Mount Ayr Community School District

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

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

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

{{coord|40.718024|-94.226087|region:US-IA_type:edu|display=title}}

{{Infobox school district

|name = Mount Ayr Community School District

|logo = File:Mount_Ayr_CSD_logo.png

|motto =

|type = Local school district

|grades = K-12

|established =

|closed =

|location = Mount Ayr, Iowa

|region = Ringgold, Decatur, and Taylor counties

|country = United States

|coordinates = 40.718024, -94.226087

|superintendent = Jason Shaffer

|schools = 2

|budget = $12,122,000 (2020-21){{cite web|url=https://nces.ed.gov/ccd/districtsearch/district_detail.asp?Search=2&details=1&ID2=1919860&DistrictID=1919860|title=Mount Ayr Comm School District|publisher=National Center for Education Statistics|access-date=June 23, 2024}}

|us_nces_district_id = 1919860

|students = 633 (2022-23)

|teachers = 48.21 FTE

|staff = 61.74 FTE

|ratio = 13.13

|conference = Pride of Iowa

|mascot = Raiders

|colors = Black, Red, and White
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|website = {{URL|http://www.mtayrschools.org/}}

}}

Mount Ayr Community School District, or Mount Ayr Community Schools, is a rural public school district headquartered in Mount Ayr, Iowa. It has elementary and secondary (middle and high school) divisions.

The district is mostly in Ringgold County, while there are portions in Decatur and Taylor counties. Communities in its service area, in addition to Mount Ayr, include Beaconsfield, Benton, Ellston, Kellerton, Maloy, Redding, Tingley, and portions of Clearfield.{{cite web|url=https://educateiowa.gov/sites/files/ed/documents/SDRP2017_MOUNT%20AYR.pdf|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180427124130/https://educateiowa.gov/sites/files/ed/documents/SDRP2017_MOUNT%20AYR.pdf|archive-date=2018-04-27|title=Mount Ayr|publisher=Iowa Department of Education|accessdate=2018-06-21}} - This shows the former Delphos municipality. The [https://educate.iowa.gov/media/7937/download?inline= 2024 Iowa Dept. of Ed map] does not show the Delphos CDP. It also includes the Delphos (formerly a municipality) and Sun Valley Lake census-designated places.{{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] - This shows the Delphos CDP within the school district.

{{As of|2018}}, high school students from the Diagonal Community School District take their elective classes at Mount Ayr High School since the Diagonal district does not have the funds to operate elective classes.{{cite news|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|newspaper=Cedar Rapids Gazette|date=2018-02-13|accessdate=2018-06-20}}

The district mascot is the Raiders, and their colors are black, red and white.