| Lu Verne Community School District | |
| Type: | Local school district |
| Grades: | K-6 |
| Location: | Lu Verne, Iowa |
| Region: | Kossuth, Hancock, and Humboldt counties |
| Country: | United States |
| Coordinates: | 42.912349, -94.085642 |
| Superintendent: | Jon Hueser |
| Schools: | 1 |
| Budget: | $2,744,000 (2020-21)[1] |
| Us Nces District Id: | 1917880 |
| Students: | 35 (2022-23) |
| Teachers: | 6.18 FTE |
| Staff: | 8.52 FTE |
| Ratio: | 5.66 |
| Mascot: | Panthers |
Lu Verne Community School District is a rural public school district headquartered in Lu Verne, Iowa.
The district, which occupies sections of Kossuth, Hancock, and Humboldt counties, serves Lu Verne, Corwith, and Wesley.[2]
In 1984, the Corwith–Wesley Community School District established a grade-sharing arrangement,[3] in which it operated Corwith–Wesley–Lu Verne High School, with the Lu Verne district sending its secondary students there.[4]
On July 1, 1988, the Boone Valley Community School District dissolved, with a portion transferred to the Lu Verne district.[5]
By 2013, there were 86 students of all grade levels in the Lu Verne district and 115 students of all grade levels within the Corwith–Wesley district; districts cannot merge under Iowa law if they have fewer than 200 students total,[3] and lower enrollments means getting less funds from the Iowa state government.[6] At the time the two districts were trying to find a third school district for a new grade-sharing arrangement.[3]
On July 1, 2015, the Corwith–Wesley district dissolved, with a portion of the district being reassigned to the Lu Verne district.[5] Lu Verne received 87% of the former Corwith–Wesley territory,[7] and most of Corwith–Wesley's elementary students were scheduled to go to Lu Verne schools.[8] Starting in 2015, the Lu Verne district began to send its secondary students to Algona Community School District schools - Algona Middle School and Algona High School - as part of a new grade-sharing arrangement.[9]