The Winterset Community School District (Winterset Community Schools or Winterset Schools), is a
rural
public
In public relations and communication science, publics are groups of individual people, and the public (a.k.a. the general public) is the totality of such groupings. This is a different concept to the sociological concept of the ''Öffentlichkei ...
school district
A school district is a special-purpose district that operates local public primary and secondary schools in various nations.
North America United States
In the U.S, most K–12 public schools function as units of local school districts, wh ...
headquartered in
Winterset, Iowa
Winterset is a city in and the county seat of Madison County, Iowa. The population was 5,353 at the time of the 2020 census.
Winterset is part of the Des Moines metropolitan area. It is the birthplace of actor John Wayne.
History
Winterset ...
.
The district is completely within
Madison County. The district serves Winterset and the surrounding rural areas, including the towns of
East Peru and
Patterson Patterson may refer to:
People
* Patterson (surname)
Places
;Canada
* Pattersons Corners, Ontario
*Patterson Township, Ontario
*Patterson, Calgary a neighbourhood in Calgary, Alberta.
;United States of America
* Patterson, Arkansas
*Patterson, C ...
.
Justin Gross was hired as superintendent in 2020, after serving as Associate Superintendent of School Improvement at
Nevada
Nevada ( ; ) is a U.S. state, state in the Western United States, Western region of the United States. It is bordered by Oregon to the northwest, Idaho to the northeast, California to the west, Arizona to the southeast, and Utah to the east. N ...
.
The school mascot is the Huskies, and their colors are black and gold.
Schools
The district operates four schools, all in Winterset:
[
* Winterset Elementary School
* Winterset Middle School
* Winterset Junior High School
* Winterset Senior High School
]
Winterset High School
Athletics
The Huskies compete in the Raccoon River Conference
The Raccoon River Conference is a nine team high school athletic league in central Iowa. Made up of mid-sized school districts located mostly west of Des Moines, all schools in the conference are currently 3A schools, the second largest class of ...
in the following sports:
Fall Sports
*Cross Country (boys and girls)
** Boys' 1960 Class A State Champions
*Swimming (girls)
*Volleyball (girls)
*Football
Winter Sports
*Basketball (boys and girls)
*Wrestling
** 1994 Class 2A State Duals Champions<
*Swimming (boys)
Spring Sports
*Track and Field (boys and girls)
** Boys' - 2-time Class A State Champions (1963, 1967)
Summer Sports
*Baseball
*Softball
** Class 3A State Champions (2008)
** 3-time Class 4A State Champions (2017, 2020, 2022)
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
This is a list of high schools in the state of Iowa. You can also see a list of school districts in Iowa. Where the high school information is on the school district page, the link below will direct you to the district page.
Adair County
* AC/ ...
References
External links
Winterset Community School District
School districts in Iowa
Education in Madison County, Iowa
{{Iowa-school-stub