Grand Island Public Schools (GIPS) is a public school district

School district

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 located in the city of Grand Island

Grand Island, Nebraska

Grand Island is a city in and the county seat of Hall County, Nebraska, United States. The population was 48,520 at the 2010 census.Grand Island is home to the Nebraska Law Enforcement Training Center which is the sole agency responsible for training law enforcement officers throughout the state,...

, Nebraska

Nebraska

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. The district serves all of Grand Island. The school district has one high school

High school

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, three middle school

Middle school

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s, and fourteen elementary school

Elementary school

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s. The district also operates a preschool

Preschool education

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.

GIPS's superintendent Steve Joel took office on July 1, 2010.

Enrollment

GIPS houses approximately 9,001 students (as of August 2010) with the district gaining about 250 students each year.

Schools

The district houses fourteen elementary schools; Dodge, Engleman, Gates, Howard, Jefferson, Knickrehm, Lincoln, Newell, Seedling Mile, Shoemaker, Starr, Stolley Park, Wasmer, and West Lawn.

The three middle schools are Barr, Walnut, and Westridge.

The high school is Grand Island Senior High School

Grand Island Senior High School (Nebraska)

Grand Island Senior High School is the only high school in the Grand Island Public Schools system. It has had several buildings over its history. The official mascot is the Islander, a tall man in a tropical grass skirt....

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