Grundy Center Community School District, also known as Grundy Center Community Schools, is a rural

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headquartered in

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. It operates Grundy Center Elementary School and Grundy Center Secondary School. The school district is entirely in Grundy County, and the district includes Grundy Center and

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. The school's mascot is the Spartan. Their colors are maroon and white. As of the 2020–21 school year, the district operated three schools. It had 746 students and 65.63 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a

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of 11:37:1.

History

Cassi Murra served as superintendent until she moved to be superintendent of the

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in 2014. Jerry Schutz began serving as superintendent that year. Neil Mullen originally was to begin his role as superintendent on July 1, 2018. However, Mullen began on March 1 because Schutz later took another job that began before July 1. By February 20, 2019, the Grundy Center district was looking for another superintendent. Rob Hughes was scheduled to begin his role as superintendent of both Grundy Center CSD and of

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effective July 1, 2019. In March of 2021, Hughes resigned from his position as a shared superintendent and became a full-time superintendent for Grundy Center.

Schools

Schools in the district (with 2020–21 enrollment data from the

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) are: *Grundy Center Elementary School (263 students; in grades K-5) **Brian Sammons, Principal ***Dan Breyfogle, Assistant Principal *Grundy Center Middle School (225; 5-8) *Grundy Center High School (215; 9-12)

Grundy Center High School

Athletics

The Spartans compete in the North Iowa Cedar League Conference in the following sports: *Cross country *Volleyball *Football ** 3-time state champions (1984, 1987, 1988) *Basketball ** Girls' 2005 class 2A state champions *Wrestling *Track and field *Golf ** Boys' 2-time class 2A state champions (2003, 2005) ** Girls' 12-time Class 1A State Champions (1991, 1992, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2005, 2007, 2008, 2010, 2013) *Baseball *Softball *Soccer Previously the

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team had a rivalry with Gladbrook–Reinbeck High School that began circa 1908; circa 2017, the Gladbrook–Reinbeck team was moved to an eight-man division, forcing the rivalry to end. - Posted at the ''

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References

External links

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* {{authority control School districts in Iowa Education in Grundy County, Iowa Grundy Center, Iowa