Mount Ayr Community School District, or Mount Ayr Community Schools, is a rural

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headquartered in

Mount Ayr, Iowa Mount Ayr is a city in Ringgold County, Iowa, United States. The population was 1,988 at the time of the 2020 census. It is the county seat of Ringgold County. Mount Ayr is a rural community in southwestern Iowa, 22 miles west of Interstate 35 o ...

. It has elementary and secondary (middle and high school) divisions. The district is mostly in

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, while there are portions in Decatur and

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counties. Communities in its service area, in addition to Mount Ayr, include

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, Benton, Delphos, Ellston, Kellerton,

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, Redding,

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, and portions of Clearfield. , high school students from the

Diagonal Community School District Diagonal Community School District is a rural public K-12 school district headquartered in Diagonal, Iowa. The district, in Ringgold County, serves the town of Diagonal. All grade levels and the administration share the same building. , it had ...

take their elective classes at Mount Ayr High School since the Diagonal district does not have the funds to operate elective classes. The district mascot is the Raiders, and their colors are black, red and white.

History

When the

Clearfield Community School District Clearfield Community School District was a school district headquartered in Clearfield, Iowa. It operated one school: Clearfield Community School. In 2014 the district had a total of 27 students. Due to a declining financial situation, the distr ...

closed in 2014, the Mount Ayr district absorbed a portion of it.

Schools

The district operates two schools, both located in Mount Ayr: * Mount Ayr Elementary School * Mount Ayr High School

Mount Ayr High School

Athletics

The Raiders compete in the

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in the following sports: * Football * Volleyball * Cross Country * Basketball * Wrestling * Bowling * Golf * Track and Field ** Girls' 1988 Class 1A State Champions ** Boys' 2014 Class 1A State Champions * Baseball * Softball

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