Ridgefield High School is a public high school in Ridgefield, Washington in Clark County. RHS is the only public high school in the Ridgefield School District. As of 2012, the school reported 728 students. RHS is a member of the Washington Interscholastic Activities Association Southwest District.HistoryOriginally, Horn's Corner School merged into becoming Ridgefield High School, on November 12, 1911. By May 1912, the first class had graduated. 50 students were enrolled by September, making it the second largest school in Clark County at the time. An eight-room $15,000 school house was formally opened for both grade and high school students in January, 1922.On May 10, 1927, the school burned down. It was replaced by a brick and tile school in February 1928 for $85,000. That school stood until Union Ridge (a current elementary school) was used to house the high schoolers in double shifts with the elementary students for new construction during 1969-1970. By June 1971, the old high school was demolished and used for space to park buses. Phase 1 consisted of one building and a gym.MascotThe "Spudders", as Ridgefield was a farming community of potatoes farmers where the mascot has its name of origin.The RHS mascot has been made famous by appearing on the David Letterman's "Top Ten Worst Mascots", Inducted into the ESPN Mascot Hall of Fame in 1995.During 2012, a bond measure was passed to give the school district land for the purpose to build a new high school on former potato fields, adding to the tradition and mascot legacy at RHS.CurriculumRidgefield High School has a comprehensive curriculum of Language Arts, Math, Social Studies, Science, Art, Foreign Language, Physical Education, Health, Fine and Performing Arts, along with Career and Technical education. As a result, Ridgefield's standardized testing scores are above state averages.