Iowa
Iowa () is a U.S. state, state in the Midwestern United States, Midwestern region of the United States, bordered by the Mississippi River to the east and the Missouri River and Big Sioux River to the west. It is bordered by six states: Wiscon ...
, 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 has not been expanded to include former school districts.
Background
In the early 1900s the state had 4,873 school districts. The state government passed the Consolidated School of Law of 1906 and this figure fell to 4,863 in 1908, 4,839 in 1922,. and 4,558 in 1953. That year some additional laws were passed that contributed to reducing this further, and so this fell further to 458 as of July 1, 1965; that year another law made providing a high school mandatory for a school district, which meant school districts that had one room schoolhouses were required to consolidate.
By July 1, 1980, the number of districts was down to 443. In 1984, there were 437 school districts in the state that operated high schools. In 1990 the total number of school districts was 430. In fall 1995 the number of school districts operating high schools was down to 353, and in 1995 670 was the median enrollment K-12 of an Iowa school district. An Iowa Department of Education consultant named Guy Ghan referred to the 1990s school district mergers as the "third wave".
The total number of school districts was 365 on July 1, 2005. In the 2016–2017 school year there were 333 school districts, an 11% decrease from the same figure in 2000.
Circa the 1980s school districts began agreements to share resources, such as particular employees, or "whole grade sharing" (where students of one or more grade levels are sent to a different school district to get their education). In 2005 Tom Vilsack, the Governor of Iowa, proposed that requirements for school districts to have certain numbers of students or sharing employees as ways of reducing local government spending, though Vilsack never enacted those requirements. In 2007 Josh Nelson of '' The Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier'' wrote that "Lately, consolidation hasn't been as big of an issue compared to previous years."
By 2016 population losses in rural areas have fueled further school district consolidations. By 2017 there had been school districts that had formed from different generations of school consolidations.
Hudson Community School District
The Hudson Community School District is a rural public school district in Hudson, Iowa and serves Hudson and surrounding areas in Black Hawk County.
The school's mascot is the Pirate. Their colors are navy and white.
Schools
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Union Community School District
Union Community School District is a rural public school district headquartered in La Porte City, Iowa.
It is located in sections of Benton, Black Hawk, and Tama counties. In addition to La Porte City it also serves Dysart and Mount Auburn ...
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Waterloo Community School District
Waterloo Community School District (WCSD) is a public school district headquartered in Waterloo, Iowa.
It is entirely in Black Hawk County. In addition to almost all of Waterloo the municipalities of Elk Run Heights, Evansdale, Gilbertville, ...
Bremer County
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Denver Community School District
The Denver Community School District is a rural public school district that serves the town of Denver, Iowa and surrounding areas in southern Bremer County and northern Black Hawk County.
The school, which serves all grade levels K-12 on one c ...
(also extends into Black Hawk County)
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Janesville Consolidated Community School District
Janesville Consolidated Community School District (JCSD) is a rural public school district operating a single Pre-Kindergarten through 12th grade public school in Janesville, Iowa.
Brian J. "BJ" Meaney is currently the superintendent of scho ...
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Sumner-Fredericksburg Community School District
Sumner-Fredericksburg Community School District (SFCSD) is a school district headquartered in Iowa, serving Sumner and Fredericksburg and the surrounding rural areas. It spans sections of Bremer, Chickasaw, and Fayette counties.
It was esta ...
Wapsie Valley Community School District
The Wapsie Valley School District, or Wapsie Valley Schools, is a public school district serving the towns of Fairbank and Readlyn and surrounding rural areas in eastern Buchanan County and western Black Hawk County. The school's mascot is t ...
Clear Lake Community School District
The Clear Lake Community School District is a rural public school district that serves the town of Clear Lake, Iowa and surrounding areas in Cerro Gordo County.
The school's mascot is the Lion. Their colors are black and gold.
Schools
The ...
Charles City Community School District
The Charles City Community School District, or Charles City Schools is a public school district headquartered in Charles City, Iowa.
Occupying sections of Floyd and Chickasaw counties, it serves Charles City, Colwell, Floyd, and the surro ...
Hampton–Dumont Community School District
Hampton–Dumont Community School District is a rural public school district headquartered in Hampton, Iowa.
It is in Franklin and Butler counties, serving Hampton, Dumont, Hansell, and Aredale.
, the district had 1,275 students.
History
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Dike–New Hartford Community School District
Dike–New Hartford Community School District (DNH) is a rural public school district headquartered in Dike, Iowa.
The district is mostly in Grundy and Butler counties, with sections in Black Hawk County. It serves Dike, New Hartford, and Sto ...
(also extends into Butler County)
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Gladbrook–Reinbeck Community School District
Reinbeck Community School District is a rural public school district headquartered in Reinbeck, Iowa.
The district includes sections of Black Hawk, Grundy, and Marshall counties. Communities served include Reinbeck and Lincoln.
The school's m ...
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Grundy Center Community School District
Grundy Center Community School District, also known as Grundy Center Community Schools, is a rural public school district headquartered in Grundy Center, Iowa. It operates Grundy Center Elementary School and Grundy Center Secondary School.
The ...
AGWSR Community School District
Ackley Geneva Wellsburg Steamboat Rock (AGWSR) Community School District is a rural public school district headquartered in Ackley, Iowa.
It occupies sections of Butler, Franklin, Grundy, and Hardin counties. It serves Ackley, Geneva, Steamb ...
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Alden Community School District
Alden Community School District is a rural public school district headquartered in Alden, Iowa. The district occupies sections of Hardin and Franklin counties. In addition to Alden, it serves Buckeye and Popejoy.
From the 2014–2015 scho ...
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Eldora–New Providence Community School District
Eldora–New Providence Community School District is a rural public school district headquartered in Eldora, Iowa. it has a grade-sharing arrangement with Hubbard–Radcliffe Community School District and operates as "South Hardin Community ...
East Marshall Community School District
East Marshall Community School District is a rural public school district headquartered in Gilman, Iowa. It operates an elementary school in Laurel, a middle school in Gilman, and a high school in Le Grand.
The district is mostly in Marshall ...
West Marshall Community School District
West Marshall Community School District is a rural public school district in central Iowa, United States. West Marshall spans the western side of Marshall County, with a small area in Story County, and includes the small towns of State Center, ...
(also extends into Story County)
Mitchell County
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Osage Community School District
Osage Community School District is a rural public school district headquartered in Osage, Iowa.
The district occupies sections of Mitchell and Floyd counties, and in addition to Osage, it includes Mitchell and Orchard.
In 2015, Barb Schwamman ...
Grinnell–Newburg Community School District
The Grinnell–Newburg Community School District is a rural public school district in Iowa that serves the cities of Grinnell and Oakland Acres, the unincorporated community of Newburg, as well as surrounding rural areas in western Poweshiek ...
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Montezuma Community School District
The Montezuma Community School District is a rural public school district that serves the town of Montezuma, Iowa, and surrounding areas in southern Poweshiek County, including much of Deep River.
The school's mascot is the Braves. Their co ...
Tama County
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GMG Community School District
GMG Community School District is a rural public school district headquartered in Green Mountain, Iowa.
The district is in Tama and Marshall counties, and it also serves Garwin and the surrounding rural areas.
History
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North Tama County Community School District
North Tama County Community School District (NT) is a rural public school district headquartered in Traer, Iowa. It has an elementary school and a secondary school. Its schools are North Tama Elementary School and North Tama Junior-Senior High ...
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South Tama County Community School District
South Tama County Community School District (STC) is a rural public school district headquartered in Tama, Iowa.
Service area
The district has a total of of area. Almost all of the district is in Tama County while a small portion is in Powesh ...
Central Springs Community School District
Central Springs Community School District is a rural, public school district headquartered in Manly, Iowa. The district is located in sections of Cerro Gordo, Floyd, Mitchell, and Worth counties. It serves Manly, Nora Springs, Hanlontown, P ...
Belmond–Klemme Community School District
Belmond–Klemme Community School District (BKCSD) is a rural public school district headquartered in Belmond, Iowa. It operates Belmond–Klemme Junior Senior High School, which has the district headquarters, and Richard O. Jacobson Elementary ...
West Branch Community School District
The West Branch Community School District is a rural public school district headquartered in West Branch, Iowa.
It spans across western Cedar County and eastern Johnson County, and serves the city of West Branch, and the surrounding rural ar ...
(also extends into Johnson County)
Iowa County
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English Valleys Community School District
The English Valleys Community School District – sometimes abbreviated "EV" – is a rural public school district headquartered in North English, Iowa. The district spans areas of southern Iowa, southeastern Poweshiek and northern Keokuk co ...
Iowa Valley Community School District
The Iowa Valley Community School District is a rural public school district headquartered in Marengo, Iowa. The district spans areas of north-central Iowa County, including the town of Marengo, and the unincorporated area of Koszta, Iowa.
The ...
Clear Creek–Amana Community School District
The Clear Creek Amana Community School District, sometimes abbreviated CCA, is a rural public school district spanning Johnson and Iowa counties in Iowa. With its administrative offices in Oxford, the district spans areas of eastern Iowa and wes ...
Solon Community School District
The Solon Community School District is a rural public school district based in Solon, Iowa. The district is mainly in Johnson County, with a small area in Linn County, and serves the town of Solon and surrounding areas, including the area ...
Olin Consolidated Community School District
The Olin Consolidated Community School District is a public school district headquartered in Olin, Iowa
Olin is a city in Jones County, Iowa, United States. The population was 651 at the time of the 2020 census. It is part of the Cedar Rapid ...
Linn County
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Alburnett Community School District
The Alburnett Community School District is a rural public school district headquartered in Alburnett, Iowa.
The district is completely within Linn County, and serves Alburnett, Hiawatha and the surrounding rural areas.
Schools
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Cedar Rapids Community School District
The Cedar Rapids Community School District (CRCSD) is a public school district located in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. It has the second largest enrollment in the state of Iowa. The district has 21 elementary schools, 6 middle schools, 3 high schools, ...
Central City Community School District
The Central City Community School District is a rural public school district headquartered in Central City, Iowa.
The district is completely within Linn County, and serves Central City, Prairieburg, and the surrounding rural areas.
Tim Cro ...
Lisbon Community School District
The Lisbon Community School District is a rural public school district headquartered in Lisbon, Iowa.
The district spans eastern Linn County, western Cedar County, with smaller areas in Jones and Johnson counties. It serves the city of Lisbon ...
Mount Vernon Community School District
Mount Vernon Community School District is a public school district headquartered in Mount Vernon, Iowa. The district is mostly in Linn County, with a small areas in Jones and Johnson counties. The district serves the city of Mount Vernon and ...
Springville Community School District
The Springville Community School District is a rural public school district headquartered in Springville, Iowa. The district is completely within Linn County, and serves the city of Springville and the surrounding rural areas.
The district ...
Mid-Prairie Community School District
The Mid-Prairie Community School District is a rural public school district in southeastern Iowa, headquartered in Wellman, Iowa. The district spans areas of Washington, Iowa, and Johnson counties, and serves three communities and the surroun ...
(also extends into Iowa and Johnson Counties)
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Washington Community School District
The Washington Community School District, or Washington Community Schools, is a rural public school district based in Washington, Iowa. The district is mainly in Washington County, with a small area in Jefferson County, and serves the towns ...
Moravia Community School District
The Moravia Community School District is a public school district headquartered northwest of Moravia, Iowa.
The district spans northern Appanoose County and southern Monroe County, with a small area in Davis County. The district serves the to ...
(also extends into Monroe County)
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Moulton-Udell Community School District
The Moulton-Udell Community School District is a public school district in Moulton, Iowa in the United States.
The district is mainly in eastern Appanoose County, with a smaller area in western Davis County Davis County is or was the name of ...
Burlington Community School District
Burlington Community School District (BCSD) is a public school district headquartered in Burlington, Iowa. Entirely in Des Moines County, it serves Burlington and Middletown, as well as residences in the western portion of West Burlington.
Hi ...
Mediapolis Community School District
The Mediapolis Community School District, or Mediapolis Schools, is a rural public school district headquartered in Mediapolis, Iowa. It is mostly within Des Moines County, with a small area in Louisa County, and serves the city of Mediapol ...
New London Community School District
The New London Community School District, or New London Schools, is a rural public school district headquartered in New London, Iowa. It is mainly in Henry County, with a smaller area in Des Moines County, and serves the city of New London an ...
(also extends into Des Moines County)
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WACO Community School District
The WACO Community School District is a rural public school district headquartered in Wayland, Iowa. It spans Henry, Washington, and Louisa counties, and serves the towns of Wayland, Crawfordsville, and Olds, and the surrounding rural areas. ...
(also extends into Louisa and Washington Counties)
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Winfield-Mt. Union Community School District
The Winfield-Mt. Union Community School District, or WMU, is a public school district headquartered in Winfield, Iowa. It spans Henry, Louisa, Des Moines and Washington counties, and serves the city of Winfield, the census-designated plac ...
(also extends into Des Moines, Louisa and Washington Counties)
Jefferson County
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Fairfield Community School District
Fairfield Community School District is a public school district located in Fairfield, Iowa. The district covers the majority of Jefferson County, extending slightly into Henry, Van Buren, Wappello, and Washington counties.
Schools
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(also extends into Henry, Van Buren, Wappello and Washington Counties)
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Pekin Community School District
Pekin Community School District is a rural public school district headquartered in Pekin, an unincorporated area in Jefferson County, Iowa, near Packwood.
It serves the following incorporated communities in Jefferson, Keokuk, Wapello, and ...
Fort Madison Community School District
Fort Madison Community School District is a rural public school district headquartered in Fort Madison, Iowa.Home Fort Madison Commu ...
(also extends into Henry County)
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Keokuk Community School District
Keokuk Community School District (KCSD) is a public school district headquartered in Keokuk, Iowa. It is entirely in Lee County, and serves Keokuk and the rural areas to the north and west of Keokuk. The district borders the states of Illinois ...
Louisa County
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Morning Sun Community School District
The Morning Sun Community School District is a public school district headquartered in Morning Sun, Iowa. The district is mostly in southern Louisa County, with a smaller area in Des Moines County
Des Moines County is located in the U.S. ...
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Wapello Community School District
The Wapello Community School District, or Wapello Community Schools, is a rural public school district headquartered in Wapello, Iowa. It is mostly within Louisa County, with a smaller area in Des Moines County, and serves the towns of Wapell ...
North Mahaska Community School District
North Mahaska Community School District is a rural public school district located in New Sharon, IA. The district is located mainly in Mahaska County, with a small portion in Poweshiek County, and serves the cities of New Sharon, Barnes City ...
Eddyville–Blakesburg–Fremont Community School District
Eddyville–Blakesburg–Fremont Community School District (EBFCSD) is a rural public school district headquartered in Eddyville, Iowa.
The district is within Mahaska, Monroe, and Wapello counties, with additional small sections in Davis an ...
Seymour Community School District
The Seymour Community School District is a rural public school district headquartered in Seymour, Iowa.
The district spans western Appanoose County and eastern Wayne County. The district serves the city of Seymour, the town of Promise City ...
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Wayne Community School District
Wayne Community School District or Wayne Community Schools (WCS) is a rural public school district headquartered in Corydon, Iowa. It operates Wayne Elementary School and Wayne Junior/Senior High School.
The district is mostly in Wayne County ...
Green Hills AEA
Adair County
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Nodaway Valley Community School District
Nodaway Valley Community School District is a school district headquartered in Greenfield, Iowa, in the southwest of the state.
It serves sections of Adair County, with small sections of Madison County. It serves Greenfield, Bridgewater, ...
CAM Community School District
CAM Community School District (CAM CSD) is a rural public school district headquartered in Anita, Iowa. The district, which is mostly in Cass County, also has sections in Adair, Adams, and Audubon counties. It serves Anita, Cumberland, Masse ...
(also extends into Adair, Adams and Audubon Counties)
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Clarke County
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Clarke Community School District
The Clarke Community School District is a rural public school district headquartered in Osceola, Iowa.
The district is mostly in Clarke County, with a small area in Decatur County. It serves the city of Osceola, the towns of Van Wert, Weldo ...
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Murray Community School District
The Murray Community School District is a rural public school district headquartered in Murray, Iowa.
The district is mainly in western Clarke County, with smaller areas in Union and Decatur counties. The district serves the city of Murray, a ...
Decatur County
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Central Decatur Community School District
Central Decatur Community School District is a rural public school district for Decatur County, Iowa, headquartered in the community of Leon, Iowa. The district contains students from Decatur City, Grand River, Davis City, and Pleasanton. Th ...
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Lamoni Community School District
The Lamoni Community School District is a rural public school district headquartered in Lamoni, Iowa.
It covers sections of Decatur and Ringgold counties. The district serves the city of Lamoni, and surrounding rural areas.
The school's mas ...
Fremont County
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Fremont–Mills Community School District
Fremont–Mills Community School District is a rural public school district headquartered in Tabor, Iowa, serving sections of Fremont and Mills counties.
Communities in its service area are Tabor, Randolph, and Thurman.
It took portions of ...
(also extends into Mills County)
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Hamburg Community School District
Hamburg Community School District (HCSD) is a school district headquartered in Hamburg, Iowa.
Its schools are Marnie Simons Elementary School, which was known for a period as Nishnabotna Elementary School, serving preschool through fifth grade, ...
Boyer Valley Community School District
Boyer Valley Community School District (BVCSD) is a school district headquartered in Dunlap, Iowa.
The district occupies sections of Crawford, Harrison, Monona, and Shelby counties. The district serves Dunlap, Arion, and Dow City.
History
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(also extends into Crawford County)
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Logan–Magnolia Community School District
The Logan–Magnolia Community School District is a rural public school district headquartered in Logan, Iowa.
The district is completely within Harrison County, and serves Logan, Magnolia, and the surrounding rural areas.
The school mascot ...
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Missouri Valley Community School District
Missouri Valley Community School District is a rural public school district headquartered in Missouri Valley, Iowa. The distract spans areas in Harrison County and Pottawattamie County. Total per pupil expenditures in the Missouri Valley ...
Glenwood Community School District
The Glenwood Community School District is a rural public school district based in Glenwood, Iowa. The district is mainly in western Mills County, on the western border of Iowa, with a very small area in southern Pottawattamie County. The dist ...
(also extends into Pottawattamie County)
Montgomery County
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Red Oak Community School District
The Red Oak Community School District is a rural public school district based in Red Oak, Iowa. The district is mainly in Montgomery County, with small areas in Page and Pottawattamie counties. The district serves the towns of Red Oak an ...
(also extends into Page and Pottawattamie Counties)
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Stanton Community School District
Stanton Community School District is a rural public school district headquartered in Stanton, Iowa. It is located in sections of Montgomery and Page counties. It has separate elementary and middle/high school divisions.
Schools
The district ...
Clarinda Community School District
Clarinda Community School District is a rural public school district headquartered in Clarinda, Iowa, United States. The district, in sections of Page and Taylor counties, serves Clarinda, Hepburn, Yorktown, and sections of New Market.
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(also extends into Taylor County)
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Essex Community School District
The Essex Community School District based in Essex, Iowa, United States, is a rural public school district serving the town of Essex and surrounding areas in northwestern Page County, with a small area in southern Montgomery County.
The scho ...
(also extends into Montgomery County)
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Shenandoah Community School District
Shenandoah Community School District is a school district headquartered in Shenandoah, Iowa. It operates Shenandoah Elementary School, Shenandoah Middle School, and Shenandoah High School.
Its boundaries include Shenandoah, Farragut, Imogene, ...
AHSTW Community School District
A-H-S-T-W Community School District is a rural public school district headquartered in Avoca, Iowa.
The district, with about of area, serves sections of Cass, Harrison, Pottawattamie, and Shelby counties. It serves Avoca, Hancock, Shelby, ...
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Council Bluffs Community School District
The Council Bluffs Community School District is a public school district headquartered in the city of Council Bluffs, Iowa, United States.
The district serves most of the city of Council Bluffs and the cities of Carter Lake and Crescent ...
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Lewis Central Community School District
The Lewis Central Community School District is a public school district headquartered in Council Bluffs, Iowa, U.S.
The district is located primarily in southwestern Council Bluffs. It serves the southern portion of the Council Bluffs as well a ...
Tri-Center Community School District
The Tri-Center Community School District is a rural public school district headquartered in Neola, Iowa.
The district spans northern Pottawattamie County and southern Harrison County. It serves Neola, Minden, Persia, and the surrounding rura ...
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 ...
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Mount Ayr Community School District
Mount Ayr Community School District, or Mount Ayr Community Schools, is a rural public school district headquartered in Mount Ayr, Iowa. It has elementary and secondary (middle and high school) divisions.
The district is mostly in Ringgold Cou ...
Bedford Community School District
Bedford Community School District is a rural public school district headquartered in Bedford, Iowa. The district operates Bedford Elementary School and Bedford High School.
It is mostly in Taylor County with portions in Ringgold and Page co ...
East Union Community School District
East Union Community School District is a rural public school district headquartered in Afton, Iowa.
The district is mostly in Union County, with small portions in Clarke, Madison, and Ringgold counties. Communities in its service area, in ...
Boone Community School District
The Boone Community School District is a public school district headquartered in Boone, Iowa.
The district, entirely within Boone County, serves Boone and the surrounding rural areas.
Julie Trepa became superintendent in 2020, after serving ...
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Madrid Community School District
The Madrid Community School District, or Madrid Community Schools, is a rural, public school district headquartered in Madrid, Iowa.
The district spans southern Boone County, northeast Dallas County and northwest Polk County Polk County is th ...
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Ogden Community School District
The Ogden Community School District, or Ogden Community Schools, is a public school district headquartered in Ogden, Iowa.
The district is completely within in Boone County. The district serves Ogden, Beaver, Berkley, and the surrounding rura ...
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United Community School District
The United Community School District is a public school district headquartered in a rural area outside of Boone, Iowa. It is mainly in Boone County, with a smaller area in Story County, and serves the town of Luther and the surrounding rural ...
Carroll Community School District
Carroll Community School District is a public school district headquartered in Carroll, Iowa.
The district, entirely within Carroll County, serves Carroll, Breda, Dedham, Halbur, Lidderdale, and Willey, as well as most of Templeton. The ...
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Coon Rapids–Bayard Community School District
Coon Rapids–Bayard Community School District is a rural public school district headquartered in Coon Rapids, Iowa.
The district serves Coon Rapids and Bayard. Portions of the district are in Carroll, Guthrie, Greene, and Audubon counti ...
Waukee Community School District
Waukee Community School District (WCSD) is a public school district headquartered in Waukee, Iowa. Entirely in Dallas County, it serves Waukee and portions of Clive, Urbandale and West Des Moines.
As of 2015 it is the fastest growing school ...
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Woodward-Granger Community School District
The Woodward-Granger Community School District is a rural public school district headquartered in Granger, Iowa.
The district spans northeastern Dallas County, with smaller areas in Boone and Polk counties. The district serves Woodward
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(also extends into Polk County)
Guthrie County
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Adair–Casey Community School District
Adair–Casey Community School District is a public school district headquartered in Guthrie Center, Iowa.
The district serves both Adair and Casey, and the surrounding rural areas. Most of the district is in Adair and Guthrie counties, w ...
Panorama Community School District
Panorama Community School District is a rural public school district headquartered in Panora, Iowa. It operates an elementary school, a middle school, and a high school in Panora.
The district is mostly in Guthrie County
Guthrie County i ...
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West Central Valley Community School District
West Central Valley Community School District is a rural public school district headquartered in Stuart, Iowa. The district is located in sections of Adair, Dallas, and Guthrie counties. It serves Stuart, Dexter, Menlo, and Redfield.
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(also extends into Adair and Dallas Counties)
Jasper County
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Baxter Community School District
The Baxter Community School District, or Baxter Community School, is a rural public school district serving the town of Baxter and surrounding areas in northern Jasper County, and a small area of southern Marshall County.
The school, which ...
(also extends into Marshall Counties)
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Colfax–Mingo Community School District
Colfax–Mingo Community School District is a rural public school district headquartered in Colfax, Iowa.
Located in Jasper County, it serves Colfax, Mingo, Ira, Valeria, and the portion of Mitchellville in Jasper County.
The Colfax and Min ...
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Lynnville–Sully Community School District
The Lynnville–Sully Community School District is a rural public school district and serves the towns of Lynnville, Sully and Searsboro and surrounding areas in southeastern Jasper and western Poweshiek counties, with a small portion of Ma ...
(also extends into Mahaska and Poweshiek Counties)
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Newton Community School District
The Newton Community School District is a public school district based in Newton, Iowa, and serves the city of Newton and surrounding areas in Jasper County.
Tom Messinger was hired as superintendent is 2020, after previously serving as super ...
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PCM Community School District
PCM (Prairie City Monroe) Community School District is a rural public school district headquartered on the grounds of Prairie City-Monroe High School in Monroe, Iowa.Earlham Community School District
The Earlham Community School District is a rural public school district headquartered in Earlham, Iowa.
The district is mostly in Madison County, but also has an area portions in Dallas County. The district serves Earlham and the surrounding ...
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Interstate 35 Community School District
Interstate 35 Community School District is a rural public school district headquartered in Truro, Iowa.
The district, with about of area,
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Winterset Community School District
The Winterset Community School District (Winterset Community Schools or Winterset Schools), is a
rural public school district headquartered in Winterset, Iowa.
The district is completely within Madison County. The district serves Winterset a ...
Marion County
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Knoxville Community School District
The Knoxville Community School District is a rural public school district headquartered in Knoxville, Iowa.
The district is completely within Marion County, and serves the city of Knoxville, the town of Harvey, and the surrounding rural areas. ...
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Melcher-Dallas Community School District
Melcher-Dallas Community School District is a rural public school district headquartered in Melcher-Dallas, Iowa.
The district is completely within Marion County. The district serves the city of Melcher-Dallas and surrounding rural areas.
Th ...
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Pella Community School District
The Pella Community School District, or Pella Schools, is a rural public school district based in Pella, Iowa, and serves the town of Pella and surrounding areas in northeastern Marion and northwestern Mahaska counties, with a small area in sou ...
(also extends into Mahaska County)
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Pleasantville Community School District
The Pleasantville Community School District is a rural public school district headquartered in Pleasantville, Iowa.
The district spans western Marion County and eastern Warren County. The district serves Pleasantville, Beech, Swan
Sw ...
Ankeny Community School District
The Ankeny Community School District is a public school district located in Polk County, Iowa and is from the capital city, Des Moines. Headquartered in Ankeny, the district is well known in Iowa for accomplishments in academics, athletics an ...
Des Moines Independent Community School District
The Des Moines Independent Community School District (The ''Des Moines Public Schools'', or ''DMPS'') is the largest public school district in Iowa. It is accredited by the North Central Association of Secondary Schools and Colleges and the Iowa ...
Johnston Community School District
Johnston Community School District (JCSD) is a school district headquartered in Johnston, Iowa.
In 2018, Laura Kacer became the superintendent.
The district, with ,North Polk Community School District
The North Polk Community School District is a rural public school district headquartered in Alleman, Iowa.
Almost all of the district is in Polk County, with small sections in Boone and Story counties. It includes the municipalities of Al ...
Southeast Polk Community School District
Southeast Polk Community School District, (often shortened to SEP, SE Polk)is a public school district located in suburban Des Moines and rural Polk County, Iowa, including the towns of Altoona, Mitchellville, Pleasant Hill, Runnells, and t ...
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Urbandale Community School District
Urbandale Community School District is a school district headquartered in Urbandale, Iowa.
It serves a portion of the Urbandale city limits, and is entirely in Polk County.
In January 2018 the district presented a plan to replace four eleme ...
Exira–Elk Horn–Kimballton Community School District
The Exira–Elk Horn–Kimballton (Exira–EHK) Community School District is a rural public school district headquartered in Elk Horn, Iowa. It consists of two buildings, one in Elk Horn and one in Exira.
The district is mostly within Audub ...
Collins–Maxwell Community School District
Collins–Maxwell Community School District (C-M) is a rural public school district headquartered in Maxwell, Iowa. It operates Collins–Maxwell Elementary School and Collins–Maxwell Middle School-High School, located in Collins and Maxwell ...
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Colo–NESCO Community School District
Colo–NESCO Community School District is a rural public school district headquartered in Colo, Iowa. Its elementary school is in Zearing while the middle-high school and district headquarters are in Colo.
The district is mostly in Story Coun ...
Nevada Community School District
Nevada Community School District is a rural public school district headquartered in Nevada, Iowa. It operates an elementary school, a middle school, and a high school.
The district is entirely in Story County, and serves Nevada and the surroun ...
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Roland–Story Community School District
Roland–Story Community School District is a public school district headquartered in Story City, Iowa, serving that city and Roland.
The district is located in Story, Boone, Hamilton, and Hardin counties.
The district was established on ...
Warren County
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Carlisle Community School District
Carlisle Community School District, also known as the Carlisle Community Schools, is a rural public school district headquartered in Carlisle, Iowa, United States, in Greater Des Moines. The district is located southeast of Downtown Des Moine ...
Martensdale-St Marys Community School District
Martensdale-St Marys Community School District is a rural public school district headquartered in Martensdale, Iowa.
The district is split between western Warren County and eastern Madison County. Communities in its service area, in additio ...
Southeast Warren Community School District
Southeast Warren Community School District is a rural public school district headquartered in Liberty Center in unincorporated Warren County, Iowa.
The district is mostly in Warren County while there are portions in Lucas County. Incorporate ...
Postville Community School District
Postville Community School District is a public school district headquartered in Postville, Iowa.
It operates Cora B. Darling Elementary School, named after a teacher, and Postville Junior-Senior High School, also known as John R. Mott Hig ...
Edgewood–Colesburg Community School District
Edgewood–Colesburg Community School District is a school district headquartered in Edgewood, Iowa. It includes an elementary school in Colesburg and a secondary school in Edgewood. The district occupies sections of Clayton and Delaware coun ...
Dubuque Community School District
The Dubuque Community School District (DCSD) is a public school district based in Dubuque, Iowa, United States. DCSD, which operates schools in eastern Dubuque County, is the seventh largest school district in Iowa. As of the 2021-2022 school yea ...
Starmont Community School District
Starmont Community School District is a rural public school district headquartered in Arlington, Iowa.
The district is located in sections of Fayette, Clayton, Buchanan, and Delaware counties. It serves Arlington, Strawberry Point, Lamont ...
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West Central Community School District
The West Central Community School District is a rural state school, public school district headquartered in Maynard, Iowa.
The district is located completely within Fayette County, Iowa, Fayette County, and serves Maynard, Randalia, Iowa, Ran ...
Riceville Community School District
The Riceville Community School District is a rural public school district serving the town of Riceville and surrounding areas in eastern Mitchell County and western Howard County.
The school, which serves all grade levels PreK-12 in one buil ...
South Winneshiek Community School District
The South Winneshiek Community School District (SW) is a rural public school district headquartered in Calmar, Iowa. With campuses in Calmar and Ossian, it serves grades Pre-K through 12th.
The district is entirely in Winneshiek County, and in ...
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Turkey Valley Community School District
The Turkey Valley Community School District is a rural public school district headquartered in Jackson Junction, Iowa, serving grades Pre-K through 12th.
The district occupies portions of Winneshiek, Chickasaw, Fayette, and Howard counties. Mu ...
Mississippi Bend AEA
Cedar County
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Bennett Community School District
The Bennett Community School District is a rural public school district headquartered in Bennett, Iowa. The district spans eastern Louisa County and western Scott County, and serves the towns of Bennett and New Liberty, and the surrounding ...
(also extends into Louisa and Scott Counties)
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Durant Community School District
The Durant Community School District is a rural public school district in Cedar County, Iowa. Based in Durant, it spans areas of southeastern Cedar County, northeastern Muscatine County and western Scott County.
Durant consists of a high sch ...
(also extends into Muscatine and Scott Counties)
Clinton County
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Calamus–Wheatland Community School District
Calamus–Wheatland Community School District is a public school district headquartered in Wheatland, Iowa.
Most of the district is in Clinton County with a portion in Scott County. The district serves Wheatland, Calamus, and Toronto
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Camanche Community School District
The Camanche Community School District is a rural public school district headquartered in Camanche, Iowa.
The district is completely within Clinton County Clinton County may refer to:
*Counties named for George Clinton, first and third Gov ...
Delwood Community School District
The Delwood Community School District is a rural public school district headquartered in Delmar, Iowa. The district is mostly in Clinton County, with a small area in Jackson County, and serves the town of Delmar and the surrounding rural ar ...
Wilton Community School District
The Wilton Community School District is a rural public school district headquartered in Wilton, Iowa.
The district is split between Muscatine County and Cedar County. The district serves the city of Wilton, and the surrounding rural areas.
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Cherokee Community School District
The Cherokee Community School District is a rural public school district based in Cherokee, Iowa. The district is completely within Cherokee County, and serves the towns of Cherokee and Larrabee and surrounding areas.
The school's mascot is ...
Ar-We-Va Community School District
The Ar-We-Va Community School District is a rural public school district based in Westside, Iowa. The district is split between Crawford County and Carroll County. The district serves the towns of Westside, Arcadia, and Vail, and the surroun ...
(also extends into Carroll County)
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Charter Oak–Ute Community School District
Charter Oak–Ute Community School District is a public school district headquartered in Charter Oak, Iowa. It serves grades K-8, while it sends high school students to the Maple Valley–Anthon–Oto Community School District as part of a gra ...
(also extends into Monona County)
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Denison Community School District
The Denison Community School District is a rural public school district based in Denison, Iowa. The district is mainly in Crawford County, with a small area in Ida County. The district serves the towns of Denison, Buck Grove, Deloit, and K ...
(also extends into Ida County)
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Schleswig Community School District
The Schleswig Community School District is a public school district based in Schleswig, Iowa. The district is mainly in Crawford County, with a small area in Ida County. The district serves the towns of Schleswig and Ricketts, and the surro ...
(also extends into Ida County)
Ida County
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Galva–Holstein Community School District
The Galva–Holstein School District is a rural public school district in Ida County, Iowa, United States, based in Holstein, Iowa.
The district, which serves Holstein and Galva, is mostly in Ida County, with sections in Buena Vista, Cherokee ...
Central Lyon Community School District
Central Lyon Community School District is a rural public school district headquartered in Rock Rapids, Iowa. The district is completely within Lyon County, and serves Rock Rapids and the town Doon, and the surrounding rural areas.
Brent Jort ...
West Monona Community School District
The West Monona Community School District is a rural public school district headquartered in Onawa, Iowa. It operates an elementary school, a middle school, and a high school. The district is mostly in Monona County with a small portion in Ha ...
(also extends into Harrison County)
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Whiting Community School District
The Whiting Community School District is a rural public school district headquartered in Whiting, Iowa. It is completely within Monona County, and serves the town of Whiting and the surrounding rural areas.
Randy Collins has been the superinte ...
O'Brien County
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Hartley–Melvin–Sanborn Community School District
The Hartley–Melvin–Sanborn (H-M-S) Community School District is a rural public school district headquartered in Hartley, Iowa. The district is located in portions of O'Brien and Osceola counties, with a small section in Dickinson Coun ...
(also extends into Dickinson and Osceola Counties)
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Sheldon Community School District
Sheldon Community School District is a rural public school district headquartered in Sheldon, Iowa.
The district is mostly in O'Brien County with smaller portions in Sioux, Osceola, and Lyon counties. It serves Sheldon, Archer, Ashton, and M ...
Sibley-Ocheyedan Community School District
Sibley-Ocheyedan Community School District (SOCSD) is a rural public school district headquartered in Sibley, Iowa. The district, entirely in Osceola County, serves Sibley and Ocheyedan.
The district formed on July 1, 1985, as a merger of the ...
Kingsley–Pierson Community School District
The Kingsley–Pierson Community School District is a rural public school district headquartered in Kingsley, Iowa.
It includes sections of Plymouth, Cherokee, and Woodbury counties. It serves Kingsley, Pierson, and the surrounding rural a ...
Remsen-Union Community School District
Remsen Union Community School District is a public school district headquartered in Remsen, Iowa. The district is mostly in Plymouth County with a portion in Sioux County.
The district under the name, "MMCRU Schools", operates an elementar ...
Rock Valley Community School District
Rock Valley Community School District is a rural public school district headquartered in Rock Valley, Iowa. The district is mostly within Sioux County, with a small area in Lyon County, and serves the town of Rock Valley and the surrounding ...
(also extends into Lyon County)
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Sioux Center Community School District
Sioux Center Community School District is a rural public school district located in Sioux Center, Iowa. It is entirely within Sioux County, and serves Sioux Center and the surrounding rural areas.
Gary McEldowney has served as superintendent ...
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West Sioux Community School District
West Sioux Community School District, or West Sioux Schools, is a rural public school district headquartered in Hawarden, Iowa. It operates Ireton Elementary School, Hawarden Elementary School, and West Sioux Middle School/High School in Hawarde ...
Sergeant Bluff-Luton Community School District
The Sergeant Bluff-Luton School District is a rural public school district located in Sergeant Bluff, Iowa.
The school district, entirely in Woodbury County, provides education for students living in Sergeant Bluff and Luton. A small port ...
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Sioux City Community School District
Sioux City Community School District (SCCSD) is a public school district headquartered in the Educational Service Center in Sioux City, Iowa. The district is mostly in Woodbury County, with a portion in Plymouth County.
Schools
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(also extends into Plymouth County)
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Woodbury Central Community School District
The Woodbury Central Community School District is a public school district headquartered in Moville, Iowa. It is completely within Woodbury County, and serves the town of Moville, the unincorporated community of Climbing Hill, and the surrou ...
Alta–Aurelia Community School District
Alta–Aurelia Community School District is a public school district with offices in Alta and Aurelia in Iowa.
The district, which serves Alta and Aurelia, covers sections of Buena Vista and Cherokee counties, with a very small section in ...
Sioux Central Community School District
Sioux Central Community School District is a rural public school district headquartered in unincorporated Buena Vista County, Iowa, south of Sioux Rapids.
The district covers portions of Buena Vista and Clay counties, as well as small sections ...
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Storm Lake Community School District
The Storm Lake Community School District is a rural public school district based in Storm Lake, Iowa. The district is mainly in Buena Vista County, with a small area in Sac County, and serves the town of Storm Lake and surrounding areas.
T ...
Spencer Community School District
Spencer Community School District is a public school district headquartered in Spencer, Iowa.
The district, entirely in Clay County, serves Spencer, Dickens, Gillett Grove, and a small part of Fostoria.
On July 1, 2010, the South Clay Comm ...
Dickinson County
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Harris–Lake Park Community School District
The Harris–Lake Park Community School District, or Harris–Lake Park Schools, is a rural public school district headquartered in Lake Park, Iowa.
The district is spans northwestern Dickinson County and northeastern Osceola County. It se ...
Estherville–Lincoln Central Community School District
Estherville–Lincoln Central Community School District (ELC) is a rural public school district headquartered in Estherville, Iowa.
The district covers most of central and western Emmet County, along with a small part of eastern Dickinson Coun ...
Greene County Community School District
Greene County Community School District (GCCSD) is a rural public school district headquartered in Jefferson, Iowa.
The district is almost entirely in Greene County while small portions are in Boone County. Communities served are Jefferson, ...
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Paton-Churdan Community School District
The Paton-Churdan Community School District is a rural public school district headquartered in Churdan, Iowa. The district is in Greene County and serves Churdan and Paton.
Paton-Churdan has roughly 204 students in grades K to 12 taught in ...
Stratford Community School District
The Stratford Community School District is a public school district headquartered in Stratford, Iowa. The district spans western Hamilton County and eastern Webster County, with a smaller area in Boone County, and serves the town of Stratfo ...
(also extends into Boone and Webster Counties)
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Webster City Community School District
The Webster City Community School District is a rural public school district headquartered in Webster City, Iowa.
In 2012, the Webster City School District enrolled approximately 1600 students, with an estimated 700 receiving free or reduced l ...
Humboldt County
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Gilmore City–Bradgate Community School District
The Gilmore City–Bradgate Community School District is a public school district headquartered in Gilmore City, Iowa.
The district is located in sections of Humboldt, Pocahontas, and Webster counties. It serves Gilmore City, Bradgate, and ...
(also extends into Pocahontas County)
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Humboldt Community School District
Humboldt Community School District is a rural public school district headquartered in Humboldt, Iowa. It is mostly in Humboldt County, with portions in Webster and Wright counties. It serves Dakota City, Humboldt, Hardy, Renwick, and Rutland ...
(also extends into Webster and Wright Counties)
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Twin Rivers Community School District
Twin Rivers Community School District is an elementary school district headquartered in Bode, Iowa
Bode is a city in Humboldt County, Iowa, United States. The population was 302 at the 2020 census.
History
Bode got its start in the year 188 ...
Kossuth County
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Algona Community School District
Algona Community School District is a rural public school district headquartered in Algona, Iowa.
The district, mostly in Kossuth County, has small sections in Hancock and Winnebago counties. It serves Algona, Burt, Titonka, and Whittemore ...
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LuVerne Community School District
Lu Verne Community School District is a school district headquartered in Lu Verne, Iowa.
The district, which occupies sections of Kossuth, Hancock, and Humboldt counties, serves Lu Verne, Corwith, and Wesley.
History
In 1984, the Corwith� ...
Emmetsburg Community School District
Emmetsburg Community School District (ECSD) is a rural public school district headquartered in Emmetsburg, Iowa.
Entirely in Palo Alto County, it serves Emmetsburg, Curlew, and Cylinder.
History
It has a partial day sharing agreement with th ...
Ruthven-Ayrshire Community School District
Ruthven-Ayrshire Community School District is a rural public school district headquartered in Ruthven, Iowa. Also serving Ayrshire, the district is located in Palo Alto and Clay counties.
History
The district was formed on July 1, 1983, by the ...
Pocahontas Area Community School District
Pocahontas Area Community School District (PAC) is a rural public school district headquartered in Pocahontas, Iowa.
The district is mostly in Pocahontas County, with some parts in Calhoun County and very small sections in Palo Alto County. C ...
Fort Dodge Community School District
Fort Dodge Community School District (FDCSD) is a public school district headquartered in Fort Dodge, Iowa.
The district is entirely in Webster County. In addition to Fort Dodge, Badger and Otho are in the district boundaries. It also serves t ...
List of private schools in Iowa
:The following is a list of private schools in Iowa arranged alphabetically by county name.
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St. Patrick School(Allamakee County) (K-6)
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Central Lutheran School( Benton County) (PK-8)
St Athanasius School( Buchanan County) (K-8)
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Iowa
Iowa () is a U.S. state, state in the Midwestern United States, Midwestern region of the United States, bordered by the Mississippi River to the east and the Missouri River and Big Sioux River to the west. It is bordered by six states: Wiscon ...