Pocahontas Area Community School District

42°43′55″N 94°40′19″W / 42.731840°N 94.671942°W / 42.731840; -94.671942

Pocahontas Area Community School District
Location
Pocahontas, Iowa
Pocahontas, Calhoun, and Palo Alto counties
United States
Coordinates42.731840, -94.671942
District information
TypeLocal school district
GradesK–12
Established1989
SuperintendentJoe Kramer
Schools3
Budget$14,098,000 (2020-21)[1]
NCES District ID1923190[1]
Students and staff
Students739 (2022-23)[1]
Teachers53.03 FTE[1]
Staff64.55 FTE[1]
Student–teacher ratio13.94[1]
Athletic conferenceTwin Lakes
District mascotIndians
ColorsRed, White, and Black
     
Other information
Websitewww.pacsd.org

Pocahontas Area Community School District (PAC) is a rural public school district headquartered in Pocahontas, Iowa.

The district is mostly in Pocahontas County, with some parts in Calhoun County and very small sections in Palo Alto County. Communities served include Pocahontas, Havelock, Palmer, Plover, Pomeroy and Rolfe.[2]

As of 2018 it has about 900 students.[3]

History

On July 1, 1989, the Havelock-Plover School District consolidated into the Pocahontas School District, and the resulting district was the Pocahontas Area School District. On July 1, 1993, the Rolfe School District consolidated into the Pocahontas Area district.[4]

Ghan Consultants owner Guy Ghan prepared a 2007 report proposing the consolidation of Pocahontas Area and three other school districts, with a single high school west of Pocahontas, though the impetus for this would have been years away.[5]

Circa 2006, the district had 650 students, but circa 2012, there were around 500. At one point the Pocahontas district established a grade-sharing arrangement, in which one district sends its students to another district's school, with the Pomeroy–Palmer Community School District.[6] On July 1, 2012, the Pomeroy-Palmer district consolidated into the Pocahontas Area district.[4] The Pocahontas district kept the Pomeroy school open after the merger.[6]

The district began partial-day sharing, in which students from one district went to another district for some classes, with the Laurens–Marathon Community School District around 2015. In 2017, the L-M and Pocahontas districts began whole grade-sharing, in which one district sent its children to another district for certain grade levels.[7] As a result, Laurens–Marathon sent its high school students to Pocahontas Area High School.[8]

The current secondary building was built in the decade of the 2010s and is meant to be handicap accessible. The original secondary building was built in 1921 and was scheduled to be razed after the new building was complete.[6]

Schools

The district operates three schools in Pocahontas:[1]

  • Pocahontas Area Elementary School
  • Pocahontas Area Middle/High School
  • Pocahontas Area Regional Learning Center

Pocahontas Area High School

Athletics

The Indians compete in the Twin Lakes Conference in the following sports:[9]

  • Cross Country
    • Girls' 2014 Class 1A State Champions[10]
  • Volleyball
  • Football
    • 1984 Class 1A State Champions[11]
  • Basketball
    • Boys' 1987 Class 1A State Champions[12]
    • Girls 2-time Class 3A State Champions (2016, 2017)[13]
  • Wrestling
  • Track and Field
    • Boys' 1971 Class C State Champions[14]
  • Golf
    • Girls' 2-time Class 1A State Champions (1980, 1981)[10]
  • Baseball
  • Softball

Enrollment

[15]

See also

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f g "Pocahontas Area Comm School District". National Center for Education Statistics. Retrieved July 6, 2024.
  2. ^ "Pocahontas Area Archived 2018-04-27 at the Wayback Machine." Iowa Department of Education. Retrieved on July 20, 2018.
  3. ^ Home. Pocahontas Area Community School District. Retrieved on July 20, 2018. "The PAC school district serves approximately 900 students kindergarten through twelfth grade."
  4. ^ a b "REORGANIZATION & DISSOLUTION ACTIONS SINCE 1965-66 Archived 2019-02-09 at the Wayback Machine." Iowa Department of Education. Retrieved on July 20, 2018.
  5. ^ Oechslin, Russ (April 20, 2007). "Four districts study sharing high school". Sioux City Journal. Retrieved July 22, 2018.
  6. ^ a b c "Merger, new building for Pocahontas, IA school district". KTIV. Retrieved July 21, 2018.
  7. ^ Kaspari, Peter (February 19, 2017). "Laurens-Marathon: Sharing". The Messenger. Retrieved July 20, 2018.
  8. ^ "Laurens-Marathon: Whole-grade sharing, The agreement is working". The Messenger. January 28, 2018. Retrieved July 20, 2018.
  9. ^ "Twin Lakes Conference". Twin Lakes Conference. Retrieved August 21, 2020.
  10. ^ a b "Pocahontas Area". Iowa High School Sports. Retrieved August 21, 2020.
  11. ^ "Record Book Football 2020 Complete Edition" (PDF). Iowa High School Athletic Association. June 9, 2020. Retrieved August 21, 2020.
  12. ^ "2020 State Tournament Stat Book Basketball" (PDF). Iowa High School Athletic Association. January 29, 2020. Retrieved August 21, 2020.
  13. ^ "All Time State Tournament Results" (PDF). Iowa Girls High School Athletic Union. pp. 10–17. Archived from the original (PDF) on March 15, 2014. Retrieved March 15, 2014.
  14. ^ "2020 IHSAA Track & Field Stat Book" (PDF). Iowa High School Athletic Association. December 16, 2019. Retrieved August 21, 2020.
  15. ^ "Public School Certified Enrollment Summary by District". Iowa Department of Education. Retrieved December 15, 2021.

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