Marquette Catholic Schools was a Roman Catholic school with its administrative offices in
West Point, Iowa
West Point is a city in Lee County, Iowa, United States. The population was 921 at the time of the 2020 census. It is part of the Fort Madison– Keokuk, IA- MO Micropolitan Statistical Area.
History
West Point was incorporated on March 25 ...
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Circa 1997 its campuses were: Marquette Primary School in
Houghton, Marquette Intermediate School in
St. Paul
Paul, also named Saul of Tarsus, commonly known as Paul the Apostle and Saint Paul, was a Christian apostle ( AD) who spread the teachings of Jesus in the first-century world. For his contributions towards the New Testament, he is generally ...
, and Marquette Senior High School in West Point.
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"Marquette School System: Marquette Primary (Grades K-3), (Houghton Center), 206 Main St., P.O. Box 134, Houghton ..
In 2005 it merged with
Aquinas Schools of
Fort Madison
Fort Madison is a city in and a county seat of Lee County, Iowa, Lee County, Iowa, United States along with Keokuk, Iowa, Keokuk. Of Iowa's 99 counties, Lee County is the only one with two county seats. The population was 10,270 at the time of ...
to form
Holy Trinity Catholic Schools
Holy Trinity Catholic Schools is a PK-12 Roman Catholic school headquartered in Fort Madison, Iowa, with campuses in Fort Madison and West Point. Fort Madison has the secondary school campus and one early childhood campus, while West Point has the ...
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The Marquette building was chosen for junior high school while the Aquinas building was chosen for senior high school. The merger was due to increasing costs and the declining population of
Lee County, the latter of which meant reduced numbers of pupils.
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Catholic secondary schools in Iowa
Catholic high schools in the United States
Catholic middle schools in the United States
Catholic elementary schools in the United States
Roman Catholic Diocese of Davenport
Schools in Lee County, Iowa
2005 disestablishments in Iowa
Educational institutions disestablished in 2005
Private middle schools in Iowa
Private elementary schools in Iowa
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