Iowa City Community School District (ICCSD) is the

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that serves the

Iowa City, Iowa Iowa City, offically the City of Iowa City is a city in Johnson County, Iowa, United States. It is the home of the University of Iowa and county seat of Johnson County, at the center of the Iowa City Metropolitan Statistical Area. At the tim ...

area. Over 14,000 students in kindergarten through 12th grade attend 21 elementary schools, three junior high schools, three comprehensive high schools, and one alternative school for ninth through twelfth graders. The district covers and serves the communities of Iowa City,

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, North Liberty, University Heights and the surrounding rural areas. The school district employs over 2,200 people. It is the fifth largest school district in the state of Iowa and the second largest employer in the Iowa City area.

Historic schools

*Henry Sabin Elementary School in

was located at 509 South Dubuque Street. The building housed an alternative high school, but was originally known as the First Ward School. The school was named for the Iowa educator

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. The school closed as an elementary school circa 1979. It was known throughout the 1970s for its alternative teaching methods, including

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s and discussions about drug abuse and sexuality. Above the

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level, classes were paired—first and second grade, third and fourth grade, and fifth and sixth grade.

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, an art teacher at the school for a few years in the mid-1970s, would achieve some renown as an artist. The building was torn down in 2015.

List of schools

Elementary schools

*Alexander Elementary *Borlaug Elementary *Coralville Central Elementary *Garner Elementary *Grant Elementary *Hills Elementary *Hoover Elementary *Horn Elementary *Kirkwood Elementary *Lemme Elementary *Lincoln Elementary *Longfellow Elementary *Lucas Elementary *Mann Elementary *Penn Elementary *Shimek Elementary *Twain Elementary *Van Allen Elementary *Weber Elementary *Wickham Elementary *Grant Wood Elementary

Junior high schools

*North Central Junior High *Northwest Junior High *South East Junior High

High schools

* City High * West High * Liberty High School

Alternative school

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Enrollment

References

*http://iowacityschools.org/ *http://www.gazetteonline.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070213/NEWS/70213037/1001/NEWS *http://www.press-citizen.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20071208/NEWS01/712080350/1079 School districts in Iowa Education in Johnson County, Iowa Iowa City, Iowa {{Iowa-school-stub