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Ames Community School District

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Grades
  
K–12

District ID
  
1903540

Website
  
www.ames.k12.ia.us

Region
  
Story County, Iowa

Superintendent
  
Dr. Timothy Taylor

Teachers
  
355

Number of students
  
4,468

Staff
  
589

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Established
  
The Hoggatt School first schoolhouse in the vicinity was built in 1862 to serve area residents before the city of Ames was established.

Accreditation
  
North Central Association of Colleges and Schools

Motto
  
" The mission of the Ames Community Schools is to ensure that all learners develop the knowledge, skills, attitudes, values, and personal esteem necessary to grow in and shape a changing society." (Mission Statement)

Profiles

Ames community school district


The Ames Community School District is the public school district for the city of Ames, in Story County, Iowa. It is accredited by the North Central Association of Secondary Schools and Colleges and the Iowa Department of Education.

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Map of Ames Community School District, IA, USA

Ames community school district


Schools

There are eight schools in the Ames Community School District, with one high and middle school, and six elementary schools.

Ames High School

Ames High School is located at 1921 Ames High Drive . The webpage can be found here.

Ames Middle School

Ames Middle School is located on 3915 Mortensen Road. The webpage can be found here.

Elementary ("Primary") schools

There are six elementary schools in the Ames Community School District.

Edwards

Edwards Elementary School is located on 820 Miller Ave. The webpage can be found here

Fellows

Fellows Elementary School is located on 1400 McKinley. The webpage can be found here

Meeker

Meeker Elementary School is located on 300 20th Street. The webpage can be found here

Kate Mitchell

Kate Mitchell Elementary School is located on 3521 Jewel Drive. The webpage can be found here

Abbie Sawyer

Abbie Sawyer Elementary School is located on 4316 Ontario Street. The webpage can be found here

Northwood Preschool Center

The Northwood building was an elementary school that was closed. In the summer of 2009, the school district remodeled it for a preschool center. Northwood is located on 302 Duff Avenue. The webpage can be found here

Willson Beardshear Early Childhood Center

Willson Beardshear School is located on 920 Carroll Avenue. **Wilson Beardshear was closed in the summer of 2009. The Early Childhood Center was moved to Northwood school.

Roosevelt Elementary School

Roosevelt is located at 921 9th Street. Roosevelt was closed in 2005 due to budget constraints, and lagging enrollment. The building was credited as the second oldest in the ACSD.

Crawford Elementary School

Crawford is located at 415 Stanton Avenue.It was closed in 2001 and then remodeled into a district administrative building. Up until 2015, it was the only district administration building and is also the oldest building in the ACSD. The administrative offices became completely vacant in Spring 2016.

Media

  • Channel 7 is the school district's Educational-access television cable TV channel, which is provided through Mediacom Cable Television as part of a franchise agreement with the City of Ames The district televises their school board meetings through this network.
  • References

    Ames Community School District Wikipedia