Iron Mountain High School

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Iron Mountain High School
Iron Mountain High School, March 2020.jpg
The front of the school in March 2020
Address
Iron Mountain High School
300 West B Street

Iron Mountain
,
Michigan

United States
Coordinates 45°49′05″N88°04′13″W / 45.818185°N 88.070411°W / 45.818185; -88.070411
Information
Type Public high school
MottoThe Place to Succeed
Established1912 (1912) [1]
School districtIron Mountain Public Schools
PrincipalAmy Ryan
Teaching staff13.78 (FTE) [2]
Enrollment304 (2018–19) [2]
Student to teacher ratio22.06 [2]
Color(s)Black and Gold   
Athletics conferenceWestern Peninsula Athletic Conference
Nickname Mountaineers
Website www.imschools.org www.immountaineers.org

Iron Mountain High School is a public high school located in the city of Iron Mountain, Michigan, United States.

Contents

The Iron Mountain Public School District also includes North Elementary, East Elementary, and Central Middle School. As of 2020, both the Central Middle School and East Elementary buildings are not in use. The North Elementary building holds grades EK–4, and the Iron Mountain High School building holds grades 5–12.

History

The first school in the Iron Mountain area opened in 1881 on the corner of Brown and Iron Mountain Street, where classes were held from 1881 to 1893. [3] Another one-room school was built sometime between 1882 and 1884 on Fifth Street in Iron Mountain. [3] In 1884, the Central School building was built at 300 West B Street, where the current high school building stands. This building had two stories with eight rooms and housed all grades, and whose first graduating class of three students graduated in 1889. [4] [3] Subsequent public schools built in Iron Mountain before Iron Mountain High School were Chapin School in 1889, Ludington School in 1891, Hulst School in 1892, Lincoln School in 1896, Farragut School in 1899, and Washington School in 1900. [4]

Sketch of the proposed Iron Mountain High School building published in the Iron Mountain Press May 11, 1911 Sketch of the proposed Iron Mountain High School building, 1911.png
Sketch of the proposed Iron Mountain High School building published in the Iron Mountain Press May 11, 1911

Once it was decided that a new building needed to be constructed to accommodate the expanding population of the Iron Mountain area, the Central School building was relocated 2 blocks north. [5] The Iron Mountain High School building was proposed in 1911 by architects Charlton & Kuenzli, and was built between 1911 and 1912. The building was opened in 1912 and classes began that same year. [6] In 1914, Iron Mountain High School was one of eight different school buildings in the Iron Mountain area. [7] From then on schools in Iron Mountain would continue to close their doors.

In 1937, classes stopped being held at the Central School and the building was razed to make way for a new Iron Mountain Junior High School. [3] : 58  Later renamed Central Middle School, this building would house classes for junior high school students in the Iron Mountain Public School District. This building, completed in 1938, was a project under the Public Works Administration. The Public Works Administration supplied an $89,860 grant for the project, whose total cost was $201,387. [8]

An addition was built alongside the Central Middle School building in 1994, which included five classrooms, a gymnasium, a cafeteria, and locker rooms. [9] Eventually, the Central Middle School building held classes for K-8 students, but in 2014, plans to sell or demolish the Central Middle School building were discussed as the classes once taught here were transferred to the Iron Mountain High School building. Beginning in 2015, the Iron Mountain High School building holds all grade 5-12 students in the Iron Mountain Public School District, while the North Elementary building, located on the north side of Iron Mountain, holds grades EK-4. [10]

Postcard depicting "The New High School," 1910s Iron Mountain High School Postcard, 1910s.jpg
Postcard depicting "The New High School," 1910s

Demographics

2019-2020 [2]

Enrollment by Grade
9101112
Students66736371
Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity
American Indian/Alaska NativeAsianBlackHispanicNative Hawaiian/Pacific IslanderWhiteTwo or More Races
Students05611023813

Athletics

In 2017, the Western Peninsula Athletic Conference accepted Iron Mountain, among four other schools, to transfer from the Mid-Peninsula Athletic Conference in all sports. [11] This transfer ended the 93-year football rivalry between Iron Mountain and neighboring school Kingsford High School. [12]

In 2019, the Iron Mountain Mountaineers boys' basketball team made statewide news when a controversial call in the final seconds of the Division 3 state championship decided the final outcome, with Iron Mountain losing 53-52. [13]

SportNumber of championshipsYear
Basketball3 [14] [15] 1928, 1933, 1939
Bowling1 [16] 2009
Cross Country3 [17] 1937, 1938, 1987
Football2 [18] 1993, 2000
Boys Golf10 [19] 1950, 1951, 1964, 1968, 1969, 1970, 1983, 1987, 1999, 2005
Girls Golf5 [20] 2004, 2005, 2013, 2014, 2016
Gymnastics1 [21] 1973
Boys Tennis23 [22] 1949, 1977, 1981, 1982, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1992, 1995, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2006, 2009, 2015
Girls Tennis14 [23] 1977, 1978, 1979, 1981, 1982, 1985, 1986, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1995, 2001, 2008, 2010
Boys Track & Field5 [24] 1981, 1983, 1987, 1989, 2000
Girls Track & Field1 [25] 2004
Volleyball1 [26] 1994
Wrestling5 [27] 1967, 1970, 1972, 1982, 1983

Notable Alumni

Tom Izzo and Steve Mariucci

Michigan State head basketball coach Tom Izzo and sportscaster and former football coach Steve Mariucci went to school together and graduated from Iron Mountain High School in the 1970s. On Iron Mountain High School's campus stands the Izzo-Mariucci Center, which houses the gym, offices, and rooms for classes.

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  17. ↑ Team Champions | Boys Cross Country | MHSAA Sports
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  19. ↑ Team Champions | Boys Golf | MHSAA Sports
  20. ↑ Team Champions | Girls Golf | MHSAA Sports
  21. ↑ Team Champions | Girls Gymnastics | MHSAA Sports
  22. ↑ Team Champions | Boys Tennis | MHSAA Sports
  23. ↑ Team Champions | Girls Tennis | MHSAA Sports
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