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

|students = 694 (2022-23)

|teachers = 65.51 FTE

|staff = 56.87 FTE

|ratio = 10.59

|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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See also