Mustang High School

School in Mustang, Oklahoma , United States

Mustang High School
Address

801 S Snyder Dr Mustang, Oklahoma 73064 United States
Information
Established	1902^[1]
School district	Mustang Public Schools
Authority	OSDE
Staff	225^[2]
Enrollment	3,679 (2021-22)^[4]
Student to teacher ratio	20.50^[3]
Color(s)	Red, black, and white
Athletics conference	6A District 2
Mascot	Morsey
Nickname	Broncos
Team name	Mustang Broncos
Rivals	Yukon Millers
Website	mhs.mustangps.org

Mustang High School, often shortened to MHS, is a public school located in Mustang, Oklahoma, United States. It is the only secondary school of the Mustang Public Schools public school district and serves well over 3,000 students.

The complex contains a large band room, an auditorium, a performing arts center, and three gymnasiums.

The district (of which, this is the sole comprehensive high school) covers Mustang and parts of Oklahoma City.^[5] The district extends into portions of OKC in Cleveland County and Oklahoma County.^[6]^[7]

Sports

Mustang offers baseball, softball, boys' basketball, girls' basketball, cheer, boys' cross country, girls' cross country, football, boys' golf, girls' golf, pom, boys' soccer, girls' soccer, swimming, boys' tennis, girls' tennis, boys' track, girls' track, volleyball, and wrestling.^[8]

Runner Gabe Simonsen broke the state record for Oklahoma in the two-mile run with a time of 8:56.07 in 2021^[9]

The school has a nationally competitive marching-band program formerly known as the Nightriders. Due to controversy in 2020, the band was renamed, now the Mustang Marching Band. They placed 17th nationally in 2021 with their show titled "Shark World."^{[citation needed]}

Mustang is a 6A school. ^[10]

Notable alumni

Dennis Byrd - former NFL defensive lineman
Kendall Cross - Olympic freestyle wrestler, gold medalist at 1996 Summer Olympics
Josh Cooper - former NFL wide receiver
Shane Hamman - Olympic weightlifter
Josh Heskew former Nebraska Cornhuskers football, National Champion also played for Oklahoma Wranglers.

References

^ "About Us - Mustang Public Schools".
^ 2022 Mustang High School Yearbook (Vol. 57).
^ "MUSTANG HS". National Center for Education Statistics. Retrieved May 29, 2021.
^ 2022 Mustang High School Yearbook (Vol. 57).
^ "2020 CENSUS - SCHOOL DISTRICT REFERENCE MAP: Canadian County, OK" (PDF). U.S. Census Bureau. pp. 8 (9/13). Retrieved 2024-01-28. - Text list
^ "2020 CENSUS - SCHOOL DISTRICT REFERENCE MAP: Cleveland County, OK" (PDF). U.S. Census Bureau. Retrieved 2024-01-28. - Text list
^ "2020 CENSUS - SCHOOL DISTRICT REFERENCE MAP: Oklahoma County, OK" (PDF). U.S. Census Bureau. Retrieved 2024-01-28. - Text list
^ "MPS Course Guides - Course Maps".
^ "Oklahoma high school track: Mustang's Gabe Simonsen breaks 2-mile state record".
^ http://mustangps.org

External links

Official website
Athletics website

Oklahoma high school athletic districts

District 1	Bartlesville Booker T. Washington Enid Owasso Ponca City Sand Springs Stillwater Union
District 2	Bixby Broken Arrow Jenks Muskogee Putnam City Sapulpa Thomas Edison Westmoore
District 3	Edmond North Eisenhower Midwest City Moore Norman North Putnam City North US Grant Yukon
District 4	Edmond Memorial Edmond Santa Fe Lawton Mustang Norman Putnam City West Southmoore

District 1	Del City Duncan MacArthur Southeast
District 2	Bishop McGuinness Carl Albert Deer Creek El Reno Guthrie Northwest Classen Western Heights
District 3	Bishop Kelley Durant Memorial Nathan Hale
District 4	Central Claremore Coweta East Central Grove