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 | $4,999,000 (2015–16)[1] |
| NCES District ID | 1920830 [1] |
| Students and staff | |
| Students | 314 [1](2018–19) |
| Teachers | 29.68 FTE [1] |
| Staff | 42.02 FTE [1] |
| Student–teacher ratio | 10.58 [1] |
| Athletic conference | Top of Iowa |
| District mascot | Warriors |
| Colors | Green and black |
| Other information | |
| Website | nuwarriors |
North Kossuth Community School District is a 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 20, 2020.
- ^ 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)