| West Central Valley Community School District | |
| Type: | Local school district |
| Grades: | K-12 |
| Established: | 2001 |
| Location: | Stuart, Iowa |
| Region: | Adair, Dallas, and Guthrie counties |
| Country: | United States |
| Coordinates: | 41.504705, -94.301038 |
| Superintendent: | Rusty Shockley, Anthony Lohse |
| Budget: | $16,174,000 (2020-21)[1] |
| Us Nces District Id: | 1927500 |
| Students: | 852 (2022-23) |
| Teachers: | 66.71 FTE |
| Staff: | 82.36 FTE |
| Ratio: | 12.77 |
| Conference: | West Central |
| Mascot: | Wildcats |
| Colors: | Purple and Black |
West Central Valley Community School District is a rural public school district headquartered in Stuart, Iowa.[2] The district is located in sections of Adair, Dallas, and Guthrie counties. It serves Stuart, Dexter, Menlo, and Redfield.[3]
The district was established on July 1, 2001, by the merger of the Dexfield Community School District and the Stuart-Menlo Community School District.[4] The two districts previously had a grade-sharing arrangement in which students from one district attended the other district's schools for certain grade levels.[5] In 2003 the district had 950 students.[6]
From 2002 to 2004, several votes for bonds to finance a new high school were voted down. All four major communities opposed the first, and in the second, of the four communities, only those in Stuart had a majority for supporting the bond. In 2004, the district board attempted to expel Redfield as that community's residents voted against school bonds each time.[6]
The Wildcats compete in the West Central Activities Conference in the following sports:[7]