Armstrong–Ringsted Community School District (A-R) was a school district headquartered in

Armstrong, Iowa Armstrong is a city in Emmet County, Iowa, United States. The population was 875 at the 2020 census. It was originally known as Armstrong Grove. History Armstrong got its start in 1892, after the construction of the railroad through that territor ...

. Its area included sections of Emmet, Kossuth and

Palo Alto Palo Alto (; Spanish for "tall stick") is a charter city in the northwestern corner of Santa Clara County, California, United States, in the San Francisco Bay Area, named after a coastal redwood tree known as El Palo Alto. The city was estab ...

counties, and it served the communities of Armstrong and

Ringsted Ringsted is a city located centrally in the Danish island of Zealand. It is the seat of a municipality of the same name. Ringsted is situated approximately 60 km from Copenhagen. Tourism and transport Ringsted is one of Denmark's busiest ...

. It operated Armstrong–Ringsted Elementary School, Middle School, and High School.

History

It was established on by the merger of the Armstrong School District and the Ringsted School District.REORGANIZATION & DISSOLUTION ACTIONS SINCE 1965-66
."

Iowa Department of Education The Iowa Department of Education sets the standards for all public institutions of education in Iowa and accredits private as well as public schools. It is headquartered in Des Moines Des Moines () is the capital and the most populous city i ...

. Retrieved on July 20, 2018. At one point the district joined a grade-sharing arrangement, in which a school district sends its students to another district's schools, that had been already established between the

Sentral Community School District Sentral Community School District was a school district headquartered in Fenton, Iowa. It served the communities of Fenton, Lone Rock and Seneca. The spelling "Sentral" was deliberately adopted to be a reference to "Seneca" and to differentiate i ...

and the

North Kossuth Community School District North Kossuth Community School District is a public school district based in Swea City, Iowa. Located in northern Kossuth County, it serves Swea City, Bancroft and Ledyard. , the district has about 300 students. It operates an elementary and ...

. This new agreement began on July 1, 2012. At the same time Matt Berninghaus became the superintendent of Armstrong–Ringsted. On July 1, 2014, Armstrong–Ringsted merged with the Sentral district to form the

North Union Community School District North Union Community School District is a rural public school district headquartered in Armstrong, Iowa. It covers portions of Emmet, Kossuth and Palo Alto counties, and serves Armstrong, Fenton, Lone Rock and Ringsted. It operates North ...

. The merger passed in the Armstrong–Ringsted district by 291–42 and in Sentral by 78–18, and the approval was through a total of 86% of voters in both school districts.

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* Defunct school districts in Iowa School districts established in 1979 1979 establishments in Iowa School districts disestablished in 2014 2014 disestablishments in Iowa Education in Emmet County, Iowa Education in Kossuth County, Iowa Education in Palo Alto County, Iowa {{Iowa-school-stub