Iowa Secretary of State Paul Pate announces a record high 31 schools qualified for the Carrie Chapman Catt Award this school year. The award goes to schools that register at least 90 percent of their eligible students to vote. Nearly 3,400 high school students registered this year in conjunction with the Catt Award initiative.

Secretary Pate created the award in 2019 to encourage voter registration in Iowa high schools. 22 schools qualified in 2021, and 18 qualified in 2020.

“I’m thrilled to see so many young people stepping up and taking the first step in the voting process by getting registered,” Secretary Pate said. “Great job by the teachers and administrators at these 31 schools by engaging the students in civics. I tell young people all the time, the best way to make your voice heard is by voting, and to do that, you need to get registered.”

Secretary Pate plans to visit each of the 31 schools to present them with the Carrie Chapman Catt Award trophy. Additionally, 10 Iowa schools registered more than 70 percent of eligible students, and 17 registered more than 50 percent. Inspire2Vote collaborated with Secretary Pate’s office to assist schools with their voter registration efforts.

Below is a list of the 31 schools that earned the award. Eight schools qualified for the award for the third straight year (denoted with three asterisks***). 11 schools qualified for the award for the second time (denoted with two asterisks**).

Central Community School (Elkader)

Diagonal Community School (Diagonal)

Hillcrest Academy (Kalona)**

Isaac Newton Christian Academy (Cedar Rapids)***

Marquette Catholic High School (Bellevue)**

Rivermont Collegiate (Bettendorf)***

St. Ansgar High School (St. Ansgar)

Valley Lutheran School (Cedar Falls)***

Waterloo Christian High School (Waterloo)

Ar-We-Va High School (Westside)

Woodward-Granger High School (Woodward)**

Lone Tree High School (Lone Tree)***

Notre Dame Catholic High School (Burlington)***

Fremont-Mills High School (Tabor)

Riceville High School (Riceville)**

Tripoli High School (Tripoli)

North Union High School (Armstrong)

Prairie High School (Cedar Rapids)**

Ballard High School (Huxley)***

Gladbrook-Reinbeck High School (Reinbeck)

Clayton Ridge High School (Guttenberg)**

West Marshall High School (State Center)

Norwalk High School (Norwalk)***

Mount Ayr High School (Mount Ayr)**

Urbandale High School (Urbandale)***

Newman Catholic High School (Mason City)**

Central Lyon High School (Rock Rapids)**

Collins-Maxwell High School (Maxwell)

Regina High School (Iowa City)

Denver High School (Denver)**

Bishop Garrigan High School (Algona)**