Education in Kitaakita

Kitaakita City Crest

This page contains information about schools and education in Kitaakita City.

Board of Education

Superintendent: Akihiro Sato
佐藤　昭洋　教育長

Kitaakita City Board of Education
Kitaakita City Hall 2nd Building (2F)
15-1 Hanazono-cho
Kitaakita, Akita 〒018-3312
JAPAN

北秋田市教育委員会
北秋田市役所第二庁舎　２Ｆ
〒018-3312 秋田県北秋田市花園町15-1

学校教育課（School Education Division）
　義務教育係（Compulsory Education Section）
　　☎ 0186-62-6617
　　📠 0186-63-2678
　　✉ be-gimu@city.kitaakita.akita.jp

総務課（General Affairs Division）
　総務係（General Affairs Section）
　　☎ 0186-62-6616
　　📠 0186-63-2678
　　✉ be-soumu@city.kitaakita.akita.jp

生涯学習課（Lifelong Learning Division）
　生涯学習係（Lifelong Learning Section）
　　☎ 0186-62-1130
　　📠 0186-62-1669
　　✉ be-syougai@city.kitaakita.akita.jp
　文化係（Cultural Affairs Section）
　　☎ 0186-62-6618
　　📠 0186-62-1669
　　✉ be-bunka@city.kitaakita.akita.jp
　世界遺産推進係（World Heritage Promotion Section）
　　☎ 0186-67-6771
　　📠 0186-63-2678
　　✉ sekaiisan@city.kitaakita.akita.jp

スポーツ振興課（Sports Promotion Division）
　スポーツ係（Sports Section）
　　☎ 0186-62-3800
　　📠 0186-62-3801
　　✉ be-sports@city.kitaakita.akita.jp

Schools

The front gate of Akita Hokuyō High School

High Schools

• Akita Hokuyō High School (秋田県立秋田北鷹高等学校)

Junior High Schools

• Takanosu Junior High School (鷹巣中学校)
• Moriyoshi Junior High School (森吉中学校)
• Aikawa Junior High School (合川中学校)

Elementary Schools

• Takanosu Elementary School (鷹巣小学校)
• Takanosu Higashi Elementary School (鷹巣東小学校)
• Tsuzureko Elementary School (綴子小学校)
• Seiyō Elementary School (清鷹小学校)
• Yonaizawa Elementary School (米内沢小学校)
• Aikawa Elementary School (合川小学校)

Compulsory Education Schools

• Compulsory Education School Ani Gakuen (義務教育学校阿仁学園)

Other Schools

• Akita Refresh Academy (あきたリフレッシュ学園)
• Hinai Special Education School Takanosu (比内支援学校たかのす校)

ALTs and Their Schools

June Kim

• Moriyoshi Junior High School (森吉中学校)
• Yonaizawa Elementary School (米内沢小学校)
• Maeda Elementary School (前田小学校)

Dane LaFonte

• Takanosu Junior High School (鷹巣中学校)

Ashley Fagan

• Takanosu Junior High School (鷹巣中学校)
• Takanosu Higashi Elementary School (鷹巣東小学校)
• Tsuzureko Elementary School (綴子小学校)

Jessica Hudson

• Takanosu Junior High School (鷹巣中学校)
• Takanosu Elementary School (鷹巣小学校)

Savannah Powell

• Ani Junior High School (阿仁中学校)
• Aniai Elementary School (阿仁合小学校)
• Ōani Elementary School (大阿仁小学校)

Gabriel Tasma

• Akita Hokuyō High School (秋田県立秋田北鷹高等学校)
• Noshiro High School, Futatsui Campus (in Noshiro) (秋田県立能代高等学校　二ツ井キャンパス)

Tyron Stewart

• Aikawa Junior High School (合川中学校)
• Aikawa Elementary School (合川小学校)
• Seiyō Elementary School (清鷹小学校)

ALT Base School History

Year	Takanosu SHS	Takanosu JHS	Ani JHS	Aikawa JHS	Notes
2005 ≀ 2006	Merrica Dominick	Adam Moudry	Bryan Barber	Pav Kontou	Kitaakita City founded
2006 ≀ 2007		Jason Stoffel	Robert Evans
2007 ≀ 2008	Michael Nakashima	Micheal Buonadonna		Tristen Dean
2008 ≀ 2009

Year	Takanosu SHS	Takanosu JHS	Takanosu Minami JHS	Moriyoshi JHS	Ani JHS	Aikawa JHS	Notes
2009 ≀ 2010	Michael Nakashima	Steven Wilson	Grant Schechner	Robert Evans	Alfonso Fraile	Aaron Brand	Municipal ALTs increased to 5
2010 ≀ 2011	Melissa Noad			Maka Akan Najin Clifford		Sean Corrigan /

Year	Akita Hokuyō SHS	Takanosu JHS	Takanosu Minami JHS	Moriyoshi JHS	Ani JHS	Aikawa JHS	Notes
2011 ≀ 2012	Melissa Noad	Steven Wilson	Amara Beaumont	Matt Turner	Alfonso Fraile	Sean Corrigan /	Akita Hokuyō SHS founded
2012 ≀ 2013		Todd Shaw	Russell Morris	Jonathan Riesenbach
2013 ≀ 2014
2014 ≀ 2015	Anna Huang	Rebecca Chen	Domonique Owens	Russell Morris	Sean Corrigan /	Maeleen Arce
2015 ≀ 2016	Max Raskin	Domonique Owens	Maeleen Arce		Aaron Heldmyer	Rebecca Chen

Year	Akita Hokuyō SHS	Takanosu JHS		Takanosu Minami JHS	Moriyoshi JHS		Ani JHS	Aikawa JHS	Notes
2016 ≀ 2017	Max Raskin	Domonique Owens	Bart Thomas	Maeleen Arce	Russell Morris	Candice Peters	Edgardo Sanchez /	Rebecca Chen	Municipal ALTs increased to 7
2017 ≀ 2018	Allison Connor				Ryne Sanders			Aki Regan
2018 ≀ 2019			Dane LaFonte	Amanda Rider	June Kim	Maeleen Arce
2019 ≀ 2020		Abigail Aldridge		Katrina Perry		Kelly King		Mariah Scholes

Year	Akita Hokuyō SHS	Takanosu JHS			Moriyoshi JHS	Ani JHS	Aikawa JHS	Notes
2020 ≀ 2021	Allison Connor	Dane LaFonte	Kelly King	Abigail Aldridge	June Kim	Edgardo Sanchez /	Mariah Scholes	Minami JHS closed & Municipal ALTs decreased to 6
2021 ≀ 2022				Ashley Fagan
2022 ≀ 2023	Gabriel Tasma		Jessica Hudson			Savannah Powell	Tyron Stewart

Former Schools

Kitaakita City, or the municipalities in the area which would become it, was home to the following schools.

High Schools

• Takanosu High School (merged to create Akita Hokuyō High School in 2011)
• Takanosu Agricultural High School (same as above)
• Yonaizawa High School (same as above)
• Aikawa High School (same as above)

Junior High Schools

Takanosu

• Bōzawa Junior High School (merged into Takanosu Junior High School in 1958)
• Tsuzureko Junior High School (same as above)
• Sakae Junior High School (same as above)
• Nanakura Junior High School (same as above)
• Sawaguchi Junior High School (merged into Takanosu Junior High School in 1958; portion of student body merged to create Takanosu Minami Junior High School in 1960)
• Nanokaichi Junior High School (merged to create Takanosu Minami Junior High School in 1960)
• Ryūshin Junior High School (merged into Takanosu Minami Junior High School in 1966)
• Takanosu Minami Junior High School (merged into Takanosu Junior High School in 2020)

Moriyoshi

• Yunotai Junior High School (merged into Moriyoshi Junior High School in 1968)
• Yonaizawa Junior High School (merged into Moriyoshi Junior High School in 1972)
• Maeda Junior High School (same as above)

Ani

• Ōani Junior High School (merged to create Daini Junior High School in 1962)
• Nakamura Junior High School (same as above)
• Aniai Junior High School (name changed to Daiichi Junior High School in 1974)
• Daiichi Junior High School (merged to create Ani Junior High School in 1991)
• Daini Junior High School (same as above)
• Ani Junior High School (merged to create Compulsory Education School Ani Gakuen in 2023)

Aikawa

• Kamiōno Junior High School (name changed to Aikawa Higashi Junior High School in 1956[?])
• Shimoōno Junior High School (name changed to Aikawa Kita Junior High School in 1956[?])
• Ochiai Junior High School (name changed to Aikawa Nishi Junior High School in 1956[?])
• Shimokoani Junior High School (name changed to Aikawa Minami Junior High School in 1956[?])
• Aikawa Kita Junior High School (merged to create Aikawa Junior High School in 1960)
• Aikawa Nishi Junior High School (same as above)
• Aikawa Minami Junior High School (same as above)
• Aikawa Higashi Junior High School (merged into Aikawa Junior High School in 1962)

Elementary Schools

Takanosu

• Tenjin Elementary School (incorporated into Futatsui Town in 1955; merged into Futatsui Elementary School in 2005)
• Kuzoguro Elementary School (merged into Ryūshin Elementary School in 1967)
• Sawaguchi Elementary School (name changed to Chūō Elementary School in 1969)
• Nanokaichi Elementary School (merged to create Minami Elementary School in 1969)
• Bōyama Elementary School (same as above)
• Sakae Elementary School (name changed to Higashi Elementary School in 1970)
• Bōzawa Elementary School (merged to create Nishi Elementary School in 1971)
• Nanakura Elementary School (same as above)
• Midorigaoka Elementary School (same as above)
• Kurosawa Elementary School (same as above)
• Nishi Elementary School (name changed to Takanosu Nishi Elementary School in 2005)
• Higashi Elementary School (name changed to Takanosu Higashi Elementary School in 2005)
• Chūō Elementary School (name changed to Takanosu Chūō Elementary School in 2005)
• Minami Elementary School (name changed to Takanosu Minami Elementary School in 2005)
• Ryūshin Elementary School (merged into Takanosu Minami Elementary School in 2009)
• Takanosu Nishi Elementary School (merged into Takanosu Elementary School in 2016)
• Takanosu Chūō Elementary School (merged to create Seiyō Elementary School in 2021)
• Takanosu Minami Elementary School (same as above)

Moriyoshi

• Yunotai Elementary School (merged into Moriyoshi Elementary School in 1972)
• Moriyoshi Elementary School (merged into Maeda Elementary School in 1992)
• Urata Elementary School (merged into both Yonaizawa Elementary School and Maeda Elementary School in 2013)
• Maeda Elementary School (merged into Yonaizawa Elementary School in 2024)

Ani

• Sanmai Elementary School (merged into Aniai Elementary School in 1978)
• Arase Elementary School (same as above)
• Fushikage Elementary School (same as above)
• Nekko Elementary School (merged into Aniai Elementary School in 1998)
• Nakamura Elementary School (merged into Ōani Elementary School in 1995)
• Aniai Elementary School (merged to create Compulsory Education School Ani Gakuen in 2023)
• Ōani Elementary School (same as above)

Aikawa

• Kamiōno Elementary School (name changed to Aikawa Higashi Elementary School in 1956)
• Shimoōno Elementary School (name changed to Aikawa Kita Elementary School in 1956)
• Ochiai Elementary School (name changed to Aikawa Nishi Elementary School in 1956)
• Shimokoani Elementary School (name changed to Aikawa Minami Elementary School in 1956)
• Aikawa Nishi Elementary School (merged to create Aikawa Elementary School in 2012)
• Aikawa Minami Elementary School (same as above)
• Aikawa Kita Elementary School (merged into Aikawa Elementary School in 2015)
• Aikawa Higashi Elementary School (same as above)

School Merger History

High Schools (Year Established)
1945	1962	1967	2011
		鷹巣農林高等学校 Takanosu Agricultural SHS	秋田北鷹高等学校 Akita Hokuyō SHS
		鷹巣高等学校 Takanosu SHS
米内沢高等学校 Yonaizawa SHS
	合川高等学校 Aikawa SHS

Junior High Schools (Year Established)
	1950s	1960	1962~9	1970s	2020s
鷹巣中 Takanosu JHS	鷹巣中 (1958) Takanosu JHS	鷹巣中(1960) Takanosu JHS			鷹巣中(2020) Takanosu JHS
坊沢中 Bōzawa JHS
綴子中 Tsuzureko JHS
栄中 Sakae JHS
七座中 Nanakura JHS
沢口中 Sawaguchi JHS
		鷹巣南中(1960) Takanosu Minami JHS	鷹巣南中(1966) Takanosu Minami JHS
七日市中 Nanokaichi JHS
竜森中 Ryūshin JHS
米内沢中 Yonaizawa JHS				森吉中(1972) Moriyoshi JHS
前田中 Maeda JHS
森吉中 Moriyoshi JHS			森吉中(1968) Moriyoshi JHS
湯の岱中 Yunotai JHS
上大野中 Kamiōno JHS	合川東中(1956?) Aikawa Higashi JHS		合川中(1962) Aikawa JHS
落合中 Ochiai JHS	合川西中(1956?) Aikawa Nishi JHS	合川中(1960) Aikawa JHS
下小阿仁中 Shimokoani JHS	合川南中(1956?) Aikawa Minami JHS
下大野中 Shimoōno JHS	合川北中(1956?) Aikawa Kita JHS

Elementary Schools (Year Established)
	1950s	1960s	1970s	1990s	2000s	2009~13	2014~19	2020s
鷹巣小 (1874) Takanosu ES							鷹巣小 (2016) Takanosu ES
坊沢小 Bōzawa ES			西小 (1971) Nishi ES		鷹巣西小 (2005) Takanosu Nishi ES
七座小 Nanakura ES
緑ヶ丘小 Midorigaoka ES
黒沢小 Kurosawa ES
栄小 Sakae ES			東小 (1970) Higashi ES		鷹巣東小 (2005) Takanosu Higashi ES
綴子小 Tsuzureko ES
沢口小 Sawaguchi ES		中央小 (1969) Chūō ES			鷹巣中央小 (2005) Takanosu Chūō ES			清鷹小 (2021) Seiyō ES
七日市小 Nanokaichi ES		南小 (1969) Minami ES			鷹巣南小 (2005) Takanosu Minami ES	鷹巣南小 (2009) Takanosu Minami ES
坊山小 Bōyama ES
竜森小 Ryūshin ES		竜森小 (1967) Ryūshin ES
葛黒小 Kuzoguro ES
天神小 Tenjin ES	二ツ井町へ編入 (1955) Incorporated into Futatsui Town				二ツ井小へ統合 (2005) Merged into Futatsui ES (in Futatsui, later Noshiro)
米内沢小 Yonaizawa ES						米内沢小 (2013) Yonaizawa ES		米内沢小 (2024) Yonaizawa ES
浦田小 Urata ES
前田小 Maeda ES				前田小 (2013) Maeda ES		前田小 (1992) Maeda ES
湯の岱小 Yunotai ES			森吉小 (1972) Moriyoshi ES
森吉小 Moriyoshi ES
上大野小 Kamiōno ES	合川東小 (1956) Aikawa Higashi ES						合川小 (2014) Aikawa ES
下大野小 Shimoōno ES	合川北小 (1956) Aikawa Kita ES
落合小 Ochiai ES	合川西小 (1956) Aikawa Nishi ES					合川小 (2012) Aikawa ES
下小阿仁小 Shimokoani ES	合川南小 (1956) Aikawa Minami ES

Compulsory Education Schools (Year Established)
	1960s	1970s	1990s	2020s
阿仁合中 Aniai JHS		阿仁第一中(1974) Ani Daiichi JHS	阿仁中(1991) Ani JHS	阿仁学園(2023) Ani Gakuen
大阿仁中 Ōani JHS	阿仁第二中(1962) Ani Daini JHS
中村中 Nakamura JHS
阿仁合小 Aniai ES		阿仁合小 (1978) Aniai ES	阿仁合小 (1998) Aniai ES
三枚小 Sanmai ES
荒瀬小 Arase ES
伏影小 Fushikage ES
根子小 Nekko ES
大阿仁小 Ōani ES			大阿仁小 (1995) Ōani ES
中村小 Nakamura ES

See also

• Kitaakita
• Education in Kitaakita City (Kitaakita City HP) (Japanese)
• Schools in Kitaakita
• Takanosu
• Moriyoshi
• Ani
• Aikawa