorhead purchased the old Sams Club building and renovated into a second campus for learning. In fall of 2021 the building opened for students. Offering a range of career related courses designed to prepare students for a job.
As of 2026, the music wing that has been in construction ever since 2025 has been finished.

Extracurricular activities

Student groups and activities at Moorhead High School include Destination Imagination, Apollo Strings, Business Professionals of America, Carolers, Drama, Key Club, Knowledge Bowl Meet|Knowledge Bowl], MHS Journalism Club, Newspaper, Pep Band, Science Olympiad, Speech, Debate, Student Council, and Yearbook.

Athletics

The school's athletic teams, known as the Moorhead Spuds, compete in baseball, basketball, cross country, dance team, football, golf, gymnastics, hockey, lacrosse, soccer, softball, cross country skiing, swimming and diving, tennis, track and field, volleyball, and wrestling.
State championship titles held by the school include:
  • Basketball, boys': 1928, 1929
  • Football: 1971, 1987
  • Golf, boys: 2012, 2015
  • Track and field, boys': 1929, 1967, 1968, 1972, 1973, 1987, 1993
  • Track and field, girls': 1973, 1974, 1975, 1999, 2001
  • Volleyball: 1988
  • Speech: 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2021, 2022, 2023
  • Hockey, boys': 2025

Notable alumni