CERRO GORDO COUNTY SCHOOL INDEX
The first school in Cerro Gordo County was taught by Eliza GARDNER, a daughter of Rowland GARDNER, who, with most of his
family, perished in the Spirit Lake massacres in the Spring of 1857. Eliza was fortnately absent from the home at the time
and thus escaped the fate of her father's family. ~ History of Iowa: From the Earliest Times to the Beginning of
the Twentieth Century, Benjamin F. GUE, The Century History Co., New York, 1903
Honor Roll of 1876
School News, August 02, 1944
Surnames: ALBAUGH, AMLING, BRANDT, BURNS, HAMM, HERRICK, HIRING, KENISON, McDONALD, MUMFORD, NOLTE, SENIOR, WAGNER, WOODWARD
THE STORY of THE SCHOOLS
Alternative School, 9th Grade to 12th Grade, 19 N. Illinois Ave., Mason City Mason City Community School District
Central School 1914 - 1999, Clear Lake
Central School (Historial), dedicated 1874, Mason City
Carrie LANE (Carrie CHAPMAN CATT) came to Mason City to teach, Fall of 1881.
"Prose & Poetry", Central School, May 1914
Cerro Gordo Rural Schools Orchestra, 1936 Clausen Schoolhouse, 1872, Clear Lake Clear Creek Elementary School, Pre-K to 5th Grade, 901 South 14th Street Clear Lake Community School District
Clear Lake Middle School, 6th to 8th Grade, 1601 3rd Avenue North, Clear Lake Clear Lake Community School District
Clear Lake High School (Historical), original high school, Clear Lake
Clear Lake High School, 9th to 12th Grade, 125 N. 20th Street, Clear Lake
Clear Lake Community School District
Clear Lake High School Completed, 1936
Clear Lake High School Honor Roll, 1936
Clear Lake High School Class of 1957
Clear Lake High School Class of 1958
Clear Lake High School Class of 1959
Clear Lake's W. Hugh STICKLER, 1936
Clear Lake Football Honors, 2007
Clear Lake Dance Team Honors, 2007
2009 Girls' HS Basketball Conference Champs
Clear Lake's Tom & Ryan LEISURE
2016 School Renovations
Cornell College Graduates, 1884 - 1915
Dougherty Township Schools
Dougherty #1, Dougherty (Deerfield) #7, Scott Township #7 of Floyd County
Emory School No. 5
Garfield School built 1882, Mason City
Grant School, Mason City
Grant Country School No. 6, Lake Township
Hamilton School of Commerce, a.k.a. Hamilton Business School, Mason City
Formerly was Toland Business School; currently operating as Kaplan University
Harding Elementary School, K to 5th Grade, 1239 N. Rhode Island Avenue Mason City Community School District
Holy Family Catholic School, Mason City
Holy Family Essay Winners, 1936
Holy Family Athletics, 1945
Hoover Elementary School, K to 5th Grade, 1123 8th Street SW Mason City Community School District
I.O.O.F. Orphan's Home, dedicated 1903, Mason City
Jackson School built 1913, 1809 S. FederalMason City; later sold to commercial concern
Jefferson Elementary School, K to 5th Grade, 1421 4th Street SE Mason City Community School District
John Adams Middle School, 6th to 8th Grade, 29 S. Illinois Avenue Mason City Community School District
Lake Country School No. 7 Lime Creek No. 8 School Lincoln Elementary School Clear Lake Community School District
Lincoln Intermediate School, 1625 S. Pennsylvania Avenue, Mason City Makerspace, 2016
Logan Chiropractic Technique Class, 1935, Mason City
Madison Early Childhood Center, 2620 S. Jefferson Avenue, Mason City
Madison Elementary School, K to 5th Grade, 2620 S. Jefferson Avenue Mason City Community School District, built 1923
Mason City High School, 9th Grade to 12th Grade, 1700 4th Street SE
Mason City Community School District
Mason City High School Class of 1878 ** First Graduating Class
1903 Class Reunion Part of 1953 Centennial
HS Commercial Club, 1916
Mason City Honor Roll, March of 1936
Mason City Mohawks, 1936
Mohawk HS Boys Basketball, 1936
Debate Team, 1936
Mason City Senior Play, 1936 Mohawk All-State Basketball Players, 1940 Girls Class 4A State Basketball Champions, 2016
Mason City's Unified Cheer
Mason City Junior College, opened 1918
present-day North Iowa Area Community College
Mason City Trojans, 1936
Mason City Seventh Day Adventist School, private school, 3rd to 7th Grade Mason City
McKinley School built 1910, Mason City
Memorial University, Mason City, later Mason City Junior College, present-day NIACC
Meservey School Gym, 1936
Meservey - Thornton Elementary School, K to 5th Grade
Meservey - Thornton Middle School, 6th to 8th Grade
Meservey-Thornton High School
Meservey-Thornton High School Class of 1974
Meservey-Thornton High School, Class of 1973
Monroe Middle School built, 1923, Junior High wing added 1939, Mason City
National Memorial University, Mason City
Newman Catholic School, opened 1961, private school, Pre-K to 12th Grade 2245 19th Street SW, Mason City
Nora Springs - Rock Falls, K-12th Grade, 509 North Iowa Avenue, Nora Springs
North Iowa Area Community College, 500 College Drive, Mason City
opened 1918 as Mason City Junior College
North Iowa Christian School, private non-denominational Christian school 811 N. Kentucky Ave., Mason City IA
North Iowa Christian School graduate Kalina Davis
Old Stone School, Mason City's 2nd School
Owen Grove No. 3, Owen Township, 1921-22
Owen Grove No. 6, Owen Township
Plymouth HS Boys Basketball, 1936
Plymouth School Election, 1936
Plymouth Road Christian Academy, Baptist private school, K to 11th Grade Mascot - Patriots, 808 Broad Street, Plymouth
Redeemer Pre-School, 301 S. Main Street, Ventura
Rock Falls School Election, 1936
Rockwell High School, Junior Class
Rockwell - Swaledale Elementary School, Pre-K to 6th Grade
Rockwell - Swaledale Middle - High School, 7th to 12th Grade
Rockwell-Swaledale High School, Class of 1976
Roosevelt Elementary School, K to 5th Grade, 315 15th Street SE Mason City Community School District
Roosevelt Middle School, 6th to 8th Grade
Mason City Community School District, built 1939
Sacred Heart Academy, Rockwell
Sacred Heart School Fire
St. Francis Academy (Historical), Mason City
St. Joseph's Catholic School, Mason City
St. Joseph's School of Nursing, Mason City
St. Patrick's School, Dougherty
includes St. Patrick's Graduates 1925 - 1964
Sunset View Elementary School, 408 Mars Hill Drive, Clear Lake
Thornton School, Thornton
Thornton High School, 1936 Debate Toland Business School, see Hamilton School of Commerce Ventura Elementary School, K to 6th Grade, 300 Park Avenue, Ventura
Ventura Junior - Senior High School 7th to 12th Grade, 110 S. Main Street, Ventura
Ventura Football Honors, 2007
Washington Elementary School, Pre-K& Mason City Community School District, built 1890
West Fork Nation Community School
Elementary & 9-12, Sheffield; Elementary & Middle School, Rockwell IA
Wilson School, built 1923, Mason City
SOURCES: "History of Mason City, Timeline", Mason City Public Library
Updated by Sharon R. Becker, February of 2011; updated November of 2013
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