The Exira–Elk Horn–Kimballton (Exira–EHK) Community School District is a rural

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headquartered in

Elk Horn, Iowa Elk Horn is a city in Shelby County, Iowa, United States. The population was 601 at the time of the 2020 census. Elk Horn is known as an enclave of Danish ethnicity and is home to the Museum of Danish America. History Elk Horn was platted i ...

. It consists of two buildings, one in Elk Horn and one in

Exira Exira is a city in Audubon County, Iowa, United States, along the Nishnabotna River, East Nishnabotna River and U.S. Route 71. The population was 787 at the time of the 2020 United States census, 2020 census. History The oldest town in Audubon ...

. The district is mostly within

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and Shelby counties, and it has smaller sections in

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and Guthrie counties. It serves Elk Horn,

, Kimballton, and Brayton.

History

It was formed as a merger of the

Elk Horn–Kimballton Community School District Elk Horn–Kimballton Community School District (EH-K) was a school district headquartered in Elk Horn, Iowa. Its schools were EH-K Elementary School and EH-K High School. It occupied sections of Audubon and Shelby counties, and it served Elk ...

and the

Exira Community School District Exira Community School District was a school district headquartered in Exira, Iowa. Its schools were Exira Elementary School and Exira Community High School. In addition to Exira, the district served Brayton. History In the late 1950s or early ...

. The Exira school district had operated at a deficit in several of the years preceding the merger. The consolidation was effective July 1, 2014. 628 people voted in favor and 82 voted against. It was anticipated that 450 students total would attend the already-consolidated schools; the districts had been in a grade-sharing arrangement in which students from one district attended school in another district.

Schools

PreK-5th grade are in Exira 6th-12th are in Elk Horn *Exira–Elk Horn–Kimballton Elementary *Exira–Elk Horn–Kimballton High School

Exira–Elk Horn–Kimballton High School

Athletics

The Spartans compete in the Rolling Valley Conference in the following sports: *Baseball *Basketball (boys and girls) *Cross country (boys and girls) *Football *Softball *Track and field (boys and girls) *Volleyball

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