North Kossuth Community School District
43°23′02″N 94°18′46″W / 43.383917°N 94.312665°W
| North Kossuth Community School District | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Location | |
| United States | |
| Coordinates | 43.383917, -94.312665 |
| District information | |
| Type | Local school district |
| Grades | K-12 |
| Established | 1978 |
| Superintendent | Travis Schueller |
| Schools | 2 |
| Budget | $5,858,000 (2020-21)[1] |
| NCES District ID | 1920830[1] |
| Students and staff | |
| Students | 268 (2022-23)[1] |
| Teachers | 24.46 FTE[1] |
| Staff | 35.01 FTE[1] |
| Student–teacher ratio | 10.96[1] |
| Athletic conference | Top of Iowa |
| District mascot | Warriors |
| Colors | Green and black |
| Other information | |
| Website | nuwarriors |
North Kossuth Community School District is a rural public school district based in Swea City, Iowa.[2] Located in northern Kossuth County, it serves Swea City, Bancroft and Ledyard.[3]
As of 2015[update], the district has about 300 students.[4] It operates an elementary and middle school in Swea City, consisting of North Kossuth Elementary School and North Union Middle School.[5] Its high school is North Union High School in Armstrong, of the North Union Community School District.[6] As part of a grade-sharing arrangement the North Union and North Kossuth districts send each other's students to their secondary schools, and in addition North Union and North Kossuth share a superintendent, Travis Schueller, and some other administrators. The North Kossuth district is branded as "North Union Schools" even though the two districts remain legally separate.[4]
History
[edit]It was formed on July 1, 1978, by the merger of the Swea City and Ledyard school districts, using "Cougars" as their mascot and blue and white as their school colors.[7]
In 2008, it began a grade-sharing arrangement with the Sentral Community School District. Later the Armstrong–Ringsted Community School District entered into a new grade-sharing arrangement with Sentral, and the two districts merged into North Union in 2014.[8]
In 2015, Schueller stated that area voters had emotional attachment to the school building but not the school district itself, which would make them more easily accept a future school district merger.[4]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c d e f "North Kossuth Comm School District". National Center for Education Statistics. Retrieved July 6, 2024.
- ^ Home. North Kossuth High School. April 1, 2007. Retrieved on July 15, 2018. "North Kossuth High School 203 5th St. North"
- ^ "North Kossuth." Iowa Department of Education. Retrieved on July 15, 2018.
- ^ a b c Duffy, Molly (February 13, 2018). "Iowa school districts cope with when to consolidate - and when to stand alone". Cedar Rapids Gazette. Retrieved July 15, 2018.
- ^ "North Union, Swea City Campus." North Union Community School District. Retrieved on July 15, 2018.
- ^ "High School." North Union Community School District. Retrieved on July 15, 2018.
- ^ "REORGANIZATION & DISSOLUTION ACTIONS SINCE 1965-66." Iowa Department of Education. Retrieved on July 20, 2018.
- ^ "Northern Iowa voters OK school merger". Fairmont Sentinel. June 26, 2013. Retrieved July 15, 2018.
External links
[edit]- North Kossuth School Board - at the North Union Community School District website
- North Sentral Kossuth grade-sharing at the Wayback Machine (archive index) (joint website with the North Kossuth and former Sentral schools)
- North Kossuth Community School District at the Wayback Machine (archive index)