| Central Springs Community School District | |
| Type: | Local school district |
| Grades: | K-12 |
| Established: | 2011 |
| Location: | Manly, Iowa |
| Region: | Cerro Gordo, Floyd, Mitchell, and Worth counties |
| Country: | United States |
| Coordinates: | 43.286108, -93.196035 |
| Superintendent: | Darwin Lehmann |
| Schools: | 4 |
| Budget: | $12,759,000 (2020-21)[1] |
| Us Nces District Id: | 1920760 |
| Students: | 813 (2022-23) |
| Teachers: | 55.46 FTE |
| Staff: | 68.91 FTE |
| Ratio: | 14.66 |
| Conference: | Top of Iowa Conference |
| Mascot: | Panthers |
| Colors: | Royal Blue and Black |
Central Springs Community School District is a rural, public school district headquartered in Manly, Iowa.[2] The district is located in sections of Cerro Gordo, Floyd, Mitchell, and Worth counties. It serves Manly, Nora Springs, Hanlontown, Plymouth, and Rock Falls.[3]
The district was established on July 1, 2011, by the merger of North Central Community School District and Nora Springs–Rock Falls Community School District.[4] The vote to merge the districts, held on September 14, 2010,[5] was successful, with North Central voters doing so on a 431–63 (85.35%) basis and Nora Springs–Rock Falls voters doing so on a 437–262 (59.95%) basis.[6] These two districts had, since 2007, enacted a whole grade sharing program.[7]
"Central Springs" was chosen as the name of the consolidated district as the grade-shared secondary schools already used that name.[8] The projected enrollment of the combined school district upon its tentative formation was 850.[9]
In 2015, the grade distribution was PK-4 at the elementary level, 5–8 at the middle school level, and 9–12 at the high school level. By 2015, the enrollment had declined further, so the district was considering whether or how to reconfigure grade levels.[11]
The Panthers participate in the Top of Iowa Conference in the following sports:[12]