Mount Ayr Community School District

Mount Ayr Community School District is a 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, Delphos, Ellston, Kellerton, Maloy, Redding, Tingley, and portions of Clearfield.[1]

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.[2]

History

When the Clearfield Community School District closed in 2014, the Mount Ayr district absorbed a portion of it.[3]

References
  1. "Mount Ayr." Iowa Department of Education. Retrieved on June 21, 2018.
  2. Duffy, Molly (2018-02-13). "Iowa school districts cope with when to consolidate - and when to stand alone". Cedar Rapids Gazette. Retrieved 2018-06-20.
  3. "District Dissolution." Clearfield Community School District. Retrieved on June 20, 2018.
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