Northwood-Kensett Community School District

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

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

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

{{coord|43.445484|-93.216165|region:US-IA_type:edu|display=title}}

{{Infobox school district

|name = Northwood-Kensett Community School District

|logo = File:Northwood-Kensett_CSD_Viking.png

|motto =

|type = Local school district

|grades = K-12

|established =

|closed =

|location = Northwood, Iowa

|region = Worth County

|country = United States

|coordinates = 43.445484, -93.216165

|superintendent = Michael Crozier

|schools = 2

|budget = $9,345,000 (2020-21){{cite web|url=https://nces.ed.gov/ccd/districtsearch/district_detail.asp?Search=2&details=1&ID2=1921210&DistrictID=1921210|title=Northwood-Kensett Comm School District|publisher=National Center for Education Statistics|access-date=May 21, 2024}}

|us_nces_district_id = 1921210

|students = 594 (2022-23)

|teachers = 44.24 FTE

|staff = 38.71 FTE

|ratio = 13.43

|conference = Top of Iowa

|mascot = Vikings

|colors = Blue and White {{Color box|blue|border=darkgray}} {{Color box|white|border=darkgray}}

|website = {{URL|https://www.nwood-kensett.k12.ia.us/}}

}}

The Northwood-Kensett Community School District is a rural public school district headquartered in Northwood, Iowa.

The district is completely within Worth County, and serves Northwood, Kensett and the surrounding rural areas.{{cite web|url=https://educateiowa.gov/sites/files/ed/documents/FY20_NORTHWOOD-KENSETT_0.pdf|title=NORTHWOOD-KENSETT|publisher=Iowa Department of Education|accessdate=2020-08-12}}

Michael Crozier became the superintendent of the Northwood-Kensett Community School District in 2013, and suffered a heart attack a week after moving to Northwood.{{cite news|url=https://globegazette.com/news/local/superintendent-feels-great-five-weeks-after-heart-attack/article_1537782c-fd8c-11e2-a0ed-0019bb2963f4.html|title=Superintendent feels great five weeks after heart attack|author=Kristin Buehner|work=Globe Gazette|date=2013-08-05|access-date=2020-08-12}} In 2019, the district entered a superintendent sharing agreement with St. Ansgar Community School District, and Mr. Crozier now splits his time between the two districts.{{cite news|url=https://www.albertleatribune.com/2019/04/northwood-kensett-st-ansgar-enter-superintendent-sharing-agreement/|title=Northwood-Kensett, St. Ansgar enter superintendent-sharing agreement|author=Sarah Kocher|date=2019-04-12|access-date=2020-08-12}}