Ankeny High School is a

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located in

Ankeny, Iowa Ankeny (, ) is a city in Polk County, Iowa, United States and a suburb of the state capital of Des Moines, as part of the Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA metropolitan statistical area. As of the 2020 census, the population of Ankeny was 67,887, m ...

, United States. It is part of the Ankeny Community School District, and serves grades 10 through 12.

History

AHS opened in 1913 and graduated six seniors in the spring of 1914. In August 2011, the school moved to a new location, which was built at a construction cost of about $54 million. Construction began on the new location in 2008 after planning concluded.

Ankeny Centennial High School 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. History Ankeny Centennial opened ...

opened in 2013, drawing students from what was the northern portion of AHS' attendance zone. A new $25 million addition was announced in 2020.

Athletics

AHS athletic teams are classified as 4A by the

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and compete in the

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. In 2005, the girls' basketball team rose as high as No. 2 in USA Today's Super 25 national rankings.

Fine arts

Ankeny has three competitive

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, the mixed-gender "Visual Adrenaline" and "Perpetual Motion" as well as the all-female "Intensity". With the opening of Ankeny Centennial in 2013, some inside the show choir program wanted to end the history of the three groups and start fresh with new directors and new names. The Ankeny Community School District cited a 2009 precedent in a 2011 move to disallow any potential attempted name changes. Visual Adrenaline has won national-level competitions before.

Notable alumni

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, businessman * Dennis Gibson, football player * Pat Dunsmore, football player *

Paul Rhoads Paul Robert Rhoads (born February 2, 1967) is an American college football coach. He is currently an analyst at Ohio State. A long-time major conference assistant coach and head coach, he is best-known for his seven-year tenure as head coach at ...

, football coach * Benj Sampson, baseball player *

Todd Sears Todd Andrew Sears (born October 23, 1975) is an American former professional baseball first baseman for the Minnesota Twins and San Diego Padres of Major League Baseball. Amateur career Sears attended the University of Nebraska, and in 1996 h ...

, baseball player *

Colton Smith Colton Thomas Smith (born August 14, 1987) is an American mixed martial artist who formerly competed in the Lightweight division of the Ultimate Fighting Championship. Smith is best known for competing on, and winning The Ultimate Fighter: Team ...

, wrestler and martial artist *

Matthew Whitaker Matthew George Whitaker (born October 29, 1969) is an American lawyer, lobbyist and politician who served as the acting United States Attorney General from November 7, 2018, to February 14, 2019. He was appointed to that position by President D ...

, attorney *

Connie Yori Connie Sue Yori (born October 3, 1963) is the former head coach of the Nebraska Cornhuskers women's basketball team representing the University of Nebraska–Lincoln, University of Nebraska in NCAA Division I (NCAA), Division I competition. She for ...

, basketball coach

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