Type Private, Coeducational Established 1958 Grades 9–12 Phone +1 563-326-5313 Motto One in the Spirit | Religious affiliation(s) Roman Catholic Principal Bridget Murphy Enrollment 449 (2013) Mascot Knight Colors Black, Scarlet, White | |
Address 1020 W Central Park Ave, Davenport, IA 52804, USA Similar West High School, Alleman High School, Bettendorf High School, Pleasant Valley High School, North Scott Senior High Sch Profiles | ||
Assumption High School (AHS) is a Roman Catholic high school in the Roman Catholic Diocese of Davenport in the U.S. state of Iowa. Bridget Murphy is the current principal of Assumption High.
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In 1958, AHS opened its doors as a co-institutional facility, with the merger of St. Ambrose Academy and Immaculate Conception Academy. AHS became coeducational in 1969.
Academics
AHS offers Honors classes, AP classes, and college courses on campus. The majority of the school's upperclassmen take the ACT, and their scores consistently rank above the Iowa and national averages.
Most Assumption students come from Catholic feeder schools, such as St. Paul the Apostle (Panthers), John F. Kennedy (Crusaders), Lourdes, & All Saints (Saints).
Faculty and staff
AHS's faculty is made up of mostly lay teachers with priests and nuns teaching several religion courses. Many hold master's degrees in education or content areas and meet the criteria for the Iowa teaching standards.
Student life and activities
AHS provides activities beyond the classroom. More than two-thirds of the student body participates in at least one sport, and many people join clubs as well.
Athletics
Davenport Assumption participates in the Mississippi Athletic Conference, and athletic teams are known as the Knights. School colors are red and white. The school fields athletic teams in 17 sports, including:
Davenport Assumption is classified as a 3A school (Iowa's second-largest tier of high schools), according to the Iowa High School Athletic Association and Iowa Girls' High School Athletic Union; in sports where there are fewer divisions, the Knights are in either the lowest or middle class, depending on the sport (e.g., Class 2A for wrestling and boys' soccer; Class 1A for tennis and girls' soccer). However, Assumption competes in the largest class (Class 4A) for boys' golf. The school is a member of the 10-team Mississippi Athletic Conference (known to locals as the MAC), which comprises schools from the Iowa Quad Cities (Bettendorf, Davenport Central, Davenport North, Davenport West, North Scott, Pleasant Valley), along with Burlington, Clinton and Muscatine high schools.
Many schools consider Davenport Assumption their biggest rivalry.
Successes
Throughout the school's history, Davenport Assumption has enjoyed great success in many of its sports, earning many MAC conference titles and producing all-state athletes that have enjoyed success at the collegiate level and in their careers.
Football has been a sport where the Knights have experienced much long-term success, winning many conference titles since 1990.
More recently, Assumption has won numerous state titles in wrestling, baseball, girls' soccer, girls' track and field, and girls' basketball. The 2008 baseball team won the school's eighth state title in the sport, with standout Willie Argo going on to a successful career at the University of Illinois.