History
Rigby High School was established in 1912, with the first graduation in 1916. The school was originally located near Rigby City Park. The mascot was originally a Red Devil, and the school colors were red and white. It wasn't until the early 1950s, when a high school located in the smaller, neighboring town of Menan burnt down and its students came to Rigby, that the school was given the mascot of the Trojans. In the sixties and seventies the high school was replaced with a new building, which is now Rigby Junior High. Also in the 1960s, Rigby High School gained more students from the smaller high school of Roberts. Rigby High has resided in its current building, just west of the city limits, since 1988 and a new high school started construction beginning of 2011 and will be finished sometime in 2013. The new building is located immediately to the east of the current high school building where the upper three grades (10–12) will move into the new one and the current high school building will house grades 8 and 9. As of 2012, the school principal is Gary Comstock.
The elevation of the RHS campus is 4,830 ft (1,470 m) above sea level.
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