Lawrence High School (Kansas)

**Lawrence High School** (**LHS**) is a public secondary school in Lawrence, Kansas, USA. It is operated by Unified School District 497. It serves students of grades 9 to 12. The school is one of the two public high schools located in the city. Lawrence High had 1,260 students in the 2007–2008 school year. The school colors are red and black. The mascot is the "Chesty Lion".

Lawrence High School was created in 1857. It was created to help educate Lawrence because there were a lot of people living there. The first classes were held in the basement of a Unitarian Church. Three years later, the school was moved to the current place of **Liberty Memorial Central Middle School**, on Massachusetts Street. In 1930, the Lion became the school symbol. In 1946, it made its official debut as the school mascot. Lawrence High moved to its current place on Louisiana Street in 1954.

### Athletics

Currently Lawrence High has more than 100 state championships in various sports, one of the highest totals in the United States. The first state championship was won in 1914 in boys basketball. Due to the success of Lawrence High and the University of Kansas, Lawrence was featured as a candidate for Titletown, United States by ESPN.

#### Football

The Lawrence High School Chesty Lions have 31 undefeated seasons in football. This is the most in the United States. The Chesty Lions won a High School Football National Championship in 1960. From 1930–2008, games were played at Haskell Memorial Stadium. Once the new football stadium was finished being built at Lawrence High School, the football team started playing games at the new stadium in 2009.

### State Championships

Lawrence High has won the following state championships:

|colspan="4"|State Championships|||
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
|Fall|Football|27|1919^, 1927^, 1928^, 1945^, 1946^, 1947<sup>+</sup>, 1952<sup>+</sup>, 1956<sup>+</sup>, 1957<sup>+</sup>, 1958<sup>+</sup>, 1959<sup>+</sup>, 1960<sup>+</sup>, 1962<sup>+</sup>, 1963<sup>+</sup>, 1964<sup>+</sup>, 1966<sup>+</sup>, 1968<sup>+</sup>, 1979, 1984, 1986, 1987, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1995|
|Cross Country, Boys|2|2008, 2009||
|Cross Country, Girls|3|1985, 1986, 1987||
|Volleyball|16|1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1994, 1995, 2018||
|Gymnastics, Girls|3|2004, 2005, 2006||
|Gymnastics, Boys|21|1960, 1961, 1962, 1964, 1965, 1966, 1967, 1968, 1969, 1970, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1983, 1984, 1986, 1988||
|Winter|Basketball, Boys|4|1914, 1948, 1983, 1995|
|Basketball, Girls|3|1984, 1992, 2008||
|Swimming, Boys|1|1997||
|Indoor Track, Girls|2|1977, 1978||
|Spring|Golf, Boys|1|1983|
|Golf, Girls|4|1975, 1977, 1982, 1984||
|Tennis, Boys|2|1981, 1995||
|Tennis, Girls|1|1989||
|Baseball|3|1996, 2000, 2009||
|Softball|1|1977||
|Swimming, Girls|7|1986, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994||
|Track and Field, Boys|5|1989, 1990, 1991, 1997, 2006||
|Track and Field, Girls|4|1978, 1979, 2015, 2019||
|**Total**|**110**|||
- _^ predates KSHSAA playoffs and AP poll_
- _<sup>+</sup>predates KSHSAA playoffs; ranked #1 in final AP poll_

## Notable alumni

- Erin Brockovich, had a movie made about her when she helped a town win a $333 million lawsuit because Pacific Gas and Electric Company had contaminated their water supply
- Danny Manning, led the University of Kansas basketball team to the 1988 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament championship
- Brian McClendon, Google Earth creator
- Alan Mulally, former Ford Motors CEO
- Sri Srinivasan, Judge, United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit

## Infobox (school)

- **name**: Lawrence High School
- **image size**: 150px
- **streetaddress**: 1901 Louisiana Street
- **city**: Lawrence, Kansas, Lawrence
- **state**: Kansas
- **zipcode**: 66046
- **country**: USA
- **schooltype**: High school#United States, High School
- **fundingtype**: Public school (government funded), Public
- **established**: 1857, 1954 (current building)
- **district**: Unified school district, USD 497
- **ceeb**: 171690
- **superintendent**: Anthony Lewis
- **principal**: Cynthia Johnson (interm)
- **principal label**: Principal (school), Principal
- **principal1**: Margene Brohammer, Quentin Rials, Mark Pruet, John Hilton
- **principal label1**: Asst Principal
- **head**: John Hilton
- **head label**: Athletic Director
- **r head label**: Band Director
- **grades**: Ninth Grade, 9 to Twelfth grade, 12
- **gender**: Mixed-sex education, coed
- **enrollment**: 1,609 (2016-17)
- **campus type**: Urban
- **colors**: Red (color), Red
 Black (color), Black
- **athletics**: Class 6A
District 4
- **athletics conference**: Sunflower
- **mascot**: Chesty Lion
- **rival**: Lawrence Free State High School, Free State, Topeka High School, Topeka
- **website**: [http://lhs.usd497.org// School Website]