Missouri Valley High School is a

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of Missouri Valley Community School District, and serves grades nine through twelve. Missouri Valley High School is in

Missouri Valley, Iowa Missouri Valley is a city in Harrison County, Iowa, United States. The population was 2,678 at the time of the 2020 census. History Originally, Missouri Valley was known as St. John's (Findley or Old St. Johns), and established in 1856. This set ...

. Missouri Valley's mascot is the Big Reds, and the school uses the colors red and white. The mascot most recently used has been an arrowhead, but is recently under debate. It was established in 1976.

Academics

Missouri Valley High School has about a 15:1 student / teacher ratio. There are about 300 students enrolled in Missouri Valley High. 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%. 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

The Big Reds compete in the

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. Missouri Valley High offers many athletics a student can be involved in. Some include

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volleyball Volleyball is a team sport in which two teams of six players are separated by a net. Each team tries to score points by grounding a ball on the other team's court under organized rules. It has been a part of the official program of the Sum ...

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, girls and boys cross country, girls and boys

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, girls and boys

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, soccer, girls and boys golf,

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, and

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. *1987 Girls' Cross Country Class 2A/1A State Champions *2021 Cross Country

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Champion

Fight song

Missouri Valley High's fight song is the same as the Northwestern fight song,

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, 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

{{authority control Public high schools in Iowa Schools in Harrison County, Iowa 1976 establishments in Iowa