Eagle Grove Community School District

42°40′01″N 93°54′18″W / 42.667001°N 93.904959°W / 42.667001; -93.904959

Eagle Grove Community School District
Location
Eagle Grove, Iowa
Wright, Humboldt, and Webster counties
United States
Coordinates42.667001, -93.904959
District information
TypeLocal school district
GradesK–12
SuperintendentJess Toliver
Schools3
Budget$17,176,000 (2020-21)[1]
NCES District ID1909990[1]
Students and staff
Students1000 (2022-23)[1]
Teachers78.96 FTE[1]
Staff93.93 FTE[1]
Student–teacher ratio12.66[1]
Athletic conferenceTop of Iowa
District mascotEagles
ColorsPurple and Gold
   
Other information
Websitewww.eagle-grove.k12.ia.us

The Eagle Grove Community School District is a rural public school district headquartered in Eagle Grove, Iowa.

The district covers area of Wright, Humboldt, and Webster counties. and serves Eagle Grove, Thor, Vincent, Woolstock, and the surrounding rural areas.[2]

Jess Toliver has been the superintendent since 2009. On December 26, 2018, his home was destroyed by a fire. The family was home, but managed to escape the fire.[3]

During a broadcast of a high school basketball game between Eagle Grove and Forest City on November 28, 2017, two employees were recorded making racist comments regarding some Eagle Grove players who they perceived to be "Español people", saying they were foreigners who should "go back where they came from." The superintendent was issued an apology, and the two employees were fired from the KIOW radio in Forest City.[4][5][6]

In 2018, Wright County awarded $1.5 Million in TIF funds to Eagle Grove to help fund a $6 million addition to the elementary school, leading the superintendent of the Belmond–Klemme Community School District to criticize the decision, as he felt Eagle Grove was being favored over the other districts in the county.[7]

  1. ^ a b c d e f "Eagle Grove Comm School District". National Center for Education Statistics. Retrieved July 6, 2024.
  2. ^ "EAGLE GROVE" (PDF). Iowa Department of Education. Retrieved August 12, 2020.
  3. ^ "Account opened for Jess Toliver family". Greene County News Online. December 29, 2018. Retrieved August 12, 2020.
  4. ^ Linh Ta (December 4, 2017). "Iowa teacher on leave following racist comments about high school basketball team". The Times Herald. Retrieved August 12, 2020.
  5. ^ "EAGLE GROVE SUPERINTENDENT: 'DIVERSITY HAS BEEN SOMETHING THAT HAS SAVED OUR COMMUNITY". KIMT. December 4, 2017. Retrieved August 12, 2020.
  6. ^ "Radio station fires employees over racist comments about high school basketball players". CBS News. December 4, 2017. Retrieved August 12, 2020.
  7. ^ "Financing for $6M Eagle Grove school addition causes dispute between county officials, Belmond superintendent". Globe Gazette. January 12, 2018. Retrieved August 12, 2020.