Linn-Mar High School


Linn-Mar High School is a public high school, part of the Linn-Mar Community School District. It serves students in grades 9 through 12 and is located in Marion, Iowa.
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History

Linn-Mar High School opened in the fall of 1959. It was built at a cost of $243,325 and housed 177 students when it opened. The school board had a naming contest for the school; a then-eighth grade student won $25 for submitting Linn-Mar, judged the best of 75 entries.
In 2016, Newsweek named Linn-Mar to its list of best high schools for low-income students.
The Linn-Mar High School began constructing a new performance hall in 2024. This project is expected to be completed in December 2025.
In March of 2025, the building plans for an Indoor Athletic Activity Space were proposed, and later accepted in October of the same year. This project is estimated to cost 53.4 million dollars. The funds for the center will come solely from the Linn-Mar District's existing budgets and will not penetrate the surrounding area's taxes.

Athletics

LMHS athletic teams are nicknamed the Lions and compete in the Mississippi Valley Conference. A new 6,000-seat athletics stadium opened in 2011, and a new aquatic facility opened in 2013. In 2024, a new 8 court tennis complex was opened.
SportYear
Basketball 1983, 2004, 2007, 2011
Basketball 1985, 2010
Football1985, 1989, 1990
Golf 1983, 1997, 2006
Soccer 2015
Tennis 1988, 2015, 2018
Track and field 2013
Cross Country 2014

Performing arts

Linn-Mar has three competitive show choirs, the mixed-gender "10th Street Edition" and "In Step" as well as the all-female "Hi-Style". 10th Street was undefeated in its 2018, 2022, 2023, 2024 and 2025 competition seasons. In 2023, 10th Street Edition came first in the Show Choir Nationals at the Grand Ole Opry House in Nashville, Tennessee. The program hosts an annual competition entitled "Supernova". LMHS also has a competitive marching band and hosts an annual competition for that discipline.
The school has received the Grammy Signature School award twice.

Notable alumni