Marshall Islands High School (also known as Majol Island or MIHS) is the main public high school located in Rita,McMurray, Christine and Roy Smith. Diseases of Globalization: Socioeconomic Transition and Health. Routledge, October 11, 2013. , 9781134200221. p. 127. Delap-Uliga-Djarrit, in Majuro atoll, the capital city of the Marshall Islands. Marshall Islands High School is the largest high school in the country of the Marshall Islands. MIHS is part of the Marshall Islands Public School System.
The school serves the atolls and islands of Majuro, Arno, Enewetak, and Mili."Annual Report 2011-2012 ." Ministry of Education (Marshall Islands). Retrieved on February 22, 2018. p. 54 (PDF p. 55/118). "Marshall Islands High Schools takes students from Ratak Rak zone including schools in Majuro, Arno, Mili, and Enewetak/Mejatto."
History Marshall Islands High School began as Marshall Islands Intermediate School, being established as a high school around the time at which the first class graduated in 1965, a class which numbered 13 students.
An addition was built between the late 1960s to the middle of the 1970s, a period when several other public high schools were built in the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands.Compact of Free Association in the Micronesian States of Palau, the Federated States of Micronesia and the Marshall Islands: Environmental Impact Statement. United States Department of State, 1984. p. 36.
In the 1994-1995 school year it had over 700 students, making it the country's largest high school. In 1996 the dropout rate was 16%.Government of the Republic of the Marshall Islands public sector investment program. Government of the Republic of the Marshall Islands, 1998. p. 30. "In 1996, the dropout rate at the Marshall Islands High School (MIHS) was 16% overall."
The president of the Marshall Islands, Hilda Heine, attended Marshall Islands High School before attending college in the United States.
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