North Scott Community School District
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The North Scott School District is a public school district in Scott County, Iowa. Based in Eldridge, it spans 220 square miles in northern Scott County.
North Scott consists of seven schools: a high school; a junior high school; and five elementary schools, each located in the main communities of the district. The district is governed by a seven-member board of directors, which meets bi-monthly at the district's administration building in Eldridge.
The school district is accredited by the North Central Association of Colleges and Schools and the Iowa Department of Education.
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[edit] History
The North Scott School District became a legal entity on July 1, 1956, and resulted from a special election in December 1955. Thirteen independent school districts - each serving individual townships or towns - merged to form the new district; another district joined in January 1958.
Because of its central location in the new district, Eldridge was selected as the site for a new junior-senior high school building. The selected site was the southwest corner of LeClaire Road and South First Street, at the time the east edge of town. Construction began in 1957, and was completed in time for the 1958-1959 school year.
Elementary students in kindergarten through sixth grades continued to attending either rural one-room schoolhouses in various parts of the county (or if they lived in town, an older school building). Students assigned to a particular building depending their grade level and where they lived in the district. By 1961, district leaders began the first of several attempts to pass a bond issue to replace these older school buildings with modern elementary schools. After several failed attempts, voters finally approved a measure in July 1965 to build four elementary buildings: one each in Eldridge, Donahue, Long Grove and Princeton.
The elementary buildings were completed by 1967, with each of them named after astronauts (in paying homage to the space program). The older school buildings were either converted for private uses or abandoned.
North Scott's enrollment continued to surge in the early 1970s, with several district buildings receiving additions to accommodate this growth. A new junior high building was erected in Eldridge in 1975 (and opened in January 1976), while another elementary school building - in the fast-growing Park View - opening in 1976.
Several major additions have been completed to the high school through the years, most notably an auxiliary gymnasium in 1971, a fine arts auditorium in 1981, additional administrative offices in 1983, an expanded media center and computer labs in 1987 and a new science and fine arts wing in 1999. Each of the elementary schools and the junior high also received numerous additions in the late 1990s.
Currently, teachers and administrators at the high school are pressuring students to enroll in more challenging courses, including advanced-placement and college-level courses for college credit. This is to ensure that students will be well-prepared for college or to obtain suitable employment.
[edit] List of schools
[edit] High schools
- North Scott High School, 200 S. First St., Eldridge.
[edit] Junior high schools
- North Scott Junior High School, 502 S. Fifth St., Eldridge.
[edit] Elementary schools
- Alan Shepard Elementary School, 220 W. Grove St., Long Grove
- Edward White Elementary School, 121 S. Fifth St., Eldridge.
- John Glenn Elementary School, 308 N. Main St., Donahue
- Neil Armstrong Elementary School, 212 S. Park View Drive, Park View.
- Virgil Grissom Elementary School, 500 Lost Grove Road, Princeton.
[edit] Facts and figures
[edit] Enrollment
| Year | District-wide | High schools | Junior high schools | Elementary schools | Other programs & adjustments |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2005-2006 | 3,008.6[1] | 1,055 | 487 | 1,517 | -50.4 |
| 2004-2005 | 2,972.4 | 1,073 | 489.1 | 1,461 | -50.7 |
| 2003-2004[2] | 3,129 | 1,065 | 484 | 1,554 | 26 |
| 2002-2003[3] | 3,108 | 1,043 | 533 | 1,510 | 22 |
| 2001-2002[4] | 3,040 | 985 | 536 | 1,504 | 15 |
| 2000-2001[5] | 3,088 | 978 | 517 | 1,593 | 0 |
[edit] References
- ^ Iowa Department of Education: Audit Confirmation Certified Enrollments: HTML Excel (XLS) PDF URL accessed on May 19, 2006
- ^ Iowa Department of Education: Certified Annual Reports for FY03-04 (Spreadsheet) URL accessed on May 19, 2006
- ^ Iowa Department of Education: Certified Annual Reports for FY02-03 (Spreadsheet) URL accessed on May 19, 2006
- ^ Iowa Department of Education: Certified Annual Reports for FY01-02 (Spreadsheet) URL accessed on May 19, 2006
- ^ Iowa Department of Education: Certified Annual Reports for FY00-01 (Spreadsheet) URL accessed on May 19, 2006
- Eldridge Centennial Committee, "Eldridge, Iowa: 100 years, 1871-1971."
