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	Wyandotte High School
	U.S. National Register of Historic Places
	Gym entrance
Location	2500 Minnesota Avenue, Kansas City, Kansas
Coordinates	39°6′52″N 94°39′25″W / 39.11444°N 94.65694°W
Area	24 acres (9.7 ha)
Built	1936
Architect	Fellows Hamilton & Nedved
Architectural style	Modern, Art Deco
NRHP reference No.	86000920
Added to NRHP	April 30, 1986

Wyandotte High School
Wyandotte High School
Address
	2501 Minnesota Avenue ; Kansas City, Kansas 66102; United States
Information
School type	Public, High school
Established	1886
School board	School board website
School district	Kansas City USD 500
CEEB code	171560
Principal	Mary Stewart
Grades	9 to 12
Enrollment	1,903 (2024-2025)
Campus	Urban
Color(s)	Red; White
Athletics	6A
Athletics conference	KCK-Atchison League
Mascot	Bulldogs
Rival	F.L. Schlagle High School, Washington High School, J.C. Harmon High School, Sumner Academy of Arts and Science
Newspaper	Pantograph
Yearbook	Quiverian
Website	wyandotte.kckschools.org

Wyandotte High School is a fully accredited public high school located in Kansas City, Kansas, United States. It serves students in grades 9 to 12 and operated by the Kansas City USD 500 school district. The building itself is a historic and notable public building, which was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1986. The school principal is Mary Stewart. The mascot is the Bulldog and the school colors are red and white.^[6]^[7]

History

On March 28, 1985, the school building was designated as a Kansas City, Kansas Historic Landmark. It was registered in Historic Kansas Places on November 23, 1985, and placed in the National Register of Historic Places on April 30, 1986.^[6] Stephen King's Sometimes They Come Back was filmed at Wyandotte.^[8]^[9]

Extracurricular activities

The Bulldogs are classified as a 6A school, the largest classification in Kansas according to the Kansas State High School Activities Association. Wyandotte and J. C. Harmon High School are the only 6A schools in Kansas City USD 500 school district, and as such often finds themselves in postseason competition with schools from Lawrence, Olathe, Overland Park (Blue Valley School District) and Shawnee Mission. Throughout its history, Wyandotte has won over fifty state championships in various sports. Many graduates have gone on to participate in collegiate athletics.

Athletics

Basketball

The Bulldogs are known nationwide for winning 20 state titles in basketball including a 1923 undefeated national championship season in which the Bulldogs beat Rockford, Illinois, by a score of 43–21.^[6]^[7]^[10]^[11]^[12] One of the nation's most successful high school basketball coaches, Walter Shublom led Wyandotte High School of Kansas City, Kansas to 10 state championships and three second-place finishes in his 14 seasons there from 1955 to 1969.^[13] Shublom posted a 296–26 record (.919 winning percentage) at Wyandotte, with his 1957 and 1965 teams finishing unbeaten and another five teams finishing with just one loss.^[13] He and Wyandotte High School share a spot in the Basketball Hall of Fame in Springfield, Massachusetts, where they fall under the heading of high school dynasty. For ten straight seasons, from 1956 to 1965, Shublom's Bulldogs played in the state championship game. In seven of those years they were successful, including five straight years, 1957–1961. The basketball team also won a state championship in basketball in 1998.

Football

In November 2006, the football team made a playoff appearance for the first time since 1987, but suffered a loss to St. Thomas Aquinas High School. Wyandotte's football teams have won the state championship six times, occurring in 1921 (9–0), 1923, 1932 (8-0-1 season), 1933 (9-0 co-champions), 1942 (10-0 season), and 1952 (9-0 season).^[6]

State championships

State Championships^[14]
Season	Sport	Number of championships	Year
Fall	Football	6*	1921, 1923, 1932, 1933, 1941, 1951
Fall	Cross country, Boys	1	1965
Winter	Swimming and diving, Boys	8	1934, 1937, 1938, 1943, 1944, 1945, 1947, 1968
	Basketball, Boys	20	1923, 1930, 1933, 1941, 1955, 1957, 1958, 1959, 1960, 1961, 1964, 1965, 1967, 1968, 1969, 1970, 1976, 1984, 1985, 1998
	Indoor track and field, Boys	8	1958, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1965, 1968, 1969, 1974, 1977
	Indoor track and field, Girls	1	1975
Spring	Baseball	7	1922, 1941, 1952, 1953, 1954, 1962, 1964
	Track & Field, Boys	7	1931, 1960, 1969, 1977, 1981, 1987, 1992
	Track & Field, Girls	1	1988
Total		53

State football championships are not recognized by the KSHSAA prior to 1969. 1969 was the first year that the KSHSAA sponsored the football state championships. Adding the six state football titles would bring Wyandotte's total to 59.^[6]

Wyandotte Pup

In the early 1930s, students built a two-seat monoplane aircraft designed by Noel Hockaday. It was called the Wyandotte Pup. The design rights were bought by the Porterfield Aircraft Corporation and the aircraft entered production as the Porterfield Flyabout.^[6]