Ames Community School District
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Ames Community School District | |
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Location | |
District information | |
Motto | Mission Statement : " The Ames School District commits to equity and access that empowers every individual to reach their full personal and educational potential." |
Grades | K–12 |
Established | The Hoggatt School first schoolhouse in the vicinity was built in 1862 to serve area residents before the city of Ames was established. |
Superintendent | Jenny Risner |
Accreditation | North Central Association of Secondary Schools and Colleges,[2] Iowa Department of Education |
Schools | 1 early childhood center 5 elementary schools 1 middle school 1 secondary school |
NCES District ID | 1903540[1] |
Students and staff | |
Students | 4,468 (as of 2010-2011) |
Teachers | 355[3] |
Staff | 589[3] |
Other information | |
Website | www |
The Ames Community School District is the public school district for most of the city of Ames, Iowa. It is accredited by the North Central Association of Secondary Schools and Colleges[2] and the Iowa Department of Education.
The district is entirely in Story County.[4]
Schools[]
There are eight schools in the Ames Community School District, with one high and middle school, and six elementary schools.
Ames High School[]
Ames High School is located at 1921 Ames High Drive . The webpage can be found here.
Ames Middle School[]
Ames Middle School is located on 3915 Mortensen Road. The webpage can be found here.
Elementary ("Primary") schools[]
There are six elementary schools in the Ames Community School District.
Edwards[]
Edwards Elementary School is located on 820 Miller Ave. The webpage can be found here
Fellows[]
Fellows Elementary School is located on 1400 McKinley. The webpage can be found here
Meeker[]
Meeker Elementary School is located on 300 20th Street. The webpage can be found here
Kate Mitchell[]
Kate Mitchell Elementary School is located on 3521 Jewel Drive. The webpage can be found here
Abbie Sawyer[]
Abbie Sawyer Elementary School is located on 4316 Ontario Street. The webpage can be found here
Northwood Preschool Center[]
The Northwood building was an elementary school that was closed. In the summer of 2009, the school district remodeled it for a preschool center. Northwood is located on 302 Duff Avenue. The webpage can be found here
Other Buildings[]
Willson Beardshear Early Childhood Center[]
Willson Beardshear School is located on 920 Carroll Avenue. **Wilson Beardshear was closed in the summer of 2009. The Early Childhood Center was moved to Northwood school.
Roosevelt Elementary School[]
Roosevelt is located at 921 9th Street. Roosevelt was closed in 2005 due to budget constraints, and lagging enrollment. The building was credited as the second oldest in the ACSD.
Crawford Elementary School[]
Crawford is located at 415 Stanton Avenue. It was closed in 2001 and then remodeled into a district administrative building. Up until 2015, it was the only district administration building and is also the oldest building in the ACSD. The administrative offices became completely vacant in Spring 2016.
Media[]
- Channel 7 is the school district's Educational-access television cable TV channel, which is provided through Mediacom Cable Television as part of a franchise agreement with the City of Ames The district televises their school board meetings through this network.
Enrollment[]
Year | District-wide | High schools | Middle schools | Elementary schools | Pre-Kindergarten |
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2003-2004[5] | 4,483 | 1,505 | 1,010 | 1,868 | 100 |
2002-2003[6] | 4,528 | 1,538 | 1,046 | 1,913 | 31 |
2001-2002[7] | 4,787 | 1,609 | 1,105 | 2,070 | 3 |
2000-2001[8] | 4,874 | 1,629 | 1,162 | 2,078 | 5 |
See also[]
References[]
- ^ "Search for Public School Districts – District Detail for Ames Community School District". National Center for Education Statistics. Institute of Education Sciences. Retrieved 1 February 2013.
- ^ Jump up to: a b http://www.ncacasi.org/school-search/search Archived April 22, 2006, at the Wayback Machine: Search by school name: "Ames High School"
- ^ Jump up to: a b "District Profile". Ames Community School District. 2007. Archived from the original on 2010-08-26. Retrieved 2010-10-02.
- ^ "Ames" (PDF). Iowa Department of Education. Retrieved 2020-03-25.
- ^ Iowa Department of Education (2003). "Certified Annual Reports for FY03-04 (Spreadsheet)". Archived from the original on 2006-09-26. Cite journal requires
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External links[]
- School districts in Iowa
- Education in Story County, Iowa
- Ames, Iowa