Clayton Ridge Community School District Explained

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Clayton Ridge Community School District
Type:Local school district
Grades:K-12
Established:2005
Country:United States
Superintendent:Shane Wahls
Schools:4
Budget:$15,224,000 (2020-21)[1]
Us Nces District Id:1913350
Students:1485 (2022-23)
Teachers:44.45 FTE
Staff:48.74 FTE
Ratio:33.41
Mascot:Eagles
Colors:Green, Black, and Silver

Clayton Ridge Community School District is a rural public school district in Clayton County, Iowa, serving Guttenberg, Garnavillo, Clayton, North Buena Vista, and Osterdock.[2] In addition, Clayton Center is zoned to Clayton Ridge schools, as well as areas around Garber.[3] The school mascot is the Eagles, and the colors are green, black and silver.

History

It was established on July 1, 2005, by the merger of the Guttenberg Community School District and the Garnavillo Community School District.[4] The merger was approved in a September 14, 2004 election, with Guttenberg district voters approving it 396–19, and Garnavillo district voters approving it 188–20.[5] The two pre-merger districts began sharing athletic teams in 2000 and whole-grade-sharing (in which students from one district attend another district's schools for a particular grade level) in 2001.[6]

Allan Nelson began serving of the superintendent of the district upon its legal creation in 2005; he was the joint superintendent of the two pre-merger districts beginning on July 1, 2002, when they were still grade-sharing. Nelson retired on June 30, 2015.[7]

Schools

Previously elementary school grades were in Guttenberg and middle school grades were in Garnavillo,[6] but in 2016 the district began changing the configurations. Grades 4 and 8 were moved to Garnavillo and Guttenberg, respectively, that year. In 2018 the remaining middle school grades went to Guttenberg while the remaining elementary school grades went to Garnavillo.[8]

Clayton Ridge High School

Athletics

The Eagles compete in the Upper Iowa Conference in the following sports:[9]

See also

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Clayton Ridge Comm School District. National Center for Education Statistics. June 30, 2024.
  2. "Clayton Ridge ." Iowa Department of Education. Retrieved on February 23, 2019.
  3. "History." Garnavillo Community School District. May 29, 2000. Retrieved on February 24, 2019. Since the entirety of Garavillo district merged into Clayton Ridge, those communities now attend Clayton Ridge. While Garber is mentioned as being a sending community to Garavillo schools, the town itself is now shown as part of a different district, Central School District .
  4. "REORGANIZATION & DISSOLUTION ACTIONS SINCE 1965-66 ." Iowa Department of Education. Retrieved on February 23, 2019.
  5. Web site: Guttenberg and Garnavillo schools to merge. Radio Iowa. 2004-09-15. 2019-02-23.
  6. "About Us ." Clayton Ridge Community School District. Retrieved on February 23, 2019.
  7. Web site: Moser, Molly. Nelson retirement open house. Guttenberg Press. 2015-05-27. 2019-02-23.
  8. Web site: Update on school facilities and changes to come. . 2017-09-27. 2019-02-23.
  9. Web site: Upper Iowa Conference. Upper Iowa Conference. 2020-08-26.

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