Diagonal Community School District

{{Short description|Public school district in Diagonal, Iowa, United States}}

{{Use American English|date=February 2025}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=July 2023}}

{{coord|40.807892|-94.344339|region:US-IA_type:edu|display=title}}

{{Infobox school district

|name = Diagonal Community School District

|logo = Diagonal Maroons.png

|motto =

|type = Local school district

|grades = K-12

|established =

|closed =

|location = Diagonal, Iowa

|region = Ringgold County

|country = United States

|coordinates = 40.807892, -94.344339

|superintendent = Karleen Stephens

|schools = 2

|budget = $2,723,000 (2020-21){{cite web|url=https://nces.ed.gov/ccd/districtsearch/district_detail.asp?Search=2&details=1&ID2=1909060&DistrictID=1909060|title=Diagonal Comm School District|publisher=National Center for Education Statistics|access-date=June 23, 2024}}

|us_nces_district_id = 1909060

|students = 130 (2022-23)

|teachers = 13.49 FTE

|staff = 22.46 FTE

|ratio = 9.64

|conference = Bluegrass

|mascot = Maroons

|colors = Maroon and gold
{{color box|darkred}} {{color box|gold}}

|website = {{URL|https://www.diagonal.k12.ia.us/}}

}}

Diagonal Community School District is a rural public K-12 school district headquartered in Diagonal, Iowa. The district, with the vast majority of its territory in Ringgold County,{{cite web|url=https://www2.census.gov/geo/maps/DC2020/PL20/st19_ia/schooldistrict_maps/c19159_ringgold/DC20SD_C19159.pdf|title=2020 CENSUS - SCHOOL DISTRICT REFERENCE MAP: Ringgold County, IA|publisher=U.S. Census Bureau|access-date=2024-12-27}} - [https://www2.census.gov/geo/maps/DC2020/PL20/st19_ia/schooldistrict_maps/c19159_ringgold/DC20SD_C19159_SD2MS.txt Text list] includes the town of Diagonal.{{cite web|url=https://educate.iowa.gov/media/7832/download?inline|title=DIAGONAL|publisher=Iowa Department of Education|access-date=2024-12-27}} A small portion is in Taylor County,{{cite web|url=https://www2.census.gov/geo/maps/DC2020/PL20/st19_ia/schooldistrict_maps/c19173_taylor/DC20SD_C19173.pdf|title=2020 CENSUS - SCHOOL DISTRICT REFERENCE MAP: Taylor County, IA|publisher=U.S. Census Bureau|access-date=2024-12-27}} - [https://www2.census.gov/geo/maps/DC2020/PL20/st19_ia/schooldistrict_maps/c19173_taylor/DC20SD_C19173_SD2MS.txt Text list] where it covers a section of Clearfield.

All grade levels and the administration share the same building. {{As of|2018}}, it had the lowest enrollment of any Iowa school district: 97; the 12th grade class that year had nine students. Due to the difficult financial situation, the district uses cost-cutting measures such as using dry-erase desktops instead of paper and using the same paint color for all rooms. {{As of|2018}} Diagonal CSD does not have enough funds to provide elective courses at the senior high school level, so its high school students take those courses at Mount Ayr High School in Mount Ayr.{{cite web|author=Duffy, Molly|url=http://www.thegazette.com/iowaideas/stories/k-12-education/iowa-school-districts-cope-with-when-to-consolidate-x2014-and-when-to-stand-alone-20170220|title=Iowa school districts cope with when to consolidate - and when to stand alone|work=Cedar Rapids Gazette|date=2018-02-13|accessdate=2018-06-20}}