Wallace Junior/Senior High School

The first Wallace school was held in a wood-framed schoolhouse and in 1892, a new public brick school designed by W.A. Ritchie was built, which included grades K-12. Brick was used in an attempt to protect the school from fires that ravaged the town previously.^[1] Following the building of the new school, the original schoolhouse was converted to a guardhouse for a time, acting as a local jail.^[7] Due to significant town population growth, a large addition began on the school in 1901 with additional changes in 1908 and between 1927 and 1931.^[1][8] Being constructed of brick paid off as the school survived the Great Fire of 1910 that destroyed a third of the town.^[9] A new two-story high school was built in the early 1940s^[8] and a new gymnasium, named the Civic Auditorium, was built in 1946.^[10] During the 1970s and 1980s, graduation classes peaked in size between 90-100 and had been on a steady decline until the late 2000s when class sizes began to stabilize. The current 64,000 square foot junior/senior high school was completed in 2003 at the cost of $3.365 million (equivalent to $5,592,585 in 2024).^[11][12][13]

Wallace High School Miners compete in the 2A division, the second smallest division in the Idaho High School Activities Association (IHSAA). They participate in the District I Scenic Idaho Conference.^[5]

• Boys Golf: 1985^[14]
• Boys Track: 1930, 1932^[14]
• Girls Golf: 2005^[14]
• Volleyball: 1994^[14]