Beckman High School is a private

Private school

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, Roman Catholic high school

High school

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 in Dyersville, Iowa

Dyersville, Iowa

Dyersville is a city in eastern Delaware and western Dubuque Counties in the U.S. state of Iowa. It is part of the Dubuque, Iowa, Metropolitan Statistical Area. The population was 4,035 at the 2000 census and was estimated to be 4,167 in 2006....

. It is located in the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Dubuque

Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Dubuque

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Background

Beckman High School was founded in 1966 as a consolidated Catholic high school serving several Catholic parishes in and around Dubuque

Dubuque County, Iowa

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 and Delaware

Delaware County, Iowa

-2010 census:The 2010 census recorded a population of 17,764 in the county, with a population density of . There were 8,028 housing units, of which 7,062 were occupied.-2000 census:...

 County. The school is named after Archbishop Francis J. L. Beckman, 6th Bishop of the Dubuque Diocese (1930–1946). Beckman has been selected for the top 50 Catholic schools

Athletics

Beckman High School is a member of the Iowa High School Athletic Association

Iowa High School Athletic Association

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. They have won the following IHSAA State Championships :

• Boys Baseball
  Baseball
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   - 1968, 1986, 2000
• Boys Track and Field
  Track and field
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   - 1997, 1999
• Girls Golf
  Golf
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   - 1992
• Co-ed Speech
  Speech
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  - 2007