| Charter Oak–Ute Community School District | |
| Motto: | Helping Students Reach Their Utmost Potential |
| Type: | Local school district |
| Grades: | K-12 |
| Established: | 1962 |
| Location: | Charter Oak, Iowa |
| Region: | Crawford and Monona counties |
| Country: | United States |
| Coordinates: | 42.065469, -95.590859 |
| Superintendent: | Adam Eggeling |
| Budget: | $4,614,000 (2020-21)[1] |
| Us Nces District Id: | 1907110 |
| Students: | 185 (2022-23) |
| Teachers: | 19.40 FTE |
| Staff: | 27.51 FTE |
| Ratio: | 9.54 |
| Mascot: | Bobcats |
| Colors: | Royal blue and white |
Charter Oak–Ute Community School District is a rural public school district headquartered in Charter Oak, Iowa. It serves grades K-8, while it sends high school students to the Maple Valley–Anthon–Oto Community School District as part of a grade-sharing arrangement.[2]
The district, located in portions of Crawford and Monona counties, serves Charter Oak, Ute and Soldier.[3]
The district began operations in 1962 as a consolidation of the Charter Oak and Ute school districts.[4] Beginning that year, Charter Oak–Ute had its own high school,[5]
In 1979, the entire school district had 850 students.[4] The high school division had 113 students in the 1991-1992 school year.[6] On July 1, 2004, the East Monona Community School District was dissolved, with a portion going to Charter Oak–Ute.[7] 28% of the former East Monona district, including the City of Soldier, was reassigned to Charter Oak–Ute.[8]
The district, now including the portion of the East Monona territory, from 2005 to 2015, had an enrollment decline of 78 students.[4] In 2006, the high school division had 102 students.[6] In 2017, the district had a total of 264 students,[4] with 78 students in the high school division,[6] including 25 students in grade 12. Due to the decline in enrollments, in January 2017, the Charter Oak–Ute district and the MVAO district entered into a grade-sharing arrangement in which one district sends its students to another district for certain grade levels. As a result, the Charter Oak–Ute high school closed.[5] MVAO High School was renamed MVAO-COU High School. Charter Oak–Ute will pay MVAO tuition costs.[4]