De Soto High School is located off of K-10

K-10 (Kansas highway)

K-10 is a 38 mile state highway in the U.S. state of Kansas. It was originally designated in 1929. It is mostly a controlled-access freeway, linking Lawrence to Lenexa. It provides an important toll-free alternate route to Interstate 70...

 and Lexington Avenue on 91st street in De Soto, Kansas

De Soto, Kansas

De Soto is a city in Johnson and Leavenworth counties in the U.S. state of Kansas, along the Kansas River. The population was 4,561 at the 2000 census...

. It is part of the De Soto School District

De Soto School District

The De Soto School District is a public school district in northwestern Johnson County, Kansas, United States. Named after De Soto, Kansas, the district encompasses over serving the city of De Soto and approximately 60% of Shawnee, 40% of Lenexa, 10% of Olathe and other smaller towns around those...

 232 in Johnson County.

Johnson County, Kansas

Johnson County is a county located in northeast Kansas, in the central United States. The county is largely suburban, being part of the Kansas City metropolitan area, and containing many of its affluent southwestern suburbs. As of the 2010 census, the county population was 544,179. Its county...

Around 700 students, grades 9-12 attend DHS. Wildcats

History

The school first opened in 1995. Before that, students attended high school in the building that is now Lexington Trails Middle School. The current administration is Dave Morford, Principal and Chuck Mahon, Associate Principal. Plans for extension in 2011 are being initiated to solve for the over-crowding problem at DHS. Currently, the school is over-capacity.