Linn-Mar High School

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Linn-Mar High School
Address
Linn-Mar High School
3111 North 10th Street

Marion
,
Iowa
52302

United States
Coordinates 42°03′11″N91°35′53″W / 42.053°N 91.598°W / 42.053; -91.598
Information
Type Public secondary school
Opened1959;65 years ago (1959)
School district Linn-Mar Community School District
SuperintendentAmy Kortemeyer
CEEB code 162763
PrincipalJeff Gustason
Teaching staff130.24 (on an FTE basis) [1]
Grades9-12 [1]
Enrollment2,271 (2022–23) [1]
Student to teacher ratio17.44 [1]
Colour(s)Red and black [2]   
Athletics conference Mississippi Valley Conference [2]
Nickname Lions [2]
NewspaperLife
YearbookMedallion
Website www.linnmar.k12.ia.us

Linn-Mar High School is a public high school, part of the Linn-Mar Community School District. It serves students in grades 9 through 12 and is located in Marion, Iowa.

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History

Linn-Mar High School opened in the fall of 1959. It was built at a cost of $243,325 and housed 177 students when it opened. [3] The school board had a naming contest for the school; a then-eighth grade student won $25 for submitting Linn-Mar, judged the best of 75 entries. [4]

In 2016, Newsweek named Linn-Mar to its list of best high schools for low-income students. [5]

Athletics

LMHS athletic teams are nicknamed the Lions and compete in the Mississippi Valley Conference. [6] A new 6,000-seat athletics stadium opened in 2011, [7] and a new aquatic facility opened in 2013. [8] In 2024, a new 8 court tennis complex was opened. [9]

State Championships
SportYear(s)
Basketball (boys) [10] 1983, 2004, 2007, 2011
Basketball (girls) [11] 1985, 2010
Football [12] 1985, 1989, 1990
Golf (coed) [13] 1983, 1997, 2006
Soccer (boys) [13] 2015
Tennis (boys) [13] 1988, 2015, 2018
Track and field (boys) [14] 2013
Cross Country (boys) [15] 2014

Performing arts

Linn-Mar has three competitive show choirs, the mixed-gender "10th Street Edition" and "In Step" as well as the all-female "Hi-Style". [16] 10th Street was undefeated in its 2018, 2022, 2023 and 2024 competition seasons. [17] [18] In 2023, 10th Street Edition came first in the Show Choir Nationals at the Grand Ole Opry House in Nashville, Tennessee. [19] The program hosts an annual competition entitled "Supernova". [20] LMHS also has a competitive marching band and hosts an annual competition for that discipline. [21] [22]

The school has twice been awarded the Grammy Signature School award. [23]

Notable alumni

See also

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