De Soto High School is a

public secondary school A state school, public school, or government school is a primary school, primary or secondary school that educates all students without charge. They are funded in whole or in part by taxation and operated by the government of the state. State-f ...

De Soto, Kansas De Soto is a city along the Kansas River, in Johnson County, Kansas, Johnson and Leavenworth County, Kansas, Leavenworth counties in the U.S. state of Kansas, and part of the Kansas City Metropolitan Area. As of the 2020 United States census, ...

operated by De Soto USD 232 public school district, and serves students of grades 9 to 12. The school is located near highway K-10 and Lexington Avenue on 91st Street. Around 900 students in grades 9–12 attend DHS.

History

The school first opened in 1919 as a small white wooden school in De Soto. Then the high school was moved to the present day City Hall and after the destruction of the original school the lower grades were moved to a building where district offices are today nearby the City Hall. The high school was then expanded to include the present day community center which has one of the oldest sunken gyms still in use in the Midwest. After the school experienced overcrowding, the present day middle school was built as the then high school building. The middle school was then moved to the City hall. Years later, after overcrowding yet again, the high school was moved to its present location.

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De Soto High School

De Soto USD 232
{{authority control Public high schools in Kansas 1919 establishments in Kansas Schools in Johnson County, Kansas

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