| Iowa High School | |
| Streetaddress: | 401 Miller Avenue |
| City: | Iowa |
| State: | Louisiana |
| County: | (Calcasieu Parish) |
| Zipcode: | 70647 |
| Country: | USA |
| Principal: | Luke Dietz |
| District: | Calcasieu Parish School Board |
| Motto: | "Empowering all students to achieve" |
| Staff: | 56.99 (FTE) |
| Ratio: | 18.18 |
| Established: | 1919[1] |
| Type: | Public high school |
| Enrollment: | 1,036[2] |
| Enrollment As Of: | 2022-23 |
| Campus: | (Urban/Country)--> |
| Colors: | Purple and gold |
| Mascot: | Yellow Jacket |
| Nickname: | Yellow Jackets |
| Yearbook: | Yellow Jacket |
| Conference: | District 3-3A |
| Website: | https://www.cpsb.org/iowa |
Iowa High School is a junior and senior high school (grades 6–12) in Iowa, Louisiana. It is a part of Calcasieu Parish Public Schools.
One of the earliest schools in the Iowa area was located on the LeBleu family farm near the Chloe community in the mid-1880s,[3] around the time Seaman A. Knapp, president of the Iowa State College of Agriculture, was working to demonstrate the suitability of the region for rice production.[4] The modern Iowa High School was founded in 1919,[1] and the first modern, brick school building in Iowa was constructed in 1920.[5] To accomplish this, the Calcasieu Parish School Board in December 1919 sold $15,000 in bonds to The Hanchett Bond Company of Chicago.[6]
The Iowa Yellow Jackets compete in Class 3A of the LHSAA.[7]
In April 1965, the city's Lions Club proposed a resolution to the school board to dedicate the IHS football stadium to Jesse Edwin Cady, a longtime school board member who represented the area and who had died the previous month. The resolution passed unanimously.[8]
Wide receiver Curtis Deville became the first football player in school history to sign with a Power 5 conference athletics program when in 2021 he signed a letter of intent to play football at Purdue University, a member of the Big Ten Conference.[9] Andre Sam, a defensive back who initially played at McNeese State University in nearby Lake Charles, would eventually transfer to Marshall University before finishing his college career at LSU of the Southeastern Conference.[10]
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