Iowa City High School

Public secondary school in Iowa City, Iowa, United States
The previous high school building, built in 1909, was converted to a junior high school after the new building opened. Buildings that held "high school", which included junior high school, included the Grammar School, built in 1893 City High ranks in the top ten schools for academic performance in Iowa.

City High has a storied history in track and cross country. Together, the track and cross country programs have combined for 38 state titles and at least 10 runner up finishes since 1989. The Mittman's women's XC team logged state championship wins in 1999, 2002, 2003, 2005, and 2006. In 2006 the women's team drew national attention with their ranking as the 13th best XC program in the country. This earned the Little Hawk women a Nike Team Nationals bid (renamed in 2008 as Nike Cross Nationals) during the same year. The strong cross country program served as the basis for the boys' track & field team run to 11 state team titles in class 4A between the years of 1992 and 2004. Coach John Raffensperger was head coach for 10 of the 11 state titles, being the only coach in Iowa to win 10 state titles. Raffensperger was also awarded National coach of the year. Sports Illustrated named City High the top sports school in the state of Iowa, citing the school's dominant cross country, track, and football teams. The boys' and girls' cross country teams have won more than 20 state championships since 1990. State titles for Boys' Cross Country include titles from 1991 '94 and in '96, '97, '99, and 2000. Football (1993, 1994, 1996, 2009), Boys' Basketball (1989, 2008), Wrestling (1992, 1999, 2002), and numerous Boys' and Girls' Track state titles. The 600m indoor school record is currently held by Ammon Smith in a time of 1:25.42 in 2022.

City High is home to three student publications, The Little Hawk (newspaper), The City Review (literary and art magazine) and Red and White (yearbook). Both "The Little Hawk" and the "Red and White" are in the NSPA Hall of Fame. The Little Hawk, a monthly newspaper, has earned thirteen National Pacemaker Awards (1989—95, 97–2000, 2012, 2022), more than any other high school student newspaper in the country. "The Red and White" has won one National Pacemaker Award (1996). "The Little Hawk" has won the NSPA Best of Show at the National Conference eleven times (1989–95, 97–99, 2012). "The Little Hawk" and the "Red and White" were advised by Jack Kennedy from 1980 to 1999, and are currently advised by Jonathan Rogers. Kennedy was named the Dow Jones Newspaper Fund Journalism Teacher of the Year in 1993 and inducted to the Iowa High School Press Association Hall of Fame in 1996. The Little Hawk website (www. thelittlehawk. com) earned Pacemaker finalist in 2011 and 2012. In November 2012, it received 5th Place Best of Show at the JEA/NSPA San Antonio National Journalism Conference. "The Little Hawk" Newspaper was the first high school publication to create an app for smartphones. The app was developed by student Jonathan Myers.