Sugar-Salem High School is a four-year public secondary school in Sugar City, Idaho, the only traditional high school of the Sugar-Salem Joint School District #322 in Madison County. The school colors are royal blue and white and the mascot is a digger, a reference to sugar beet cultivation.
The school district (of which this is the sole comprehensive high school) includes Sugar City, Newdale, and a portion a small portion of Rexburg. - Text list - Text list
History Sugar-Salem High School was built in 1989. The high school was previously housed in what is now Valley View Alternative High School.
Academic Awards
Sugar-Salem High School has received academic awards including a bronze medal on the U.S. News & World Report List of America’s Best High Schools in 2008 and was listed as a top school in Redbook Magazine in 1994. Sugar Salem High School has a graduation rate of 97 percent. In 2013, it became a National Blue Ribbon School.
Athletics Sugar-Salem competes in athletics in IHSAA Class 3A and is a member of the Mountain Rivers Conference. It has received many sportsmanship awards in boys’ and girls’ basketball, volleyball, cross country, wrestling, track & field, and soccer. As of December 2024, the school has won a total of 105 IHSAA state championships including an astonishing 52 state titles from 2017 to 2024. For three consecutive years, in 2018, 2019 and 2020, Sugar-Salem High School was awarded the MaxPreps Cup, a title given by MaxPreps.com to the best overall high school sports program in each state. The tremendous success of Sugar-Salem’s academic and extracurricular programs has earned Sugar City the nickname “Title-town”.
Paul Lambert of the Rexburg Standard Journal wrote in 2026 that, in a figure of speech to demonstrate the school's overall strength in athletics, the trophy case of Sugar-Salem "has its own zip code."
State titles Boys Baseball (1): (3A) 2024 Football (6): fall 2018, 2019, 2020, 2022, 2023, 2024idhsaa.org - Idaho high school football - state champions Cross Country (8): fall (3A) 2009, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2024idhsaa.org Cross Country champions through 2011 (introduced in 1964) Soccer (3):fall 2021,Back to back state titles for Sugar-Salem, Rexburgstandardjournal.com. Accessed November 19, 2022. 2022 (introduced in 2000) 2023 Basketball (8): (AA, now 3A) 1962; (A-3, now 2A) 1973; (A-2, now 3A) 1993, 1994, (3A) 2017, 2019, 2020, 2023 idhsaa.org - Basketball champions - through 2012 Wrestling (12): (A-3, now 2A) 1984, 1986, 1991; (A-2, now 3A) 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000; (3A) 2002, 2003, 2017, 2018, 2019idhsaa.org - Wrestling champions - through 2012 (introduced in 1958) Track (8): (3A)2013, 2014, 2015, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2022, 2023idhsaa.org - Track champions - through 2015
Girls Cross Country (8): fall (3A) 2012, 2013, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2022, 2024 (introduced in 1974) Soccer (2): 2023, 2024 fall (introduced in 2000) Volleyball (10): fall (A-3, now 2A) 1990; (3A) 2003, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2016, 2017, 2019, 2020, 2021 (introduced in 1976) Basketball (8Sugar-Salem wins 8th Idaho Girls' Basketball state championship, scorebooklive.com. Accessed November 19, 2022.): (A-3, now 2A) 1991; (3A) 2007, 2009, 2011, 2015, 2018, 2019, 2022idhsaa.org - Girls Basketball champions - through 2015(introduced in 1976) Track (11): (A-3, now 2A) 1983, 1985, 1986; (3A) 2007, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2017, 2021idhsaa.org - Girls Track champions - through 2015 (introduced in 1971)
Combined Cheer (10): (3A) 2008, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2018, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024 Drama (12): (3A) 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018
Notable alumni Harold G. Hillam - Emeritus General Authority of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, former member of the Presidency of the Seventy Mack Shirley, Idaho State Representative Laurel Thatcher Ulrich, Pulitzer-prize winning author of A Midwife's Tale
See also
List of high schools in Idaho
References
External links
Sugar-Salem School District