Sioux Central Community School District

42°52′27″N 95°08′58″W / 42.874040°N 95.149513°W / 42.874040; -95.149513

Sioux Central Community School District
Location
Buena Vista County, Iowa
Buena Vista, Clay, Cherokee, and O'Brien counties
United States
Coordinates42.874040, -95.149513
District information
TypeLocal school district
MottoToday's Learners to Tomorrow's Leaders
GradesK–12
Established1993
SuperintendentKevin Wood
Schools3
Budget$9,787,000 (2020-21)[1]
NCES District ID1900023[1]
Students and staff
Students656 (2022-23)[1]
Teachers51.65 FTE[1]
Staff65.74 FTE[1]
Student–teacher ratio12.70[1]
Athletic conferenceTwin Lakes
District mascotRebels
ColorsSilver, red, and white
     
Other information
Websitewww.siouxcentral.org

Sioux Central Community School District is a rural public school district headquartered in unincorporated Buena Vista County, Iowa, south of Sioux Rapids.[2]

The district covers portions of Buena Vista and Clay counties, as well as small sections of Cherokee and O'Brien counties. It serves Sioux Rapids, Linn Grove, Peterson, Rembrandt, and Webb.[3]

Since 2004, it has had an arrangement with the Albert City–Truesdale Community School District where that district sends its high school students to Sioux Central High School. This means Sioux Central High School is the secondary school in Iowa with the seventh-largest attendance boundary as it covers 370 square miles (960 km2) of area.[4]

History

The four principal towns making up the Sioux Central district each had its own school system at one time. In the early 1960s, Linn Grove and Peterson merged their school districts to form the Sioux Valley CSD. In 1979, Rembrandt and Sioux Rapids merged their school districts to form the Sioux Rapids-Rembrandt CSD. Then in 1990, Sioux Valley and Sioux Rapids-Rembrandt began sharing to form the Sioux Central CSD.[5]

The district was formed on July 1, 1993, by the merger of the Sioux Rapids-Rembrandt Community School District and the Sioux Valley Community School District.[6] Sioux Rapids-Rembrandt served the communities of Sioux Rapids and Rembrandt while Sioux Valley served the communities of Linn Grove and Peterson.[7]

The current school facility opened in 1997; it was a consolidation of four previous campuses.[7]

On July 1, 2010, the South Clay Community School District was dissolved, and portions went to Sioux Central.[6] That annexation of territory made the Sioux Central district the 33rd largest Iowa school district in area, with 254 square miles (660 km2) of land.[4] Webb and the areas south of Gillett Grove were reassigned to Sioux Central.[7]

Schools

The district operates three schools, all in the same building in Sioux Rapids:[1]

  • Sioux Central Elementary School
  • Sioux Central Middle School
  • Sioux Central High School

Sioux Central High School

Athletics

The Rebels compete in the Twin Lakes Conference in the following sports:[8]

  • Cross Country
  • Volleyball
  • Football
  • Basketball
  • Wrestling (as Laurens-Marathon-Sioux Central)
  • Track and Field
  • Golf
  • Baseball
  • Softball

See also

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f g "Sioux Central Comm School District". National Center for Education Statistics. Retrieved July 6, 2024.
  2. ^ Home. Sioux Central Community School District. Retrieved on July 21, 2018. "4440 U.S. Highway 71 Sioux Rapids, IA 50585"
  3. ^ "Sioux Central." Iowa Department of Education. Retrieved on July 21, 2018.
  4. ^ a b "District Map." Sioux Central Community School District. Retrieved on July 21, 2018.
  5. ^ "History". Sioux Central CSD. Retrieved July 21, 2020.
  6. ^ a b "REORGANIZATION & DISSOLUTION ACTIONS SINCE 1965-66." Iowa Department of Education. Retrieved on July 20, 2018.
  7. ^ a b c "History." Sioux Central Community School District. Retrieved on July 21, 2018.
  8. ^ "Twin Lakes Conference". Twin Lakes Conference. Retrieved August 21, 2020.