Davenport Community School District | |
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Location | |
East Central Iowa
United States | |
District information | |
Type | Public |
Motto | Growing Excellence |
Grades | K-12 |
Established | 1858 |
Superintendent | TJ Schneckloth |
Schools | 32 |
Budget | $233,260,000 (2020-21)[1] |
Students and staff | |
Students | 14,135 (2022-23)[1] |
Teachers | 991.64 FTE[1] |
Staff | 1054.12 FTE[1] |
Student–teacher ratio | 14.25 |
Athletic conference | Mississippi Athletic Conference |
Other information | |
Website | www.davenport.k12.ia.us |
The Davenport Community School District is a public school district in Scott County, Iowa. The school district covers 109 square miles (280 km2)[citation needed] that includes the city of Davenport, where it is based, and the western Scott County communities of Blue Grass, Buffalo and Walcott in addition to a small section of Muscatine County.[2] Founded in 1858, it established one of the first publicly-funded high schools in the United States, the third teachers’ training school, and hired the first female superintendent in the country. It serves nearly 16,000 students in 32 school buildings.