Lowell High School is a single-campus public high school located in downtown Lowell, Massachusetts, United States. The school is a part of Lowell Public Schools. The mascot is the Red Raider and the colors are maroon & gray. Current enrollment is over 3,000 students. History Lowell, Massachusetts was incorporated as a town in 1826 and Lowell High School opened shortly after in 1831. One of its earliest homes was a small brick building on Middlesex Street owned by the Hamilton Manufacturing Company. Lowell High School was the first and remains the oldest desegregated public high school in the United States; African American Caroline Van Vronker was a student at Lowell High School in 1843, at a time when every other public high school in the United States was segregated. In 1840, the high school moved into a new building located between Kirk Street and Anne Street along the Merrimack Canal. Over the next 100 years, the school campus expanded. The oldest extant building replaced the 1840s building in 1893. In 1922, a large new building was built along Kirk Street and in the 1980s another building was built on the opposite side of the Merrimack Canal with connecting walkways over the canal. There are now three major buildings with one limited to the Freshman Academy. Notable alumni Charles Herbert Allen (1865) Politician: Congressman; Governor of Massachusetts James Cook Ayer (1838) Manufacturer: Wealthiest patent medicine businessman of his day George D. Behrakis (1951) Founder of Dooner Laboratories and later purchased Muro Pharmaceuticals, Inc. Milton Bradley (1854) Manufacturer: Largest game manufacturer in the United States Benjamin Franklin Butler (1830s) Politician: Congressman; Governor of Massachusetts George Whitefield Chadwick (1871) Musician: American composer. Rosalind Elias (1947) Musician: Opera singer Gustavus Fox (1830s) Politician: Assistant Secretary of the Navy during the Civil War John Galvin Jr. (1983) Athlete: Professional Football Frederic Thomas Greenhalge (1859) Politician: Congressman; Governor of Massachusetts Lynn Gunn (2012) Musician: Frontwoman, band PVRIS Mary Hallaren (1925) Director: Women's Army Corps] Tom Hayes (1978) Businessman and Author Helen Sawyer Hogg (1921) Astronomer Deborah Hopkinson (1969) Author Jujubee (drag queen) (2002) Drag queen, contestant on Rupaul's Drag Race Jack Kerouac (1939) Author: On the Road; The Dharma Bums Ted Leonsis (1973) Businessman: President AOL; Founder and CEO, Monumental Sports & Entertainment (owner of NHL's 2018 Stanley Cup Champion Washington Capitals, NBA's Washington Wizards, WNBA's 2019 Champion Washington Mystics, and 2020 & 2021 NBA 2K