Linn-Mar High School

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Linn-Mar High School
Location
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;66 years ago (1959)
School district Linn-Mar Community School District
SuperintendentAmy Kortemeyer
CEEB code 162763
PrincipalJeff Gustason
Teaching staff131.37 (on an FTE basis) [1]
Grades9-12 [1]
Enrollment2,222 (2023–2024) [1]
Student to teacher ratio16.91 [1]
ColoursRed 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]

The Linn-Mar High School began constructing a new performance hall in 2024. This project is expected to be completed in December 2025. [6]

In March of 2025, the building plans for an Indoor Athletic Activity Space were proposed, and later accepted in October of the same year. This project is estimated to cost 53.4 million dollars. The funds for the center will come solely from the Linn-Mar District's existing budgets and will not penetrate the surrounding area's taxes. [7]

Athletics

LMHS athletic teams are nicknamed the Lions and compete in the Mississippi Valley Conference. [8] A new 6,000-seat athletics stadium opened in 2011, [9] and a new aquatic facility opened in 2013. [10] In 2024, a new 8 court tennis complex was opened. [11]

State Championships
SportYear(s)
Basketball (boys) [12] 1983, 2004, 2007, 2011
Basketball (girls) [13] 1985, 2010
Football [14] 1985, 1989, 1990
Golf (coed) [15] 1983, 1997, 2006
Soccer (boys) [15] 2015
Tennis (boys) [15] 1988, 2015, 2018
Track and field (boys) [16] 2013
Cross Country (boys) [17] 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". [18] 10th Street was undefeated in its 2018, 2022, 2023 and 2024 competition seasons. [19] [20] In 2023, 10th Street Edition came first in the Show Choir Nationals at the Grand Ole Opry House in Nashville, Tennessee. [21] The program hosts an annual competition entitled "Supernova". [22] LMHS also has a competitive marching band and hosts an annual competition for that discipline. [23] [24]

The school has received the Grammy Signature School award twice. [25]

Notable alumni

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "Linn-Mar High School". National Center for Education Statistics. Retrieved February 28, 2025.
  2. 1 2 3 "Iowa High School Athletic Association". apps.iahsaa.org. Retrieved June 23, 2020.
  3. ↑ "Marion Rural Building Has Electric Heat". Cedar Rapids Gazette. November 19, 1959. Retrieved October 12, 2020– via Newspapers.com.
  4. ↑ "Rural High School is Named Linn-Mar". Cedar Rapids Gazette. November 12, 1959. Retrieved October 12, 2020.
  5. ↑ "Beating the Odds 2016: Top High Schools for Low-Income Students". Newsweek. August 11, 2016. Retrieved October 28, 2020.
  6. ↑ King, Grace (November 11, 2025). "Linn-Mar takes steps toward next 10-year facility plan". The Gazette. Retrieved December 7, 2025.
  7. ↑ "Linn-Mar to move forward with design plans for $53.4 million indoor activities center". The Gazette. April 16, 2025. Retrieved December 5, 2025.
  8. ↑ "Mississippi Valley Conference". Mississippi Valley Conference. Retrieved September 15, 2020.
  9. ↑ Ecker, Jim (August 20, 2011). "Linn-Mar celebrates its new $10 million stadium". Metro Sports Report. Retrieved October 12, 2020.
  10. ↑ Condon, Mike. "Linn-Mar Aquatic Center a model for new facility in Dubuque". Cedar Rapids Gazette. Retrieved October 12, 2020.
  11. ↑ "New Linn-Mar tennis facility is 'really impressive'". www.thegazette.com. Retrieved May 21, 2024.
  12. ↑ "2020 State Tournament Stat Book Basketball" (PDF). Iowa High School Athletic Association. January 29, 2020. Retrieved September 15, 2020.
  13. ↑ "All Time State Tournament Results" (PDF). Iowa Girls High School Athletic Union. pp. 10–17. Archived from the original (PDF) on March 15, 2014. Retrieved March 15, 2014.
  14. ↑ "Record Book Football 2020 Complete Edition" (PDF). Iowa High School Athletic Association. June 9, 2020. Retrieved September 15, 2020.
  15. 1 2 3 "Linn-Mar". Iowa High School Sports. Retrieved September 15, 2020.
  16. ↑ "2020 IHSAA Track & Field Stat Book" (PDF). Iowa High School Athletic Association. December 16, 2019. Retrieved September 15, 2020.
  17. ↑ "2021 IHSAA Cross Country Stat Book" (PDF). Iowa High School Athletic Association. December 20, 2020. Retrieved September 15, 2020.
  18. ↑ "SCC: Viewing School – Linn-Mar High School". Show Choir Community. Retrieved October 12, 2020.
  19. ↑ "SCC: Viewing Choir – 10th Street Edition 2018". Show Choir Community. Retrieved October 12, 2020.
  20. ↑ "SCC: Viewing Choir – 10th Street Edition 2022". www.showchoir.com. Retrieved May 19, 2022.
  21. ↑ "2023 Results". March 29, 2023. Retrieved October 24, 2024.
  22. ↑ "Supernova Invitational Competition in Motion". CBS 2 Iowa. January 14, 2018. Retrieved October 12, 2020.
  23. ↑ Kalk, Jordee (July 22, 2020). "Music teachers in eastern Iowa prepare for unusual marching band rehearsals". KCRG. Retrieved October 12, 2020.
  24. ↑ "Linn-Mar Marching Band Contest". Midwest Marching. Retrieved October 12, 2020.
  25. ↑ "National Grammy Signature Schools" (PDF). Grammy in the Schools. Retrieved October 12, 2020.
  26. ↑ Johnson, Jeff (March 14, 2016). "Linn-Mar's Jordan Bohannon named 2016 Iowa Mr. Basketball". The Gazette. Retrieved June 23, 2020.
  27. ↑ Shaver, Pat (February 11, 2013). "The business of basketball". Corridor Business Journal. Retrieved April 22, 2014.
  28. ↑ Hlas, Mike (March 22, 2014). "Marcus Paige is no Heel for leaving Iowa". The Gazette . Retrieved April 22, 2014.
  29. ↑ "David Parry – Football". Stanford University Athletics. Retrieved June 23, 2020.
  30. ↑ Hunt, Steve (July 22, 2018). "Kiah Stokes enjoying life in professional basketball". Cedar Rapids Gazette. Retrieved October 12, 2020.
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