Mason City High School (Iowa)


Mason City High School is a public high school in the Mason City Community School District. It is within the city of Mason City, Iowa. It is located in Cerro Gordo County. The school colors are black and red. Until recently, the mascot was a Mohawk. The current mascot is Mo the Hawk, an anthropomorphic bird, though some Mohawk imagery is still used.

History

Mason City High School was established in 1890. A new building was erected at 22 N. Georgia Ave. in 1917. The current high school building at 1700 4th St. SE was constructed in 1966 after the 1917 building became over crowded due to the rapidly growing student population during the 1946-1964 Baby Boom. Later, the 1917 building was renovated into a public services office building, and is called Mohawk Square. The city also has a Catholic high school, Newman Catholic High School.
The current building shares its campus with John Adams Middle School, which was built in the early 1960s as a junior high school.

Demographics

The demographic breakdown of the 1008 students enrolled in 2013-2014 was:
40.4% of the students were eligible for free or reduced lunch.

Athletics

MCHS's programs include football, volleyball, cross country, football cheerleading, girls’ basketball, boys’ basketball, wrestling, dance team, basketball cheerleading, girls’ track, boys’ track, girls’ golf, boys’ golf, baseball, boys' tennis, girls' tennis, boys' swimming, girls' swimming, boys' hockey, girls' hockey, boys' soccer, girls' soccer, and softball, all which compete as the Mohawks. MCHS is a member of in the Central Iowa Metropolitan League's Iowa Division. The conference is made up of three six-team divisions. The other two divisions are called the Metro and the Central. With 810 students in four grades as of the 2018-19 school year, MCHS is among the smaller schools in the league. In early 2020, there was some talk of switching to the seven-member Northeast Iowa Conference, where Mason City would be far and away the largest school.

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