| Van Buren County Community School District | |
| Type: | Local school district |
| Grades: | K-12 |
| Established: | 2019 |
| Location: | Keosauqua, Iowa |
| Region: | Van Buren, Davis, Henry, and Lee counties |
| Country: | United States |
| Coordinates: | 40.731161, -91.96143 |
| Superintendent: | Jeremy Hissem |
| Schools: | 3 |
| Budget: | $16,048,000 (2020-21)[1] |
| Us Nces District Id: | 1928980 |
| Students: | 867 (2022-23) |
| Teachers: | 71.33 FTE |
| Staff: | 86.49 FTE |
| Ratio: | 12.15 |
| Conference: | SEISC |
| Mascot: | Warriors |
| Colors: | Orange and Black |
The Van Buren County Community School District (VBCSD) is a rural public school district headquartered in Keosauqua, Iowa.[2]
It is mostly in Van Buren County, and extends into Davis, Henry, and Lee counties. In addition to Keosauqua, it also serves Birmingham, Bonaparte, Cantril, Farmington, Hillsboro, Milton, and Stockport. It also serves two census-designated places in unincorporated Van Buren County: Douds and Leando.[3]
It was established on July 1, 2019, by the merger of the Harmony Community School District and the Van Buren Community School District.[4] The predecessor districts had begun a grade-sharing arrangement in which Harmony-zoned students attended Van Buren schools for grades 7–12 in 2016.[5] The state of Iowa had changed its scheme for funding public schools, and the numbers of students in area schools had decreased.[6]
In January 2018, the administrations of the Van Buren and Harmony districts began to consider merging. In February 2018 83% of the voters in the Van Buren and Harmony districts voted to merge, with 94% (of 637 voters) in favor in the pre-merger Van Buren district and 72% (of 619 voters) in favor in the pre-merger Harmony district.[7]
The requirement for a merge was for both districts to each have over 50% of voters in favor.[8]
There was a single superintendent and school board for both areas beginning on July 1, 2019.[7]
The schools are:[9]
The Warriors compete in the Southeast Iowa Superconference in the following sports:[10]