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, 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
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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 A governor is an administrative leader and head of a polity or political region, ranking under the head of state and in some cases, such as governors-general, as the head of state's official representative. Depending on the type of political r ...
, 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 ''The Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier'' is a daily afternoon newspaper published by Lee Enterprises for people living in Waterloo and Cedar Falls, Iowa as well as northeast Iowa. The first issue of ''The Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier'' was publish ...
'' 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.


Central Rivers AEA


Black Hawk County

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Cedar Falls Community School District Cedar Falls Community School District or Cedar Falls Community Schools is a public school district for Cedar Falls, Iowa. Its headquarters is located at 1002 West First Street in Cedar Falls. The district is in Black Hawk County and includes ...
* Dunkerton Community School District (also extends into Bremer County) *
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 The district oper ...
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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 Aubur ...
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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 ca ...
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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 school ...
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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 es ...
(also extends into Chickasaw and Fayette Counties) *
Tripoli Community School District The Tripoli Community School District is a rural public school district serving the town of Tripoli and surrounding areas in Bremer County, including the town of Frederika, and a small section in southern Chickasaw County. Jay Marley serves ...
(also extends into Chickasaw Counties) *
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 ...
(also extends into Buchanan County) *
Waverly-Shell Rock Community School District The Waverly-Shell Rock Community School District is a rural public school district located in the communities of Waverly and Shell Rock in the northeastern region of the U.S. state of Iowa. The district spans Bremer, Butler and Black Hawk ...
(also extends into Black Hawk and Butler Counties)


Buchanan County

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East Buchanan Community School District The East Buchanan Community School District is rural public school district headquartered in Winthrop, Iowa. The district is completely within Buchanan County, and serves Winthrop, Quasqueton, Aurora, and the surrounding rural areas. Schoo ...
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Independence Community School District (Iowa) Independence Community School District is a public school district headquartered in Independence, Iowa. The district is mostly in Buchanan County, with a small area in Benton County, and serves the city of Independence and surrounding areas i ...
(also extends into Benton County) *
Jesup Community School District Jesup Community School District is a public school district headquartered in Jesup, Iowa. It operates a single K-12 campus in the northern part of the city with separate divisions for elementary, middle, and high school. it has about 1,000 s ...
(also extends into Black Hawk County)


Butler County

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Aplington–Parkersburg Community School District Aplington–Parkersburg Community School District is a rural public school district in Parkersburg, Iowa. Occupying portions of Butler and Grundy counties, it serves the towns of Aplington and Parkersburg. History The district formed on July ...
(also extends into Grundy County) *
Clarksville Community School District The Clarksville Community School District, is a public school district in Clarksville, Iowa. The district serves Clarksville and surrounding areas in northern Butler County. The school, which serves all grade levels PreK-12 in one building, ...
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North Butler Community School District North Butler Community School District, also referred to as North Butler Schools, is a rural public school district headquartered in Allison, Iowa. The district occupies parts of Butler and Floyd counties, and it serves Greene, Allison, and ...
(also extends into Floyd County)


Cerro Gordo County

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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 di ...
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Mason City Community School District Mason City Community School District (also known as Mason City Schools) is a public school district headquartered in Mason City, Iowa. It is entirely in Cerro Gordo County and serves the city and surrounding rural areas. History In December ...
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West Fork Community School District The West Fork Community School District is a consolidated rural public school district in Iowa, with campuses in Rockwell and Sheffield. It resides in sections of Cerro Gordo and Franklin counties, with smaller portions in Hancock and Wright c ...
(also extends into Franklin County)


Chickasaw County

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Nashua-Plainfield Community School District Nashua-Plainfield Community School District (N-P) is a rural, public school district headquartered in Nashua, Iowa. The district, serving Nashua and Plainfield, occupies sections of four counties: Bremer, Butler, Chickasaw, and Floyd. It w ...
(also extends into Bremer, Butler and Floyd Counties)


Floyd County

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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 surround ...
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Rudd-Rockford-Marble Rock Community School District Rudd-Rockford-Marble Rock Community School District (RRMR) is a rural public school district headquartered in Rockford, Iowa. It operates the RRMR Elementary School/Preschool and RRMR Junior-Senior High School, both in Rockford. The district ...


Franklin County

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CAL Community School District Cal or CAL may refer to: Arts and entertainment * ''Cal'' (novel), a 1983 novel by Bernard MacLaverty * "Cal" (short story), a science fiction short story by Isaac Asimov * ''Cal'' (1984 film), an Irish drama starring John Lynch and Helen Mir ...
* Hampton–Dumont Community School District


Grundy County

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BCLUW Community School District BCLUW Community School District is a rural public school district headquartered in Conrad, Iowa. As of 2015, the school district has about 640 students in grades K-12. Its service area includes portions of Grundy, Marshall, and Hardin counti ...
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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 ...
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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' ...
(also extends into Tama County) *
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. Th ...


Hancock County

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Garner–Hayfield–Ventura Community School District Garner–Hayfield–Ventura Community School District is a rural public school district headquartered in Garner, Iowa. In addition to the cities of Garner and Ventura, it also serves the unincorporated areas of Duncan, Hayfield, and Miller ...
(also extends into Cerro Gordo County) *
West Hancock Community School District West Hancock Community School District is a rural public school district headquartered in West Hancock Elementary School in Britt, Iowa.Ho ...
(also extends into Wright County)


Hardin County

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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, Ste ...
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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 school ...
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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 Sch ...
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Hubbard–Radcliffe Community School District Hubbard–Radcliffe Community School District is a school district headquartered in Hubbard, Iowa. , it has a grade-sharing arrangement with Eldora–New Providence Community School District, and operates as "South Hardin Community Schools". ...
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Iowa Falls Community School District Iowa Falls Community School District is a rural public school district headquartered in Iowa Falls, Iowa. The district occupies sections of Hardin and Franklin counties. In 2006, parents in the northern portion of the Hubbard–Radcliffe Comm ...
(also extends into Franklin County)


Marshall County

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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 Marsha ...
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Marshalltown Community School District Marshalltown Community School District (MCSD) is a public school district headquartered in Marshalltown, Iowa. Entirely located in Marshall County, the district serves almost all of Marshalltown, Albion, and Haverhill. , the superintendent ...
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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 Cent ...
(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 Schwam ...
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St. Ansgar Community School District St. Ansgar Community School District is a rural public school district headquartered in St. Ansgar, Iowa. It is mostly in Mitchell County with a portion in Worth County. In addition to St. Ansgar, Grafton, Stacyville, and Mona are within ...


Powesheik County

* Brooklyn-Guernsey-Malcom Community School District *
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 Poweshie ...
(also extends into Jasper County) *
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 c ...


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 The district was est ...
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North Tama County Community School District North Tama County Community School District (NT) is a rural state school, 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 Junio ...
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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 Powes ...


Winnebago County

* Forest City Community School District (also extends into Hancock County) * Lake Mills Community School District *
North Iowa Community School District North Iowa Community School District is a rural public school district headquartered in Buffalo Center, Iowa. The district includes sections of Kossuth and Winnebago counties. It serves Buffalo Center, Lakota, Rake, and Thompson. It was esta ...


Worth County

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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 ...
(also extends into Cerro Gordo, Floyd and Mitchell Counties) *
Northwood-Kensett Community School District The Northwood-Kensett Community School District is a rural public school district headquartered in Northwood, Iowa. The district is completely within Worth County, and serves Northwood, Kensett and the surrounding rural areas. Michael Croz ...


Wright County

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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 Elementar ...
(also extends into Hancock County)


Grant Wood AEA


Benton County

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Belle Plaine Community School District The Belle Plaine Community School District, is a rural, public school district in Belle Plaine, Iowa. The district covers southwest Benton County, eastern Tama County, and smaller portions of Iowa and Powesheik counties. It serves the t ...
(also extends into Iowa, Powesheik and Tama Counties) *
Benton Community School District The Benton Community School District, or Benton Community, is a rural public school district headquartered in Van Horne, Iowa. The district is mostly in Benton County with portions in Iowa and Tama counties. It comprises seven rural municipal ...
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Vinton-Shellsburg Community School District Vinton-Shellsburg Community School District (VSCSD) is a school district headquartered in Vinton, Iowa. Most of the district is in Benton County with a small section in Buchanan County. In addition to Vinton it serves Shellsburg and Garriso ...


Cedar County

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North Cedar Community School District The North Cedar Community School District is a rural public school district headquartered in Stanwood, Iowa. The district is in portions of northern Cedar County and a small section of Jones County, and serves the communities of Stanwood, M ...
(of Stanwood) (also extends into Jones County) *
Tipton Community School District The Tipton Community School District is a rural public school district located in Tipton, Iowa. It serves 834 students and comprises one elementary school (K-5), one middle school (6-8), and one high school(9-12). Its stated focus is on develop ...
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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 ...
(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 c ...
(also extends into Keokuk and Poweshiek Counties) *
H-L-V Community School District The Hartwick-Ladora-Victor Community School District – often abbreviated H-L-V, or HLV – is a rural public school district headquartered in Victor, Iowa. The district spans areas of eastern Poweshiek and western Iowa counties, encompassing ...
(also extends into Poweshiek County) *
Iowa Valley Community School District The Iowa Valley Community School District is a rural state school, public school district headquartered in Marengo, Iowa. The district spans areas of north-central Iowa County, Iowa, Iowa County, including the town of Marengo, and the unincorpor ...
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Williamsburg Community School District The Williamsburg Community School District is a small, rural, public school district in Blair County, Pennsylvania. It serves the borough of Williamsburg, Pennsylvania, Williamsburg, plus the townships of Woodbury Township, Blair County, Pennsy ...


Johnson County

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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 ...
(also extends into Iowa County) * Iowa City Community School District * Lone Tree Community School District * Solon Community School District (also extends into Linn County)


Jones County

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Anamosa Community School District The Anamosa Community School District (ACSD) is a rural public school district headquartered in Anamosa, Iowa. It encompasses part of Jones County and a small portion of eastern Linn County. The cities of Anamosa, Martelle and Morley are ...
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Midland Community School District The Midland Community School District is a rural public school district headquartered in Wyoming, Iowa. It operates an elementary school in Oxford Junction and a middle-high (secondary) school and a learning center in Wyoming. The district ...
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Monticello Community School District The Monticello Community School District is a rural public school district headquartered in Monticello, Iowa. The district is mostly in Jones County, with smaller portions in Delaware County and Linn County. The district serves the city o ...
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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 The district o ...
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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, an ...
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Center Point-Urbana Community School District Center or centre may refer to: Mathematics *Center (geometry), the middle of an object * Center (algebra), used in various contexts ** Center (group theory) ** Center (ring theory) * Graph center, the set of all vertices of minimum eccentricit ...
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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 Cr ...
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College Community School District The College Community School District is a public school district serving communities of Linn, Johnson, and Benton counties in east central Iowa. The district was established in 1954 after the consolidation of several township schools. Based ...
(of
Cedar Rapids Cedar Rapids () is the second-largest city in Iowa, United States and is the county seat of Linn County. The city lies on both banks of the Cedar River, north of Iowa City and northeast of Des Moines, the state's capital and largest city. I ...
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Linn-Mar Community School District Linn-Mar Community School District is a public school district in Linn County, Iowa, that administrates seven elementary schools, two intermediate schools, two junior high schools and a senior high school. The district includes the northern ...
(of Marion) *
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 Lis ...
* Marion Independent School District *
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 ...
(also extends into Johnson and Jones Counties) *
North Linn Community School District The North Linn Community School District is a rural public school district headquartered in Troy Mills, Iowa (the mailing address and physical location is outside of Troy Mills, though the street address is Coggon). The district is span north ...
(of Troy Mills) *
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 ...


Washington County

* Highland Community School District (also extends into Johnson County) *
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 su ...
(also extends into Iowa and Johnson Counties) *
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 ...
(also extends into Jefferson Counties)


Great Prairie AEA


Appanoose County

* Centerville Community School District *
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 ...
(also extends into Monroe County) * Moulton-Udell Community School District


Davis County

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Davis County Community School District The Davis County Community School District is a rural public school district headquartered in Bloomfield, Iowa. The district covers most of Davis County, with a small area in Van Buren County. It serves the city of Bloomfield, the towns of ...


Des Moines County

* Burlington Community School District *
Danville Community School District The Danville Community School District is a rural public school district headquartered in Danville, Iowa. It is mainly in Des Moines County, with a small area in Henry County, and serves the city of Danville and the surrounding rural areas. ...
(also extends into Henry County) *
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 Mediapo ...
(also extends into Louisa County) * West Burlington Independent School District


Henry County

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Mount Pleasant Community School District The Mount Pleasant Community School District is a public school district headquartered in Mount Pleasant, Iowa. The district is mainly in Henry County, but has small areas in Jefferson, Lee, and Van Buren counties. The district serves the ci ...
(also extends into Jefferson, Lee and Van Buren Counties) *
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 a ...
(also extends into Des Moines County) *
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 area ...
(also extends into Louisa and Washington Counties) * Winfield-Mt. Union Community School District (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 The di ...
(also extends into Henry, Van Buren, Wappello and Washington Counties) *
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, ...


Keokuk County

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Keota Community School District The Keota Community School District, or Keota Community Schools, is a rural public school district serving the towns of Keota and Harper and surrounding areas in eastern Keokuk and western Washington counties. The school, which serves all gra ...
(also extends into Washington Counties) *
Sigourney Community School District Sigourney Community School District is a rural public school district headquartered in Sigourney, Iowa. The district is completely within Keokuk County and serves Sigourney, Delta, and Hayesville. It operates a preschool/elementary school an ...
* Tri-County Community School District (also extends into Mahaska and Poweshiek Counties)


Lee County

* Central Lee Community School District * Fort Madison Community School District (also extends into Henry County) *
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 Illin ...


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 ...
(also extends into Des Moines County) *
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 ...
(also extends into Des Moines County)


Lucas County

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Chariton Community School District The Chariton Community School District is a rural public school district headquartered in Chariton, Iowa, USA. The district is mostly within Lucas County; a small portion is in Marion County. Its service area includes Chariton, Lucas, Russ ...


Mahaska County

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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 Ci ...
(also extends into Poweshiek County) *
Oskaloosa Community School District Oskaloosa Community School District is a public school district headquartered in Oskaloosa, Iowa. The district is completely within Mahasaka County, and serves the city of Oskaloosa and surrounding areas including the towns of Beacon, Keom ...


Monroe County

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Albia Community School District The Albia Community School District is a rural public school district headquartered in Albia, Iowa. It serves areas in Monroe and Appanoose counties, including Albia, Lovilia, and Melrose.Van Buren County Community School District


Wapello County

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Cardinal Community School District The Cardinal Community School District is a public school district headquartered in Eldon, Iowa. It spans areas in Wapello, Davis, Jefferson and Van Buren counties. It serves the cities of Eldon, Agency, and Batavia, the unincorporated com ...
(also extends into Davis, Jefferson and Van Buren Counties) *
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 ...
(also extends into Mahaska and Monroe Counties) *
Ottumwa Community School District Ottumwa Community School District is a public school district serving the U.S. city of Ottumwa, Iowa, as well as the surrounding rural area in Wapello County. History In the 1950s, the smaller Dahlonega School District was absorbed into t ...


Wayne County

* Seymour Community School District *
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, a ...
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Orient-Macksburg Community School District Orient-Macksburg Community School District (O-M) is a public school district headquartered in Orient, Iowa. The district, which serves Orient and Macksburg, occupies portions of Adair, Madison, Adams, and Union counties in the southwest of ...
(also extends into Madison County)


Adams County

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Corning Community School District Corning Community School District is a school district headquartered in Corning, Iowa. Along with the Villisca Community School District, it has the branding "Southwest Valley Schools". The district is in parts of Adams and Taylor counties, a ...


Carroll County

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IKM–Manning Community School District IKM–Manning Community School District is a rural public school district headquartered at IKM–Manning Middle and High School in Manning, Iowa. In addition to Manning, the district name also refers to the municipalities of Irwin, Kirkman, a ...
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Cass County

* Atlantic Community School District (also extends into Audubon and Pottawattamie Counties) *
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, Mas ...
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Griswold Community School District Griswold Community School District is a rural public school district headquartered in Griswold, Iowa, serving sections of Cass, Montgomery, and Pottawattamie counties. Communities in its service area are Griswold, Elliott, Grant, and Lewis ...
(also extends into Montgomery and Pottawattamie Counties)


Clarke County

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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, ...


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. ...
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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 m ...


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 ...
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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, ...
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Sidney Community School District Sidney Community School District, or Sidney Community Schools, is a public school district headquartered in Sidney, Iowa. It serves Sidney and Riverton. It operates Sidney Elementary School and Sidney Junior-Senior High School. , the distric ...


Harrison County

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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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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 i ...
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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 C ...
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West Harrison Community School District West Harrison Community School District is a rural public school district headquartered in Mondamin, Iowa.Woodbine Community School District Woodbine Community School District is a rural public school district in Woodbine, Iowa, United States. It is mostly in Harrison County, with small areas in Shelby and Monona counties, and serves Woodbine and the surrounding rural areas. S ...
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Mills County

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East Mills Community School District East Mills Community School District or East Mills Schools is a rural public school district headquartered in Hastings, Iowa, United States. The district is mostly in Mills County, with small portions in Montgomery County. It serves the com ...
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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 d ...
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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 and ...
(also extends into Page and Pottawattamie Counties) * Stanton Community School District (also extends into Page County) *
Villisca Community School District Villisca Community School District is a school district headquartered in Villisca, Iowa. Along with the Corning Community School District, it has the branding "Southwest Valley Schools". The district is in parts of Adams, Montgomery, Page, an ...
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Page County

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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. Hist ...
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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 sc ...
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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, ...
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South Page Community School District South Page Community School District, or South Page Schools, is a small, rural, public school district headquartered in College Springs, Iowa. It is entirely in Page County, and includes College Springs, Blanchard, Braddyville, Coin, and S ...


Pottawattamie County

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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 wel ...
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Riverside Community School District Riverside Community School District is a rural public school district headquartered in Carson, Iowa, within the district's grade 3-5 facility. - The name "Riverside Intermediate School" appears in the image. The district, entirely in Pottawatt ...
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Treynor Community School District The Treynor Community School District is a rural public school district headquartered in Treynor, Iowa. The majority of the district is in Pottawattamie County, with a small area in Mills County. It serves Treynor and the surrounding rural ...
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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 r ...
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Underwood Community School District The Underwood Community School District is a rural public school district located in Underwood, Iowa. The first school in the district was built in 1863, in Downsville, IA. The school was moved to Underwood, IA in 1903 following the incorpora ...


Ringgold County

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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 ha ...
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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 Coun ...


Shelby County

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Harlan Community School District The Harlan Community School District is a rural public school district based in Harlan, Iowa. The district is mainly in Shelby County, with a small area in Harrison County. The district serves the towns of Harlan, Defiance, Earling, P ...
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Taylor County

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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 ...
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Lenox Community School District Lenox Community School District is a rural public school district headquartered in Lenox, Iowa. It includes portions of Adams, Ringgold, Taylor, and Union counties. Communities in its area include Lenox, Clearfield, and Sharpsburg. History ...
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Union County

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Creston Community School District Creston Community School District is a public school district headquartered in Creston, Iowa. The district is in sections of Adams and Union counties, with a very small section in Ringgold County. It serves Creston and Prescott. , it had ab ...
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Wayne County

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Mormon Trail Community School District Mormon Trail Community School District is a rural public school district headquartered in Humeston, Iowa. It operates Mormon Trail Elementary and Mormon Trail Junior/Senior High School. It covers sections of Clarke, Decatur, Lucas, and Way ...


Heartland AEA


Audubon County

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Audubon Community School District The Audubon Community School District is a public school district headquartered in Audubon, Iowa. The majority of the district is in eastern Audubon County, with a smaller area in Guthrie County. The district serves Audubon, Gray, and the sur ...


Boone County

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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 A school district is a special-purpose district that operates local public primary and secondary schools in various nations. North America ...
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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 r ...
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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 ...
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Carroll County

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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 counties. ...
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Glidden–Ralston Community School District The Glidden–Ralston Community School District is a rural public school district based in Glidden, Iowa. The district is mostly in Carroll County, with a smaller area in Greene County. The district serves the towns of Glidden and Ralston, ...
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Dallas County

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Adel–De Soto–Minburn Community School District The Adel DeSoto Minburn (ADM) School District is a public school district in the Des Moines Metro headquartered in Adel, Iowa.Home
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Van Meter Community School District The Van Meter Community School District is a rural public school district headquartered in Van Meter, Iowa. The district spans northern Madison County and southern Dallas County. The district serves Van Meter and the surrounding rural area ...
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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, G ...
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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, wi ...
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Guthrie Center Community School District Guthrie Center Community School District is a rural, public school district headquartered in Guthrie Center, Iowa. The district is almost entirely in Guthrie County, with a small portion in Audubon County, and serves the city of Guthrie Cen ...
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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 but has portions in ...
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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. Th ...
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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, whic ...
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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 Mi ...
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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 M ...
(also extends into Mahaska and Poweshiek Counties) * Newton Community School District *
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,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 ...


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 area ...
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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. ...
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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 ...
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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, Sandyv ...
* Twin Cedars Community School District


Polk County

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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 ...
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Bondurant–Farrar Community School District The Bondurant–Farrar Community School District is a rural public school district headquartered in Bondurant, Iowa. The district is mostly in eastern Polk County, with a small area in Jasper County. The district serves Bondurant, the uni ...
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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 ...
(also extends into Warren County) * Dallas Center-Grimes Community School District (also extends into Dallas County) *
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 Allem ...
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Saydel Community School District The Saydel Community School District is a rural public school district with its headquarters in unincorporated Polk County, Iowa. The district, entirely in Polk County, serves portions of Des Moines and Ankeny. It also serves a portion of the ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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West Des Moines Community School District West Des Moines Community School District, or West Des Moines Community Schools (WDMCS), is a school district headquartered in West Des Moines, Iowa. The district is mostly in Polk County, with a section in Dallas County. In addition to West ...
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Shelby County

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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 Audubon ...
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Harlan Community School District The Harlan Community School District is a rural public school district based in Harlan, Iowa. The district is mainly in Shelby County, with a small area in Harrison County. The district serves the towns of Harlan, Defiance, Earling, P ...


Story County

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Ames Community School District The Ames Community School District is the public school district for most of the city of Ames, Iowa. It is accredited by the North Central Association of Secondary Schools and Colleges
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Ballard Community School District Ballard Community School District is a rural public K-12 school district in Story County, Iowa. It includes areas in Story, Boone, and Polk counties, and the towns of Huxley, Slater, Cambridge and Kelley. The School mascot is The Bomber ...
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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 Maxwel ...
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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 Co ...
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Gilbert Community School District Gilbert Community School District is a rural public school district headquartered in Gilbert, Iowa. The district is mostly in Story County but has a portion in Boone County. The district serves Gilbert and sections of northern Ames. The d ...
* Nevada Community School District * Roland–Story Community School District


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 ...
(also extends into Polk County) * Indianola Community School District *
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 ...
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Norwalk Community School District Norwalk Community School District is a Public school (government funded), public school district in Norwalk, Iowa, Norwalk, Iowa. The Norwalk Community School District Central office is located at 380 Wright Road in Norwalk, Iowa 50211. The di ...
(also extends into Polk County) * Southeast Warren Community School District


Keystone AEA


Allamakee County

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Allamakee Community School District The Allamakee Community School District (also known as ACSD) is a public school district based in the city of Waukon, Iowa, Waukon in Allamakee County, Iowa, United States. The district is mainly in Allamakee County, with a small portion in Winne ...
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Eastern Allamakee Community School District The Eastern Allamakee Community School District is a public school district based in the city of Lansing, Iowa. The district is completely within Allamakee County. It serves the city of Lansing, and the surrounding rural areas. List of Scho ...
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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 High S ...
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Chickasaw County

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Clayton County

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Central Community School District The Central Community School District is rural public school district headquartered in Elkader, Iowa. The district is entirely in Clayton County. In addition to Elkader, it serves Elkport, Garber, St. Olaf, and Volga. It also serves the u ...
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Clayton Ridge Community School District Clayton Ridge Community School District is a rural state school, public school district in Clayton County, Iowa, serving Guttenberg, Iowa, Guttenberg, Garnavillo, Iowa, Garnavillo, Clayton, Iowa, Clayton, North Buena Vista, Iowa, North Buena Vi ...
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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 ...
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MFL MarMac Community School District MFL MarMac Community School District is a rural public school district headquartered in Monona, Iowa. It operates an elementary school and high school in Monona and a separate middle school in McGregor. The district is within Clayton and Al ...


Delaware County

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Maquoketa Valley Community School District Maquoketa Valley Community School District is a rural public school district headquartered in Delhi, Iowa. The district is completely within Delaware County, and serves Delhi, Delaware Delaware ( ) is a state in the Mid-Atlantic re ...
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West Delaware County Community School District The West Delaware County Community School District, or West Delaware CCSD is a rural public school district based in Manchester, Iowa. The district is completely within Delaware County, and serves the city of Manchester and surrounding areas ...


Dubuque County

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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 ...
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Western Dubuque Community School District The Western Dubuque Community School District, (WDCSD; also known as Western Dubuque or WD) is a rural public school district based in Farley, Iowa (USA). The district, which operates schools in western Dubuque County, is the largest school dist ...


Fayette County

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North Fayette Valley Community School District North Fayette Valley Community School District is a rural public school district headquartered in West Union, Iowa. The district is located in sections of Fayette and Clayton counties, and serves West Union, Clermont, Elgin, Fayette, Ha ...
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Oelwein Community School District Oelwein Community School District is a public school district headquartered in Oelwein, Iowa. Occupying sections of Fayette and Buchanan counties, it includes, aside from Oelwein, Hazleton and Stanley. , it had about 1,00 students. Histor ...
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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, Lamo ...
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West Central Community School District The West Central Community School District is a rural public school district headquartered in Maynard, Iowa. The district is located completely within Fayette County, and serves Maynard, Randalia, Westgate, and the surrounding rural area ...


Howard County

* Howard–Winneshiek Community School District (also extends into Winneshiek County) *
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 bu ...
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Winneshiek County

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Decorah Community School District The Decorah Community School District is a rural public school district located in Decorah, Iowa, United States. The district is almost entirely in Winneshiek County, with a small portion in Allamakee County. In addition to Decorah, the censu ...
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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 i ...
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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. M ...


Mississippi Bend AEA


Cedar County

* Bennett Community School District (also extends into Louisa and Scott Counties) * Durant Community School District (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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Central DeWitt Community School District Central DeWitt Community School District (CDCSD) is a rural public school district headquartered in DeWitt, Iowa. It was legally known as the Central Clinton Community School District until July 1, 2014.Clinton Community School District * Delwood Community School District (also extends into Jackson County) *
Northeast Community School District Northeast Community School District is a rural public school district headquartered in Goose Lake, Iowa. Located entirely in Clinton County, it serves Goose Lake, Andover, and Charlotte. History Northeast Community School District was formed ...


Jackson County

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Bellevue Community School District The Bellevue Community School District (also known as ''Bellevue Community Schools'', or ''BCSD'') is a rural state school, public school district and serves the city and surrounding area of Bellevue, Iowa. It is second largest public school di ...
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Maquoketa Community School District The Maquoketa Community School District is a rural public school district based in Maquoketa, Iowa. The district is mainly in Jackson County, with small areas in Clinton, and Dubuque counties. The district serves the cities of Maquoketa, ...
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Louisa County

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Columbus Community School District The Columbus Community School District is a rural public school district headquartered in Columbus Junction, Iowa. It is mostly within Louisa County, with a smaller area in Muscatine County, and serves the towns of Columbus Junction, Columbus ...
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Louisa–Muscatine Community School District The Louisa–Muscatine Community School District is rural public school district consisting of an elementary school and a high school located in a single complex along U.S. Highway 61 in unincorporated Louisa County, Iowa, with a Letts postal ...
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Muscatine County

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Muscatine Community School District The Muscatine Community School District (MCSD) is located in Muscatine, Iowa, serving almost all of the city and the surrounding rural areas, including the unincorporated areas of Fairport and Montpelier. The district consists of six elementa ...
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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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Scott County

* Bettendorf Community School District * Davenport Community School District *
North Scott Community School District The North Scott School District is a rural public school district in Scott County, Iowa. Based in Eldridge, it spans in northern Scott County, and serves the cities of Eldridge, Dixon, Donahue, Long Grove, Maysville, McCausland, Princeton ...
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Pleasant Valley Community School District The Pleasant Valley Community School District (PVCSD) is a rural public school district headquartered in Riverdale, Iowa, near Bettendorf.Cherokee Community School District * Marcus-Meriden-Cleghorn Community School District


Crawford County

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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 surr ...
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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 g ...
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Denison Community School District The Denison Community School District is a rural public school district based in Denison, Iowa Denison is a city in Crawford County, Iowa, United States, along the Boyer River, and located in both Denison Township and East Boyer Township. ...
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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 surr ...
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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, Chero ...
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Odebolt–Arthur–Battle Creek–Ida Grove Community School District Odebolt–Arthur–Battle Creek–Ida Grove Community School District (OABCIG) is a rural public school district headquartered in Ida Grove, Iowa.
(also extends into Sac County)


Lyon County

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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 J ...
* George–Little Rock Community School District (also extends into Osceola and Sioux Counties) * West Lyon Community School District (also extends into Sioux County)


Monona County

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Maple Valley-Anthon Oto Community School District Maple Valley-Anthon Oto Community School District, or Maple Valley-Anthon Oto Community Schools, is a rural public school district headquartered in Mapleton, Iowa. It includes sections of Monona County and Woodbury County with small areas ...
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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 H ...
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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 superint ...


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 state school, public school district headquartered in Hartley, Iowa. The district is located in portions of O'Brien County, Iowa, O'Brien and Osceola County, Iowa, Osce ...
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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 ...
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South O'Brien Community School District South O'Brien Community School District is a rural public school district headquartered in Paullina, Iowa. Its junior and senior high school is also in Paullina, while the preschool through elementary school is in Primghar. It is mostly in O' ...


Osceola County

* Sibley-Ocheyedan Community School District


Plymouth County

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Akron–Westfield Community School District Akron–Westfield Community School District is a rural public school district headquartered in Akron, Iowa. It operates Akron–Westfield Elementary School and Akron–Westfield High School and Middle School in Akron. The district, entirely in ...
* Hinton Community School District * Kingsley–Pierson Community School District *
Le Mars Community School District The Le Mars Community School District, or Le Mars Community Schools, is a rural public school district headquartered in Le Mars, Iowa. The school district, entirely in Plymouth County, provides education for students living in Le Mars, Brun ...
* Remsen-Union Community School District (also extends into Sioux County)


Sioux County

* Boyden-Hull Community School District *
MOC-Floyd Valley Community School District MOC-Floyd Valley Community School District is a rural public school district headquartered in Orange City, Iowa. Most of the district is in Sioux County with a portion in O'Brien County. It serves Orange City, Alton, Hospers, Granville, an ...
* Rock Valley Community School District (also extends into Lyon County) *
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 Hawar ...


Woodbury County

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Lawton–Bronson Community School District Lawton–Bronson Community School District is a rural public school district in Iowa which has two schools: Lawton–Bronson Elementary School in Bronson and Lawton–Bronson Jr./Sr. High School in Lawton. Almost all of the district is in W ...
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River Valley Community School District River Valley Community School District is a rural public school district headquartered in Correctionville, Iowa. It includes sections of Cherokee, Ida, and Woodbury counties. It serves Correctionville, Cushing, Quimby, and Washta. History ...
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Sergeant Bluff-Luton Community School District The Sergeant Bluff-Luton School District is a rural Public school (government funded), public school school district, district located in Sergeant Bluff, Iowa. The school district, entirely in Woodbury County, Iowa, Woodbury County, provides ...
* Sioux City Community School District (also extends into Plymouth County) * Westwood School District (also extends into Monona County) *
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 ...


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Buena Vista County

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Albert City–Truesdale Community School District Albert City–Truesdale Community School District (AC-T) is a school district that operates a single elementary school, Albert City–Truesdale Elementary School, in Albert City, Iowa. The district, which also serves Truesdale, is mostly in ...
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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 ...
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Newell-Fonda Community School District Newell-Fonda Community School District is a rural public school district headquartered in Newell, Iowa.Home
Newell-Fonda Co ...
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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 ...
* Storm Lake Community School District (also extends into Sac County)


Calhoun County

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Manson–Northwest Webster Community School District Manson–Northwest Webster Community School District (MNW) is a rural public school district headquartered in Manson, Iowa. It operates an elementary school and a junior–senior high school; the former is in Barnum and the latter is in Mans ...
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South Central Calhoun Community School District South Central Calhoun Community School District is a school district headquartered inside South Central Calhoun Middle School in Rockwell City, Iowa.Clay Central–Everly Community School District Clay Central–Everly Community School District (CCE) is a school district headquartered in Royal, Iowa, United States. The district is mostly in Clay County, with portions in Dickinson and O'Brien counties. It serves Royal, Everly, Greenv ...
(also extends into Dickinson and O'Brien Counties) * Spencer Community School District


Dickinson County

* Harris–Lake Park Community School District (also extends into Osceola County) *
Okoboji Community School District Okoboji Community School District (OCSD) is a rural public school district headquartered in Milford, Iowa. It operates Okoboji Elementary School (Milford), Okoboji Middle School ( Arnolds Park), and Okoboji High School (Milford). The logo of t ...
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Spirit Lake Community School District The Spirit Lake Community School District is a rural public school district based in Spirit Lake, Iowa, United States. In addition to Spirit Lake, the district also serves Orleans, portions of Okoboji and Superior, as well as rural areas in no ...


Emmet County

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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 ...
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North Union Community School District North Union Community School District is a rural public school district headquartered in Armstrong, Iowa. It covers portions of Emmet, Kossuth and Palo Alto counties, and serves Armstrong, Fenton, Lone Rock and Ringsted. It operates North ...
(also extends into Kossuth and Palo Alto Counties)


Greene County

* Greene County Community School District *
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 ...


Hamilton County

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South Hamilton Community School District South Hamilton Community School District is a rural public school district headquartered in Jewell, Iowa. It includes an elementary school and a middle/high school. The district is mostly in Hamilton County with a section in Boone County. I ...
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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 Stratf ...
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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, an ...
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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 Rutla ...
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Twin Rivers Community School District Twin Rivers Community School District is an elementary school district headquartered in Bode, Iowa. The district is mostly in Humboldt County with a section in Kossuth County. The district serves Bode, Livermore, and Ottosen. History The ...


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 ...
* LuVerne Community School District (also extends into Humboldt County) *
North Kossuth Community School District North Kossuth Community School District is a public school district based in Swea City, Iowa. Located in northern Kossuth County, it serves Swea City, Bancroft and Ledyard. , the district has about 300 students. It operates an elementary an ...


Palo Alto County

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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 t ...
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Graettinger–Terril Community School District Graettinger–Terril Community School District (G-T) is a rural public school district in Iowa, with campuses in Graettinger and Terril. The district lies within four counties: Clay, Dickinson, Emmet, and Palo Alto Palo Alto (; Spanis ...
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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 ...
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West Bend–Mallard Community School District West Bend–Mallard Community School District (WBM) is a rural public school district headquartered in a single K-12 (all years) campus in West Bend, Iowa. The district is mostly in Palo Alto and Kossuth counties, with sections in Pocahontas ...
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Pocahontas County

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Laurens–Marathon Community School District Laurens–Marathon Community School District is a rural state school, public school district headquartered in Laurens, Iowa, also serving Marathon, Iowa, Marathon. The district occupies sections of Buena Vista County, Iowa, Buena Vista, Clay Co ...
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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 ...


Sac County

* East Sac County Community School District (also extends into Carroll and Crawford Counties) *
Schaller-Crestland Community School District Schaller-Crestland Community School District is a school district headquartered in Schaller, Iowa. It is mostly within Sac County, with portions in Buena Vista and Ida counties. It serves the municipalities of Schaller, Early, and Nemaha. ...


Webster County

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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 ...
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Prairie Valley Community School District Prairie Valley Community School District was a rural public K-12 school district with a district seat in Gowrie, Iowa. The district was located in portions of Calhoun and Webster counties, as well as a small portion of Greene County. It ser ...
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Southeast Webster-Grand Community School District Southeast Webster-Grand Community School District is a rural public school district headquartered in Burnside, Iowa. It, along with Prairie Valley Community School District, operates under the name Southeast Valley and they are the Jaguars. Th ...


Wright County

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Clarion–Goldfield–Dows Community School District The Clarion–Goldfield–Dows Community School District is a rural public P/K–12 school district headquartered in Clarion, Iowa. The school district is mostly in Wright County, with portions of the district extending into Franklin, Humbol ...
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Eagle Grove Community School District The Eagle Grove Community School District is a rural public school district headquartered in Eagle Grove, Iowa. The district covers area of Wright, Humboldt, and Webster counties. and serves Eagle Grove, Thor, Vincent, Woolstock, and the ...


See also

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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 ...
* List of private schools in Iowa * Wikipedia:WikiProject Missing encyclopedic articles/High schools/US/Iowa


References

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Further reading

* - On the servers of the
University of Iowa The University of Iowa (UI, U of I, UIowa, or simply Iowa) is a public research university in Iowa City, Iowa, United States. Founded in 1847, it is the oldest and largest university in the state. The University of Iowa is organized into 12 co ...
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External links


Iowa Department of Education
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Des Moines Register ''The Des Moines Register'' is the daily morning newspaper of Des Moines, Iowa. History Early period The first newspaper in Des Moines was the ''Iowa Star''. In July 1849, Barlow Granger began the paper in an abandoned log cabin by the juncti ...
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School districts 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, whic ...
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 ...
School districts 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, whic ...