Diagonal Community School District is a rural
public
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K-12
school district
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headquartered in
Diagonal, Iowa
Diagonal is a city in northwest Ringgold County, Iowa, United States. The population was 344 at the time of the 2020 census.
The community was named for the fact that two railroads intersected diagonally near the town site.
Geography
Diagonal i ...
. The district, in
Ringgold County, serves the town of Diagonal.
All grade levels and the administration share the same building. , it had the lowest enrollment of any Iowa school district: 97; the 12th grade class that year had nine students. Due to the difficult financial situation, the district uses cost-cutting measures such as using dry-erase desktops instead of paper and using the same paint color for all rooms. Diagonal CSD does not have enough funds to provide elective courses at the senior high school level, so its high school students take those courses at
Mount Ayr High School in
Mount Ayr.
When the
Clearfield Community School District closed on July 1, 2014, the Diagonal district absorbed a portion of it.
The school's mascot is the Maroons. Their colors are maroon and gold.
Diagonal Junior-Senior High School
Athletics
The Maroons compete in the
Bluegrass Conference, including the following sports:
*Volleyball
*Basketball
*Track and field
*Baseball
*Softball
See also
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List of school districts in Iowa
This is a list of school districts in Iowa, sorted by Area Education Agencies (AEA).
Districts are listed by their official names, though several schools use "Schools" in their name or website rather than "Community School District".
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References
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School districts in Iowa
Education in Ringgold County, Iowa
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