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Ames High School

Public secondary school in Ames, Iowa, United States

Summary

Public secondary school in Ames, Iowa, United States

Field	Value
name	Ames High School
logo	[[File:Ames High School (Iowa) Logo.svg	center	135px]]
imagesize	200px
streetaddress	1801 Ridgewood Avenue
city	Ames
state	Iowa
district	Ames Community School District
zipcode	50010
country	USA
coordinates
schooltype	Public high school
grades	9–12
campus type	Suburban
conference	Iowa Alliance Conference
slogan	"Ames Hi Aims High"
motto	Ames Hi Aims High
founded	1875 (1961)
nickname	Little Cyclones
school_colors	Orange and Black
yearbook	SPIRIT*
newspaper	The WEB*
teaching_staff	82.01 (FTE)
ratio	17.40
enrollment	1,427 (2023-2024)
homepage	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.

Residents of the United Community School District, which covers Luther, a small section of Boone, and other areas, may select the Ames district for secondary schooling.

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.

Athletics

The Ames Little Cyclones are members of the Iowa Alliance Conference, formerly in the Central Iowa Metro League. 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. The boys' golf team are 5-time state champions (1945, 1949, 1968, 1982, 1986).

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

The Ames High cheer squad has won 11 large group state championships (1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1996, 2009, 2011, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2024). They have also won two state titles in small group stunt: 4A All-Girl Stunt in 2012 and Coed Stunt in 2024.

The Ames High boys' basketball team has won nine state championships (1936, 1945, 1955, 1973, 1976, 1991, 2009, 2010, 2022). The Ames High boys basketball team is the winningest program among Iowa 4A high schools.

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

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

Since 1941, Ames High has won 20 state championships in boys' track and field, the most recent in 1991.

Notable alumni

Harrison Barnes, current NBA player for the San Antonio Spurs and 2015 NBA Finals champion.
Robert L. Bartley, editor of The Wall Street Journal editorial page for more than 30 years, winner of Pulitzer Prize and Presidential Medal of Freedom
Steve Dreyer, former MLB player (Texas Rangers)
Jane Espenson, television writer and producer of Buffy the Vampire Slayer
Joe Evans, American college football defensive end for the Iowa Hawkeyes
Leslie Hall, rap artist and front-woman of Leslie and the Ly's
Fred Hoiberg, current Nebraska Cornhuskers men's basketball coach and former NBA player and coach
Michelle Hoover, author "Bottomland", "The Quickening"
Stephen Hsu, physics professor, university administrator and tech executive
Dame DeAnne Shirly Julius, current Economist
Ted Kooser, poet and 13th Poet Laureate of United States, recipient of the 2005 Pulitzer Prize for Poetry
Tamin Lipsey, point guard for the Iowa State Cyclones
Margaret Lloyd, operatic soprano
Doug McDermott, current NBA player for the Indiana Pacers
Edward Mezvinsky, former congressman in United States House of Representatives
Beverley Owen, actress best known for playing the role of Marilyn in The Munsters
Brian Smith, photographer and author of Art & Soul
Nate Staniforth, magician
Neal Stephenson, contributor to Wired and author known for his speculative fiction works

References

"Ames High School".
"Ames High School". National Center for Education Statistics.
"UNITED". [[Iowa Department of Education]].
"Grades 7-12". United Community School District.
"Best High Schools in Iowa". [[U.S. News & World Report]].
Mollenbeck, Andrew. (2021-11-20). "11 schools join new Iowa athletic conference".
Mollenbeck, Andrew. (2021-11-20). "11 schools join new Iowa athletic conference".
"Ames". Iowa High School Sports.
(2019-12-16). "2019-20 Golf Stat Book". IHSAA.
(8 November 2015). "Ames Girls Dominate at State Swimming".
(2020-02-05). "2020 Swimming Stat Book". IHSAA.
"Ames Booster Club Sports Camps".
"Ames High Boys Basketball Team Crowned 2022 State Champions – Ames Community School District".
"Ames Girls Tennis".
(2019-06-10). "2020 Tennis Stat Book". IHSAA.
(2019-12-16). "2020 Cross Country Stat Book". IHSAA.
"Top-Rated Basketball Recruit Harrison Barnes Chooses North Carolina".

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