Missouri Valley High School

Coordinates: 41°33′47″N 95°52′48″W / 41.563°N 95.880°W

Missouri Valley High School

Name	Missouri Valley High School
Address	605 E Lincoln Highway
Community	Rural
Type	Public
Principal	Deidre Drees
Activities Director	Brian Knott
Grades	9 to 12
School Uniforms	No
Mascot	Big Reds
Colors	Red and White
Newspaper	The Big Reds Review
Yearbook	Title Varies
Website	movalleyschools.org

Missouri Valley High School is a public, co-educational high school of Missouri Valley Community School District, and serves grades nine through twelve. Missouri Valley High School is in Missouri Valley, Iowa. Missouri Valley's mascot is the Big Reds, and the school uses the colors red and black. The mascot most recently used has been an arrowhead, but is recently under debate.

Academics

Missouri Valley High School has about a 15:1 student / teacher ratio.^[1] There are about 300 students enrolled in Missouri Valley High.^[2] Missouri Valley High's students took the Iowa Tests for Educational Development (ITED). In 2006, the 11th graders had 79% at or above proficient in reading, the state average being 88%. Other scores showed 76% proficiency in math, with a state average of 78%.^[3] Students that score above 40% are considered proficient on this standardized test, which is used to compare Missouri Valley students to their national classmates.

In School Organizations, Clubs, Extracurricular Activities, and Athletics

Organizations

• Key Club International (Nebraska-Iowa District)
• HOSA
• DREAM

Missouri Valley High School Clubs

• Pep Club
• Math Club
• Thespians
• Art Club
• Science Club
• Spanish Club
• FCCLA

Extracurricular Activities

• Band
• Choir
• Drama
• Speech

Athletics

Missouri Valley High offers many athletics a student can be involved in. Some include Cheerleading, Dance Team, volleyball, American football, girls and boys cross country, girls and boys basketball, wrestling, girls and boys track & field, soccer, girls and boys golf, baseball, and softball .^[4]

Fight song

Missouri Valley High's fight song is the same as the Northwestern fight song, Go U Northwestern, with some minor changes.

Go ye Mo. Valley, fight for victory,

With our banners waving, we will cheer you one, two, three

fight fight fight

Go ye Mo. Valley, fight for victory

fight for the fame of our great name,

Go Mo. Valley, win this game.

Go you Big Reds! Fight fight fight!

Notes

1. Student Teacher Ratio Missouri Valley High School - Missouri Valley, Iowa - IA
2. Missouri Valley High School - Missouri Valley, Iowa - IA - school overview
3. Missouri Valley High School Test Scores - Missouri Valley, Iowa - IA
4. Missouri Valley - High School|Athletics