Jesup Community School District is a

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headquartered in

Jesup, Iowa Jesup is a city in Buchanan County and partly in Black Hawk County in the U.S. state of Iowa. The population was 2,508 at the time of the 2020 census. It was named for Morris Ketchum Jesup, president of the Dubuque and Sioux City Railroad. Th ...

. It operates a single K-12 campus in the northern part of the city with separate divisions for elementary, middle, and high school. it has about 1,000 students. The district occupies portions of Buchanan and Black Hawk counties. The district has three K-8 schools outside of Jesup for

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students. A total of 120 students, as of 2020, attend these campuses. The school's mascot is the J-Hawk and their colors are blue and orange.

History

In 2009, the district had about 910 students, with enrollment increasing. Sarah Pinion served as superintendent until 2009; she left to become the superintendent of the Marion Independent School District. In 2009, Nathan Marting, previously superintendent of the

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, became Jesup's superintendent.

Schools

*Jesup Elementary School *Perry #1 Elementary School *Prairie Grove Elementary School *Triumph Elementary School *Jesup Middle School *Jesup High School

Jesup High School

Athletics

The J-Hawks compete in the North Iowa Cedar League Conference in the following sports: *Cross Country (boys and girls) ** Boys' State Champions - 1990 *Volleyball (girls) *Football (boys) *Basketball (boys and girls) *Wrestling (boys and girls) *Track and Field (boys and girls) *Golf (boys and girls) *Baseball (boys) *Softball (girls) *Soccer (boys and girls) *Tennis (boys and girls)

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