Ames High School

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Ames High School
Ames High School (Iowa) Logo.svg
Address
Ames High School
1801 Ridgewood Avenue [1]

Ames
,
Iowa
50010

United States
Coordinates 42°02′25″N93°38′03″W / 42.040209°N 93.634203°W / 42.040209; -93.634203
Information
School typePublic high school
MottoAmes Hi Aims High
Founded1875 (1961)
School district Ames Community School District
Teaching staff83.19 (FTE) [2]
Grades9–12
Enrollment1,403 (2022-23) [2]
Student to teacher ratio16.87 [2]
Campus typeSuburban
Color(s)   Orange and Black
Slogan"Ames Hi Aims High"
Athletics conference Iowa Alliance Conference
Nickname Little Cyclones
Newspaper The WEB
Yearbook SPIRIT
Website https://ahs.amescsd.org/

Ames High School is the sole public high school in Ames, Iowa, United States. It is in the Ames Community School District.

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Academics

This school is the only public high school in the city of Ames. In August 2019, Ames High School was named the top high school in Iowa by US News & World Report. [3]

Athletics

The Ames Little Cyclones are members of the Iowa Alliance Conference, [4] formerly in the Central Iowa Metro League. [5] Teams sponsored by the school include football, boys and girls cross-country, boys golf, girls swimming, and volleyball in the fall season. During the winter season, the school sponsored sports are boys and girls basketball, wrestling, and boys swimming. The spring consists of girls golf, boys and girls track, boys and girls tennis, and boys and girls soccer. The summer sports are baseball and softball.

State Championship History

The girls' golf team was crowned champions for the State Tournament in 1989, 2009 and 2010. [6] The boys' golf team are 5-time state champions (1945, 1949, 1968, 1982, 1986). [7]

The Ames High girls' swim team won four state meets in a row from 2010 to 2013, and again in 2015, 2016, and 2017. [8] The boys' team won the state meet in 1982 and 2018. [9]

The Ames High boys' basketball team has won nine state championships (1936, 1945, 1955, 1973, 1976, 1991, 2009, 2010, 2022). [10] [11] [12]

The girls' soccer team won the Class 3A state championship for the first time in 2017. [6]

The Ames High girls' tennis team won the 2A State title four years in a row (2009, 2010, 2011, 2012) and again in 2019. [13] For the first time in school history, the boys' tennis team won the Class 2A state championship in 2011. [14]

Since 1941, Ames High has won 20 state championships in boys' track and field, the most recent in 1991. [6] The girls' team has won five championships (1987, 1988, 1992, 1995, 1996). [6] The boys' cross country team have won six state championships (1967, 1968, 1973, 1975, 1983, 1989). [15]

Notable alumni

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  3. ↑ "Best High Schools in Iowa". U.S. News & World Report. Archived from the original on August 19, 2019. Retrieved December 18, 2022.
  4. ↑ Mollenbeck, Andrew (November 20, 2021). "11 schools join new Iowa athletic conference". KCCI. Retrieved December 31, 2022.
  5. ↑ Mollenbeck, Andrew (November 20, 2021). "11 schools join new Iowa athletic conference". KCCI. Retrieved August 29, 2022.
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  7. ↑ "2019-20 Golf Stat Book" (PDF). IHSAA. December 16, 2019. Retrieved August 13, 2020.
  8. ↑ "Ames Girls Dominate at State Swimming". whotv.com. November 8, 2015. Retrieved November 25, 2015.
  9. ↑ "2020 Swimming Stat Book" (PDF). IHSAA. February 5, 2020. Retrieved August 13, 2020.
  10. ↑ "Ames Booster Club Sports Camps". boysbasketball.ameshighsportscamps.com. Retrieved January 3, 2023.
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  12. ↑ "Ames High Boys Basketball Team Crowned 2022 State Champions – Ames Community School District". amescsd.org. Retrieved August 29, 2022.
  13. ↑ "Ames Girls Tennis". amestrib.com. Retrieved September 15, 2015.
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  15. ↑ "2020 Cross Country Stat Book" (PDF). IHSAA. December 16, 2019. Retrieved August 13, 2020.
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