Prairie Valley Community School District

Public school district in Gowrie, Iowa, United States

42°16′54″N 94°17′20″W / 42.281742°N 94.289019°W / 42.281742; -94.289019

Prairie Valley Community School District

Location
Gowrie, Iowa Calhoun, Webster, and Greene counties United States
Coordinates	42.281742, -94.289019
District information
Type	Local school district
Grades	K-12
Established	1993
Closed	2023
Superintendent	Brian Johnson
Schools	2
Budget	$9,863,000 (2017-18)^[1]
NCES District ID	1900028^[1]
Students and staff
Students	551 (2019-20)^[1]
Teachers	38.73 FTE^[1]
Staff	53.40 FTE^[1]
Student–teacher ratio	14.23^[1]
Athletic conference	Twin Lakes
District mascot	Jaguars
Colors	Teal, Silver, and Black
Other information
Website	www.southeastvalley.org

Prairie Valley Community School District was a rural public K-12 school district with a district seat in Gowrie, Iowa.

The district was located in portions of Calhoun and Webster counties, as well as a small portion of Greene County. It served Gowrie, Callender, Farnhamville, Moorland, Rinard, and Somers.^[2] Additionally, the district included the unincorporated areas of Lanyon and Slifer.^[3]

In 2023 the district merged into the Southeast Valley Community School District.

History

The district formed on July 1, 1993, with the merger of the Cedar Valley Community School District and the Prairie Community School District.^[4]

In August 2014, the district began a whole grade-sharing arrangement with the Southeast Webster-Grand Community School District as a way to deal with smaller enrollments and as a way to save money. The two districts together share middle and high schools.^[5]

In March 2022 voters agreed to consolidate Prairie Valley with Southeast Webster-Grand to form Southeast Valley Community School District, effective fall 2023.^[6] On July 1, 2023, the merger occurred.^[7]

Schools

Southeast Valley High School served as the high school for the two districts.
Southeast Webster-Grand Southeast Valley Middle School, Burnside (jointly with Southeast Webster-Grand Community School District)
Prairie Valley Elementary School, Farnhamville

Prior to the grade sharing, the Prairie Valley district had two schools: The elementary served pre-kindergarten through 6th grade and is located between Farnhamville and Somers. The Prairie Valley High School served 7th grade through 12th grade and was located in Gowrie.

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f "Prairie Valley Comm School District". National Center for Education Statistics. Retrieved December 10, 2021.
^ "Prairie Valley Archived 2018-04-27 at the Wayback Machine." Iowa Department of Education. Retrieved on February 25, 2019.
^ "Community". Southeast Valley Community School District. Archived from the original on October 25, 1997. Retrieved November 11, 2023.
^ "REORGANIZATION & DISSOLUTION ACTIONS SINCE 1965-66 Archived 2019-02-09 at the Wayback Machine." Iowa Department of Education. Retrieved on February 23, 2019.
^ Clayworth, Jason; Rodney White (October 17, 2015). "Shuttered schools: Rural America's SOS". Des Moines Register. Des Moines, Iowa. Retrieved February 25, 2019.
^ "Iowa voters approve new school district in special election". Des Moines, Iowa: KCCI-TV. March 2, 2022. Retrieved November 11, 2023.
^ Shea, Bill (June 30, 2023). "Southeast Valley to become official". The Messenger. Fort Dodge, Iowa. Retrieved November 11, 2023.

External links

Southeast Valley Schools (joint website of Southeast Webster-Grand CSD and Prairie Valley CSD)
Prairie Valley Community School District at the Wayback Machine (archive index)
Southeast Valley grade-sharing agreement

Defunct school districts in Iowa since 1965–1966

Most of the districts were merged after public votes. Dissolutions, most also the result of public votes, are in italics, and involuntary dissolutions done by the Iowa State Board of Education are marked with asterisks (*).

1960s