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North Kossuth Community School District

Coordinates: 43°23′02″N 94°18′46″W / 43.383917°N 94.312665°W / 43.383917; -94.312665
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43°23′02″N 94°18′46″W / 43.383917°N 94.312665°W / 43.383917; -94.312665

North Kossuth Community School District
Location
United States
Coordinates43.383917, -94.312665
District information
TypeLocal school district
GradesK-12
Established1978
SuperintendentTravis Schueller
Schools2
Budget$5,858,000 (2020-21)[1]
NCES District ID1920830[1]
Students and staff
Students268 (2022-23)[1]
Teachers24.46 FTE[1]
Staff35.01 FTE[1]
Student–teacher ratio10.96[1]
Athletic conferenceTop of Iowa
District mascotWarriors
ColorsGreen and black
   
Other information
Websitenuwarriors.org

North Kossuth Community School District is a rural 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, 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

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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

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  1. ^ a b c d e f "North Kossuth Comm School District". National Center for Education Statistics. Retrieved July 6, 2024.
  2. ^ Home. North Kossuth High School. April 1, 2007. Retrieved on July 15, 2018. "North Kossuth High School 203 5th St. North"
  3. ^ "North Kossuth." Iowa Department of Education. Retrieved on July 15, 2018.
  4. ^ 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.
  5. ^ "North Union, Swea City Campus." North Union Community School District. Retrieved on July 15, 2018.
  6. ^ "High School." North Union Community School District. Retrieved on July 15, 2018.
  7. ^ "REORGANIZATION & DISSOLUTION ACTIONS SINCE 1965-66." Iowa Department of Education. Retrieved on July 20, 2018.
  8. ^ "Northern Iowa voters OK school merger". Fairmont Sentinel. June 26, 2013. Retrieved July 15, 2018.
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