Mount Ayr Community School District
Coordinates: 40°43′05″N 94°13′34″W / 40.718024°N 94.226087°W
Mount Ayr Community School District | |
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File:Mount Ayr CSD logo.png | |
Location | |
United States | |
Coordinates | 40.718024, -94.226087 |
District information | |
Type | Local school district |
Grades | K-12 |
Superintendent | Jason Shaffer |
Schools | 2 |
Budget | $11,345,000 (2017-18)[1] |
NCES District ID | 1919860[1] |
Students and staff | |
Students | 647 (2019-20)[1] |
Teachers | 52.08 FTE [1] |
Staff | 55.97 FTE [1] |
Student–teacher ratio | 12.42 [1] |
Athletic conference | Pride of Iowa |
District mascot | Raiders |
Colors | Black, Red and White |
Other information | |
Website | www |
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 County, while there are portions in Decatur and Taylor counties. Communities in its service area, in addition to Mount Ayr, include Beaconsfield, Benton, Delphos, Ellston, Kellerton, Maloy, Redding, Tingley, and portions of Clearfield.[2]
As of 2018[update], high school students from the Diagonal Community School District take their elective classes at Mount Ayr High School since the Diagonal district does not have the funds to operate elective classes.[3]
The district mascot is the Raiders, and their colors are black, red and white.
History
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When the Clearfield Community School District closed in 2014, the Mount Ayr district absorbed a portion of it.[4]
Schools
The district operates two schools, both located in Mount Ayr:[1]
- Mount Ayr Elementary School
- Mount Ayr High School
Mount Ayr High School
Athletics
The Raiders compete in the Pride of Iowa Conference in the following sports:[5]
- Football
- Volleyball
- Cross Country
- Basketball
- Wrestling
- Bowling
- Golf
- Track and Field
- Girls' 1988 Class 1A State Champions[6]
- Boys' 2014 Class 1A State Champions
- Baseball
- Softball
See also
References
- ^ a b c d e f g "Mount Ayr Comm School District". National Center for Education Statistics. Retrieved November 23, 2021.
- ^ "Mount Ayr" (PDF). Iowa Department of Education. Retrieved 2018-06-21.
- ^ Duffy, Molly (2018-02-13). "Iowa school districts cope with when to consolidate - and when to stand alone". Cedar Rapids Gazette. Retrieved 2018-06-20.
- ^ "District Dissolution." Clearfield Community School District. Retrieved on June 20, 2018.
- ^ "Pride of Iowa". Pride of Iowa Conference. Retrieved 2020-08-09.
- ^ "2019 IGHSAU Track & Field Record Book" (PDF). Iowa Girls High School Athletic Union. 2019-05-13. Retrieved 2020-08-23.
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