The lumberjack statue at the elementary school on Main Street was originally a Texaco "Big Friend," a Muffler Man from the mid-1960s.

[2] St. Maries competes in athletics in IHSAA Class 2A, in the Central Idaho League (CIL) with Grangeville and Orofino.

[5] The girls volleyball team won ten consecutive state titles in Class A-2 (now 3A) from 1984 to 1993.

[6][7] The main rival is Kellogg, about forty miles (65 km) to the northeast in the Silver Valley.

The winner receives a ball painted in both schools' colors and retains it for that year.