Davenport Mid City High School

Coordinates: 41°34′31″N 90°34′51″W / 41.5752°N 90.5809°W / 41.5752; -90.5809

Davenport Mid City High School
Address
3801 Marquette St. Davenport, Iowa United States
Information
Type	Public secondary
Established	2014
School district	Davenport Community School District
Superintendent	Dr. Arthur W. Tate
Principal	Dr. Jake Klipsch
Faculty	54
Grades	9-12
Enrollment	185 [1]
Color(s)	Purple and White
Mascot	Mavericks
Website	www.davenportschools.org/midcity/

Davenport Mid City High School is an alternative high school located in north central Davenport, Iowa. Mid City High School was established in 2014 in the building that was formerly a medical facility. It replaced the previous alternative school in the district, which was called the Kimberly Center.

The purpose of the alternative high school is to decrease the school district's dropout rate.^[1] Many of the students enrolled here had problems in their previous schools. Classroom configurations include both traditional settings and collaborative learning settings that are more appropriate for team and project-based learning. The schools mascot, Mavericks, was chosen to reflect a student body that is "unorthodox, independent-minded and individualist, nonconformist, free speech, original or eccentric."^[2]

The school is housed in a building that originally housed a medical-office complex at the former Davenport Osteopathic Hospital. In addition to the original building that is 37,355 square feet (3,500 m²), the district added a physical activity center at 14,300 square feet (1,300 m²) and it contains a multipurpose stage, a junior high-sized basketball/sports court, locker rooms, bathrooms, and two classrooms.^[3]

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