| Number of Schools Managed |
43 |
3 |
| Number of Students Managed |
16,214 students |
766 students |
| District Total Revenue |
$160,499,000 |
$7,976,000 |
| District Expenditure |
$157,803,000 |
$8,268,000 |
| District Revenue / Student |
$9,899 |
$10,413 |
| District Expenditure / Student |
$9,733 |
$10,794 |
| District Graduation Rates |
87% |
92% |
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- Mayo High School (Mayo) is named after the brothers William James Mayo and Charles Horace Mayo, physicians and founders of the Mayo Clinic. Mayo High School was built in 1966 in the southeastern section of Rochester, Minnesota. A public school, it is part of the Rochester Independent School District #535. Mayo High School has a capacity to hold approximately 1800 students and was the largest high school in the city until Century High School was built to help educate the boom of the rapidly expanding community. The current principal of Mayo High School is Mr. Tim Dorway.
- Statistics
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There are 1,819 students attending Mayo High School, taught by 91 teachers. The student to teacher ratio is 20:1. The grade size generally decreases by 25-30 students between 9th grade and 12th grade. The boy to girl student ratio is 51:49.
- The school is also racially and ethnically diverse:
- Racial Distribution
- Test Scores
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On the Minnesota Comprehensive Assessment (MCA-II), a Minnesota standards-based test, in 2006, Mayo scored 81% in reading and 59% in math. The state over all averaged 65% in reading and 30% in math that year. Mayo scored 92% in writing on the Basic Skills Test in 2006, dropping from 94% in 2005.
- Architecture
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Unusually for a high school building, Mayo has a circular design. It also features one of the first school-based planetariums in the nation. In 2000, the school underwent remodeling to replace asbestos based materials found in its original construction. Mayo's remodel was subsequently more environmentally conscientious in design, along with greater emphasis on meeting the contemporary needs for students of the 21st century as well as a focus on being more accessible than before. With the new construction, Mayo High School has now lost its totally circular design and now looks more like "Mickey Mouse", with 2 extensions (ears) separately extending from the main circular structure (head). The extensions have been built to better fit the school's needs, including new, better-equipped classrooms and a new cafeteria.
- Planetarium
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Mayo High School has the only running school Planetarium in Rochester, MN. Supervised by Mr. Lawrence Mascotti, the Planetarium has programs for elementary school students as well as earth science programs for Middle Schools. There is also a High School Astronomy course taught by Mr. Mascotti, a universally respected academic, who has been with the program for many years and is a favorite of students ranging from elementary age all the way to past graduates. With his friendly demeanor and his soothing voice, astronomy has become a largely popular course. Recently, a new system has been installed and has caused much excitement among faculty and students. This new digitally based system not only allows student to veiw the night sky, as they would with the older and still used system, but also offers three dementional veiws of the earth, mars and other planets, as well at the galaxy itself.
- Curricular and extra curricular
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The school mascot is a Spartan warrior. The sports teams, students, and staff are known as the Mayo Spartans. The school colors are green and gold. It has teams in speech, classic debate, mock trial, football, tennis, swimming, cross country, soccer, lacrosse, softball, baseball, rowing, basketball, golf, hockey, volleyball, track and field, Science Olympiad, Math League, and Knowledge Bowl. Students may also letter in city-wide athletics such as crew with the Rochester Rowing Club and figure-skating with the Rochester Figure Skating Club.
- Music
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The Mayo Band program includes a jazz band and a freshmen concert band. The entire Mayo Band Program is directed by Mrs. Rebecca Jarvis, with the support of the parents and students of the Mayo Band Boosters. The Mayo Band has a website for access by fans and students.
- Mayo also has a choir and an orchestra.
- Sports
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Mayo High School participates in many sports, competing in the Big 9 conference within the Minnesota State High School League, usually at the largest class level. The sports available are boys baseball, boys and girls basketball, boys and girls cross country, boys and girls hockey, girls cheerleading, boys football, boys and girls soccer, boys and girls golf, girls softball, boys and girls swimming, girls dance team, boys and girls track and field, boys wrestling, and girls volleyball.
- Mayo boasts a particularly strong tennis program and recently won the Big Nine in girls tennis or the boys soccer team who went to the State Tournament in 2007. The girls and boys tennis teams have also each reached the state tournament for the past several years. The boys tennis team has gone to the state tournament for the past 5 years (2003-2008). In 2007, the boys tennis team won the team state championship, giving Mayo its first ever boys state championship in any sport. In 2008, the tennis duo of Amrik Donkena and Will Tremaine won the State Doubles Title. In addition to the usual high school sports, students at Mayo also participate in crew. Even though the Rochester Rowing Club (RRC) is an all-city club, students from Mayo who are in the club can earn Mayo varsity letters, just as in other varsity sports.
- Homecoming
- As at many other high schools, Mayo High School sponsors a homecoming dance on the weekend of its homecoming football game.
- Notable alumni
- Eric Strobel - Member of Miracle on Ice, gold medalist at the 1980 Winter Olympics in hockey
- Michael Restovich - MLB Player
- Kelly Miller - WNBA Player
- Coco Miller - WNBA Player
- Lea Thompson - Actress, most notable for her starring role in the Back to the Future Movies as Lorraine McFly
- External links
- Mayo High School Home Page
- Mayo Bands website
- Mayo Projects PDF
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