Webster City Community School District

The Webster City Community School District is a school district headquartered in Webster City, Iowa.

The Webster City School District enrolls approximately 1600 students, with an estimated 700 receiving free or reduced lunch, 200 students on IEP's, 100 ELL students and a total staff of 248.[1] [2]

The district is mostly in Hamilton County, and also includes portions of Webster and Wright counties. In addition to Webster City it serves Blairsburg, Duncombe, Kamrar, and Williams.[3]

History

The school district was established in 1854.

Beginning in the 2015-2016 school year the Webster City district entered into a whole grade sharing arrangement with the Northeast Hamilton Community School District in which the latter sent secondary students to Webster City.[4] This was done to address an enrollment decrease in Northeast Hamilton. In 2018 the two districts decided to hold an election on whether they should merge.[5] On Tuesday, April 3 the election was held, with 94% of the Northeast Hamilton voters and 99% of Webster City district voters favoring consolidation.[6] On July 1, 2019, the Northeast Hamilton district merged into the Webster City district.[7]

It recently expanded with an 11 million dollar bond issue for the construction of the new competition gymnasium.

Schools
  • Pleasant View Elementary (Pk-1st grade)
  • Sunset Elementary (2nd - 4th grades)
  • Northeast Hamilton Elementary School - Blairsburg
  • Webster City Middle School (5th - 8th grades)
  • Webster City High School (9th - 12th grades)

The school district also has an Alternative High School (Hamilton High).

References
  1. "Webster City Community Schools". Retrieved 20 October 2012.
  2. "WC Annual Progress Reports". Retrieved 20 October 2012.
  3. "Webster City" (PDF). Iowa Department of Education. Retrieved 2020-04-05. - Map of district prior to merger with Northeast Hamilton
  4. Wood, Teresa (2019-01-27). "Two districts become one". The Messenger. Retrieved 2020-04-05.
  5. Blankenship, Anne (2018-03-29). "A new district?". The Daily Freeman-Journal. Retrieved 2020-04-05.
  6. Blankenship, Anne (2018-04-04). "WC, NEH reorganization vote passes". The Messenger News. Retrieved 2020-04-05.
  7. "Iowa Educational Directory 2019-2020 School Year" (PDF). Iowa Department of Education. p. 175. Retrieved 2020-04-05. (PDF p. 177/186) - From section "REORGANIZATION & DISSOLUTION ACTIONS SINCE 1965-66"


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