Ruthven-Ayrshire Community School District is a rural
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school district
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headquartered in
Ruthven, Iowa. Also serving
Ayrshire
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, the district is located in
Palo Alto
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and
Clay
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counties.
History
The district was formed on July 1, 1983, by the merger of the Ayrshire School District and the Ruthven School District. On July 1, 2010, the
South Clay Community School District
South Clay Community School District was a school district headquartered in Gillett Grove, Iowa. In addition to Gillett Grove, it served Dickens and Webb.
History
The district was established in 1964.
By 1993, the population had declined so much, ...
was dissolved, and portions went to Ruthven-Ayrshire.
In 2011, the district and the
Graettinger–Terril Community School District
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agreed to do athletic team sharing. In 2013, the district and Graettinger–Terril agreed to a partial-day sharing arrangement in that high school students may spend portions of their school days at each campus for certain courses. They began discussing the idea in October 2012.
They had discussed the possibility of whole grade-sharing, but Ruthven-Ayrshire canceled those talks in January 2013, stating that it wanted to have its own students in its own high school. Ruthven-Ayrshire has a partial day sharing agreement with the
Emmetsburg Community School District.
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Schools
The district operates two schools, both in Ruthven:[
* Ruthven-Ayrshire Elementary School
* Ruthven-Ayrshire High School
]
Ruthven-Ayrshire High School
The Titans compete in the Twin Lakes Conference in the following sports as G-T/R-A:
See also
*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".
, this list h ...
*List of high schools in Iowa
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Adair County
* AC/ ...
References
Further reading
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External links
Ruthven-Ayrshire Community School District
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School districts in Iowa
Education in Clay County, Iowa
Education in Palo Alto County, Iowa
School districts established in 1983
1983 establishments in Iowa