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{{Short description|Public secondary school in Newell, Iowa, United States}}
{{Infobox school
| image          =
| name           = Newell-Fonda High School
| type           = [[Public school (government funded)|Public]] secondary
| location       = 205 S. Clark St.<br />[[Newell, Iowa]] 50568
| enrollment     = 166 (2022-23)<ref name=NCES>{{cite web|url=https://nces.ed.gov/ccd/schoolsearch/school_detail.asp?Search=1&DistrictID=1920580&ID=192058001218|title=Newell-Fonda High School |publisher=[[National Center for Education Statistics]] |accessdate=August 28, 2024}}</ref>
| teaching_staff = 13.93 (FTE)<ref name=NCES/>
| ratio          = 11.92<ref name=NCES/>
| mascot         = [[Mustang (horse)|Mustangs]]
| colors         = Royal blue, Silver,  and White {{Color box|royalblue|border=darkgray}} {{Color box|silver|border=darkgray}} {{Color box|white|border=darkgray}}
| superintendent = Jeff Dick
| principal      = Alynn Coppock
| coordinates    = {{coord|42.605|-94.998|region:US-IA_type:edu|display=inline,title}}
| pushpin_map    = Iowa#USA
| district       = [[Newell-Fonda Community School District]]
| athletic conference = [[Twin Lakes Conference|Twin Lakes]]
| website       = {{URL|http://www.newell-fonda.k12.ia.us/}}
}}
'''Newell-Fonda High School''' is a [[state school|public]] [[high school]], part of the [[Newell-Fonda Community School District]]. It is located in the city of [[Newell, Iowa]], located in [[Buena Vista County, Iowa|Buena Vista County]].
The school serves students from Newell, [[Fonda, Iowa|Fonda]], [[Varina, Iowa|Varina]],<ref name="Newell-Fonda">"[https://educateiowa.gov/sites/files/ed/documents/SDRP2017_NEWELL-FONDA.pdf Newell-Fonda] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180427124315/https://www.educateiowa.gov/sites/files/ed/documents/SDRP2017_NEWELL-FONDA.pdf |date=2018-04-27 }}." [[Iowa Department of Education]]. Retrieved on July 25, 2018.</ref> and [[Sulphur Springs, Iowa|Sulphur Springs]].<ref name="Newell-Fonda"/>
==Education==
Newell-Fonda High School has a 1:8 teacher to student ratio. According to the Newell Fonda website, 73.4% of students are Caucasian, while 26.6% are Hispanic, and 1% are Russian. Of all students in the Newell-Fonda Community School District, 30% are eligible for the free or reduced-price lunch program. Higher level college courses can be taken from [[Iowa Central Community College]] and at [[Buena Vista University]]. Newell-Fonda has a [[National Honor Society]] program as well as an award-winning [[National FFA Organization|FFA]] (Future Farmers of America) program.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.newell-fonda.k12.ia.us/ |title=Home |website=newell-fonda.k12.ia.us}}</ref>
Students at Newell-Fonda have traditionally scored above the state average in the ITEDS (Iowa Test of Educational Development). In 2006, students scored 82% on the math portion of the tests, as compared to the state average of 78%. On the reading portion of the ITED tests, Newell-Fonda students scored 79% as compared to the state average of 78%.
Jeff Dick is the Superintendent of the Newell-Fonda Community School District.
==Sports==
The '''Mustangs''' compete in the [[Twin Lakes Conference]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.twinlakesconference.org/|title=Twin Lakes Conference|publisher=Twin Lakes Conference|access-date=2020-08-21}}</ref>
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===Boys' basketball===
Newell-Fonda has won four State Titles in nine appearances since 1991 (1991, 1997, 1999, 2000). The Senior Class of 2000 was responsible for three state titles in their four years of high school. They hold the 9th longest winning streak in Iowa Boys' Basketball history, with 49 consecutive wins (including postseason games) from 1996 through 1998.<ref name="iahsaa.org">[http://www.iahsaa.org/basketball/archives.html Iowa High School Athletic Association<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref>
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|+ Newell-Fonda State Basketball Appearances<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.iahsaa.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/StateTrresults_1970-1999.pdf | title=1 STATE BASKETBALL TOURNAMENT GAME RESULTS, 1970-1999 | publisher=[[Iowa High School Athletic Association]]| accessdate=15 January 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.iahsaa.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/StateTrresults_2000-present1.pdf | title= STATE BASKETBALL TOURNAMENT GAME RESULTS, 2000 - present | publisher=[[Iowa High School Athletic Association]] | accessdate=15 January 2014}}</ref>
! Year !! Outcome !! Record !! Opponent !! Score !! State Champion
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| 1991 || State Champions || 24-1 || vs. IKM Manilla || 76-55 || Newell-Fonda
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| 1997 || State Champions || 27-0 || vs. Lynnville-Sully || 61-51 || Newell-Fonda
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| 1999 || State Champions || 26-0 || vs. DM Christian || 55-52 || Newell-Fonda
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| 2000 || State Champions || 26-1 || vs. [[Boyden-Hull High School|Boyden-Hull]] || 58-57 (2OT) || Newell-Fonda
|-
|}
===Girls' basketball===
State Champions - 2015<ref name=Sports>{{cite web|url=https://sites.google.com/site/iahsaasports/iowa-high-schools/current-high-schools/newell-fonday|title=Newell-Fonda|publisher=Iowa High School Sports|access-date=2020-07-19}}</ref>
The Newell-Fonda girls have also won the state basketball tournament in 2019, 2020, and 2021.
===Football===
The 2014-2015 team won the state championship against Fremont-Mills and took their first football state title.<ref name="Newell-Fonda Home">[http://www.newell-fonda.k12.ia.us/ Newell-Fonda Home<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref><ref name=Sports/>
Newell-Fonda has a record of 70-18 from 1997 through 2006. They have been ranked within the top 10 in the Des Moines Register's state rankings for virtually every week of that reign.{{citation needed|date=July 2020}}
===Softball===
In 2008, the Newell-Fonda Mustangs softball team to become the first female sports team to win a championship in Newell-Fonda history.<ref name=Sports/>
==Extra-Curricular activities==
Students at Newell-Fonda are able to participate in Speech, Student Government, Drill Team, Band, Choir, All School Play, Family and Consumer Science Club, and a volunteer Meals on Wheels delivery program. Many students are also part of the Newell-Fonda National Honor Society.
==See also==
*[[List of high schools in Iowa]]
==References==
{{Reflist}}
==External links==
*[http://www.newell-fonda.k12.ia.us/ Official School website]
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[[Category:Public high schools in Iowa]]
[[Category:Schools in Buena Vista County, Iowa]]