AHSTW Community School District

41°28′10″N 95°20′30″W / 41.469562°N 95.341800°W / 41.469562; -95.341800

AHSTW Community School District
Location
[Avoca, Iowa]
Cass, Harrison, Pottawattamie, and Shelby counties
United States
Coordinates41.469562, -95.341800
District information
TypeLocal school district
GradesK-12
Established2016
SuperintendentDarin Jones
Schools1
Budget$12,802,000(2020-21)[1]
NCES District ID1904080[1]
Students and staff
Students776 (2022-23)[1]
Teachers58.57 FTE[1]
Staff64.84 FTE[1]
Student–teacher ratio13.25[1]
Athletic conferenceWestern Iowa
District mascotVikings
ColorsRed, White, and Blue
     
Other information
Websitewww.ahstwschools.org

A-H-S-T-W Community School District is a rural public school district headquartered in Avoca, Iowa.[2]

The district, with about 250 square miles (650 km2) of area,[3] serves sections of Cass, Harrison, Pottawattamie, and Shelby counties. It serves Avoca, Hancock, Shelby, Walnut, and much of Tennant.[4] The initials of the five cities form the name of the school district.[5]

History

It was formed by the merger of the A-H-S-T Community School District and the Walnut Community School District on July 1, 2016.[6] About 88% of the voters in the combined area favored consolidation in the vote.[3]

The initial school board was to be simply a combination of the existing A-H-S-T-W and Walnut districts, with a total of seven members: two from Walnut and the remainder from A-H-S-T-W. The prospective future board would have seven members, with two at-large and the remainder based on voting districts.[7] The proportion was set since the former Walnut district had about one-fourth of the population of the combined A-H-S-T-W district.[8]

Schools

The district operates three schools in a single facility in Avoca:[1]

  • A-H-S-T-W Primary
  • A-H-S-T-W Intermediate
  • A-H-S-T-W High School

School expansion

Circa 2015, the middle school area of the A-H-S-T-W Secondary School building in Avoca was scheduled to receive an expansion. Now in 2023, they are adding on to the area of the A-H-S-T-W Secondary School area.[9]

A-H-S-T-W High School

Athletics

The Vikings compete in the Western Iowa Conference in the following sports:[10]

  • Volleyball
  • Football
  • Basketball
  • Golf
  • Baseball
  • Softball

See also

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f g "AHSTW Comm School District". National Center for Education Statistics. Retrieved June 23, 2024.
  2. ^ Home. AHSTW Community School District. Retrieved on July 15, 2018. "768 S. Maple St. Avoca, IA 51521"
  3. ^ a b Vujicic, Aleksandra (May 29, 2016). "More rural Iowa school districts plan to close their doors". Des Moines Register. Retrieved March 7, 2021.
  4. ^ "AHSTW Archived 2018-04-27 at the Wayback Machine." Iowa Department of Education. Retrieved on July 15, 2018.
  5. ^ Home (for redirect). A-H-S-T Community School District. Retrieved on July 15, 2018. See the logo of the school district and the names underneath.
  6. ^ "Reorganization & Dissolution Actions Since 1965-66 Archived 2018-06-19 at the Wayback Machine." Iowa Department of Education. Retrieved on July 20, 2018.
  7. ^ "Walnut will join AHST school district". Omaha World-Herald. September 9, 2015. Retrieved July 15, 2018.
  8. ^ Peterson, Mike (January 22, 2016). "AHSTW preparations continue". KMA Land. Retrieved July 15, 2018. How that was determined was, Walnut's population makes up roughly 25% of the population of AHST," said Ulrich. "Thus, the initial board, they will have about 25% representation on that board.
  9. ^ Stewart, Scott (January 13, 2015). "Expansion for AHSTW facility focused on middle school". Daily Non Pareil. Retrieved July 15, 2018.
  10. ^ "Western Iowa Conference". Western Iowa Conference. Retrieved August 31, 2020.


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