Postville Community School District
{{Short description|Public school district in Postville, Iowa, United States}}
{{Use American English|date=February 2025}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=July 2023}}
{{coord|43.082583|-91.572890|region:US-IA_type:edu|display=title}}
{{Infobox school district
|name = Postville Community School District
|logo = File:Postville_CSD_logo.png
|motto =
|type = Local school district
|grades = K-12
|established =
|closed =
|location = Postville, Iowa
|region = Allamakee, Clayton, Fayette, and Winneshiek counties
|country = United States
|coordinates = 43.082583, -91.572890
|superintendent = Tim Dugger
|schools = 4
|budget = $12,000,000 (2020-21){{cite web|url=https://nces.ed.gov/ccd/districtsearch/district_detail.asp?Search=2&details=1&ID2=1923340&DistrictID=1923340|title=Postville Comm School District |publisher=National Center for Education Statistics |access-date=June 30, 2024}}
|us_nces_district_id = 1923340
|conference = Upper Iowa
|mascot = Pirates
|colors = Red and Black {{Color box|red|border=darkgray}} {{Color box|black|border=darkgray}}
|website = {{URL|https://www.postvilleschools.com/}}
}}
Postville Community School District is a rural public school district headquartered in Postville, Iowa.
It operates Cora B. Darling Elementary School, named after a teacher,{{cite web|url=http://www.postville.k12.ia.us/elemmiddle/|title=Elementary Middle|publisher=Postville Community School District|date=1999-02-21|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/19990221005442/http://www.postville.k12.ia.us/elemmiddle/|accessdate=2020-04-07|archive-date=1999-02-21}} and Postville Junior-Senior High School, also known as John R. Mott High School, named for John R. Mott, the 1946 winner of the Nobel Peace Prize.{{cite web|url=http://www.postville.k12.ia.us/high/|title=High School|publisher=Postville Community School District|date=2001-03-03|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20010303075142/http://www.postville.k12.ia.us/high/|accessdate=2020-04-07|archive-date=2001-03-03}}
The district occupies sections of four counties: Allamakee, Clayton, Fayette, and Winneshiek, and serves the city of Postville, and surrounding rural areas.{{cite web|url=https://educateiowa.gov/sites/files/ed/documents/FY20_POSTVILLE.pdf|title=Postville Community School District Map|publisher=Iowa Department of Education|accessdate=2020-04-06}}
Demographics
Circa 1999, the high school had about 205 students.{{cite web|url=http://www.postville.k12.ia.us/high/about/|title=About|publisher=Postville Community School District|date=1999-10-11|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/19991011020727/http://www.postville.k12.ia.us/high/about/|accessdate=2020-04-06|archive-date=1999-10-11}} {{As of|2017}}, about 45% of the students at the elementary school were of Mexican or Central American origin.{{cite web|author=Flakus, Greg|url=https://www.voanews.com/a/small-iowa-town-celebrates-diversity/3884931.html|title=Small Iowa Town Celebrates Its Diversity |publisher=Voice of America|date=2017-06-02|accessdate=2017-10-24}}
Enrollment
{{Graph:Chart
| width=800
| height=250
| type=area
| colors = Red
| xAxisTitle = Year
| yAxisTitle = Enrollment
| x=2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020
| y=657.1, 687.0, 651.6, 647.9, 653.8, 654.6, 664.3, 648.4, 604.3, 580.6, 575.9, 564.7, 608.2, 659.3, 658.0, 674.2, 701.6, 730.9, 729.0, 758.0, 727.8
}}{{cite web| url=https://educateiowa.gov/document-type/public-school-certified-enrollment-summary-district |title= Public School Certified Enrollment Summary by District |publisher = Iowa Department of Education | access-date=December 15, 2021}}
References
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External links
- [http://www.postvilleschools.com/ Postville Community School District]
- {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/*/http://www.postville.k12.ia.us/|title=Postville Community School District (postville.k12.ia.us)}}
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20161222013949/https://www.educateiowa.gov/sites/files/ed/documents/IDOE_POSTVILLE_0.pdf Postville Community School District Map] - Iowa Department of Education
See also
{{Education in Winneshiek County, Iowa}}
Category:School districts in Iowa
Category:Education in Allamakee County, Iowa
Category:Education in Clayton County, Iowa
Category:Education in Fayette County, Iowa
Category:Education in Winneshiek County, Iowa
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