Mormon Trail Community School District

40°51′18″N 93°29′59″W / 40.855115°N 93.499848°W / 40.855115; -93.499848

Mormon Trail Community School District
Location
Humeston, Iowa
Decatur County, Iowa
United States
Coordinates40.855115, -93.499848
District information
TypePublic Coed
GradesK–12
Established1959
SuperintendentKerry Phillips
Schools2
Budget$4,275,000 (2020-21)[1]
NCES District ID1931680 [1]
Students and staff
Students223 (2022-23)[1]
Teachers21.53 FTE[1]
Staff30.59 FTE[1]
Student–teacher ratio10.36[1]
Athletic conferenceBluegrass
District mascotSaints
ColorsGold and Black
   
Other information
Websitehttp://www.mormontrailcsd.org

Mormon Trail Community School District is a rural public school district headquartered in Humeston, Iowa. It operates Mormon Trail Elementary and Mormon Trail Junior/Senior High School.

It covers sections of Clarke, Decatur, Lucas, and Wayne counties. Communities in its service area include Humeston, Derby, Garden Grove, and Le Roy.[2]

History

The district was formed in 1959 as a consolidation of schools in Garden Grove, Humeston, and LeRoy.[citation needed]

The school's mascot is the Saints. Their colors are gold and black.

During the 1980s, the districts facilities began to draw scrutiny from the state department of education as well as the fire marshall. Neither school was ADA compliant, and the 1907 elementary school in Humeston had ventilation, fire code, and electrical violations. In 1996 voters passed a bond issue to build a new elementary school in humeston. The 1907 building was razed.

By 2022 the Garden Grove school was beginning to show its age with many of the same issues that the Humeston building had. Voters again approved a bond issue that same year for a Jr/Sr High School addition to the elementary school in Humeston. Students occupied the end facility for the first time in the fall of 2023.

Schools

  • Mormon Trail Elementary School, Humeston
  • Mormon Trail Jr-Sr High School, Garden Grove

Mormon Trail High School

Athletics

The Saints compete in the Bluegrass Conference, including the following sports:[3]

In 1995 students of the Lineville–Clio Community School District played for Mormon Trail teams, including American football and volleyball.[4]

See also

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f "Mormon Trail Comm School District". National Center for Education Statistics. Retrieved June 23, 2024.
  2. ^ "Mormon Trail." Iowa Department of Education. Retrieved on June 19, 2018.
  3. ^ "Bluegrass Conference". Bluegrass Conference. Retrieved August 4, 2020.
  4. ^ Siebert, Mark (September 17, 1995). "Survival of the littlest". The Des Moines Register. Des Moines, Iowa. pp. 1B, 8B. - See clippings of first and of second pages at Newspapers.com.


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