Ankeny Centennial High School

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Ankeny Centennial High School
Address
Ankeny Centennial High School
2220 NW State Street

Ankeny
,
Iowa
50023

United States
Coordinates 41°44′59″N93°37′22″W / 41.7497°N 93.6229°W / 41.7497; -93.6229
Information
TypePublic secondary
Established2013
School district Ankeny Community School District
PrincipalJill Urich
Faculty73.62 FTE [1]
Grades10–12
Enrollment1,307 [1]
Student to teacher ratio17.75
Color(s) 
Athletics conference Central Iowa Metro League
Nickname Jaguars
Rival Ankeny High School
Accreditation AdvancED, State of Iowa
Website achs.ankenyschools.org

Ankeny Centennial High School (ACHS) is a public high school in Ankeny, Iowa, United States, serving grades 10 through 12 and opened in 2013. It is one of two high schools in the Ankeny Community School District.

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History

Ankeny Centennial opened in 2013, covering the northern part of the school district. [2] ACHS relieved Ankeny High School of overcrowding as the district's second high school; both schools had approximately 990 students in the 2013–14 school year. [3] This was the first instance within a period of forty-year period where a school district in the state of Iowa had its number of high schools increase from one to two. [2] Ankeny Centennial is structurally identical to the 2011 rebuild of Ankeny High School. [4] [5]

Athletics

The Jaguars are members of the Central Iowa Metro League. [6]

State Championships
SportYear(s)
Basketball (girls)2016 [7]
Golf (boys)2014 [8]
Soccer (girls)2016, 2018, 2022 [9]
Softball2023
Volleyball2014, 2015, 2016, 2018 [9]

Performing arts

ACHS has five competitive show choirs: the mixed-gender "Spectrum", "Eternal Rush", and "Chaos" as well as the all-female "Vortex". [10] The program hosts an annual competition, the Mid-Iowa Show Choir Championships. [11] Spectrum finished second at a national invite in 2016 and was undefeated in its 2020 season, capturing vocal and choreography awards at every competition. [12] [13]

ACHS also has a competitive Marching Band who performs and competes through Iowa in addition to having twice been selected to perform in the New York City Veterans Day Parade. The Band program features a Wind Symphony, a Symphonic Band, and a 9th Grade Concert Band. In addition the program has four jazz bands: Jazz Collective, Jazz Studio, Jazz Vanguard, and Jazz Lab.

Notable Alumni

See also

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  2. 1 2 Norvell, Kim (2016-05-09). "Waukee's second high school to open in 2021". Des Moines Register . Retrieved 2020-04-02.
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  6. ↑ "Central Iowa Metro League". Central Iowa Metro League. Retrieved 2020-08-14.
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  8. ↑ "2019-2020 Golf Stat Book" (PDF). Iowa High School Athletic Association. 2019-12-16. Retrieved 2020-07-23.
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