Irondale High School

Infobox School
name = Irondale High School


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location = 2425 Long Lake Road
New Brighton, Minnesota 55112
country = United States
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district = Mounds View Public Schools
principal = Colleen Wambach
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faculty = 74.3 (on FTE basis)cite web |url=http://nces.ed.gov/ccd/schoolsearch/school_detail.asp?Search=1&SchoolID=272295001118&ID=272295001118 |title=Irondale Senior High |publisher=National Center for Education Statistics |accessdate=2008-07-07 |quote=Students: 1571 (2005-2006]
ratio = 21.1
enrollment = 1,571
enrollment_as_of = 2005-06
type = Public
grades = 9 to 12
conference = MSHSL Region 5A
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motto = Pride in Excellence
mascot = Knights
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colors = Maroon and Gold color box|marooncolor box|gold
established = 1967
footnotes = [http://www.mshsl.org/mshsl/schoolpage2.asp?school=227 Irondale High School] . Minnesota State High School League. Retrieved on 2008-07-07.] [ [http://www.moundsviewschools.org/Irondale/irondalefacts.pdf Irondale Facts] (PDF). Irondale High School. Retrieved on 2008-07-07.]
homepage = [http://www.moundsviewschools.org/Irondale/ www.moundsviewschools.org/Irondale]

Irondale High School is a public high school located in New Brighton, Minnesota. A part of the Mounds View Public Schools district, the high school is located in a suburban area approximately ten miles north of downtown Minneapolis and Saint Paul. It includes grade 9-12, and was founded in 1967. It is one of two high schools that are in the 621 school district, the other being Mounds View High School.

The School was listed in the top 5% of high schools in the country by "Newsweek" in 2008, [cite web| title =The Top of the Class| work=Newsweek | url =http://www.newsweek.com/id/39380/?s=MN| accessdate = 2008-07-08] although it had a notoriously bad football team in the late 1990s. They won only 3 games during all of the 1996-1999 seasons. In 2007 Irondale had its best season for football, winning 8 games and defeating Totino-Grace (the current state champions); although that season was a nice change of pace for the Irondale community, they were bounced from the playoffs in their first game losing to White Bear Lake.

The school has one of the most renowned marching bands in the state of Minnesota/USA. After bringing home top honors during the 1990s at many large state competitions, the Marching Knights are nationally recognized as being a high-ranking, proficient marching band. They often make finals at regional Bands of America competitions. B.O.A. is the largest national contest for many marching bands across America. [ [http://www.irondalemarchingknights.org/ Marching Knights website] ] The band placed second at the 2006 Youth in Music championship held at the HHH Metrodome. [cite web| last =Turner| first =Brent| title =And the Winner Is...| publisher =Youth in Music| date =2006-10-29| url =http://www.youthinmusic.org/article.php?id=48| accessdate = 2007-10-11] Irondale also has the largest Drama program in the Mounds View School District. Four productions are put on yearly, as well as a competition one act play.

During the 2006-2007 school year, the school met all of the requirements for Adequate Yearly Progress and had an AYP graduation rate of 99.05%. [cite web | title =Mounds View Senior High 2007 | publisher =Minnesota Department of Education | url =http://education.state.mn.us/ReportCard2005/schoolDistrictInfo.do?SCHOOL_NUM=065&DISTRICT_NUM=0621&DISTRICT_TYPE=01 | accessdate =2008-07-08 ] The school offers Advanced Placement classes and participates in the University of Minnesota's College in the Schools program. [ cite web | title =College in the Schools - Participating Schools | publisher =College in the Schools | url =http://www.cce.umn.edu/cis/schools.html | accessdate =2008-07-08 ]

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External links

* [http://www.moundsviewschools.org/Irondale/ Irondale High School website]