Alden Community School District

Alden Community School District
Location
Alden, Iowa
Hardin and Franklin counties
United States
Coordinates42°31′04″N 93°22′21″W / 42.517654°N 93.372634°W / 42.517654; -93.372634
District information
TypeLocal school district
GradesK-6
SchoolsAlden Elementary School
Budget$3,975,000 (2020-21)[1]
NCES District ID1900032[1]
Students and staff
Students159 (2022-23)[1]
Teachers17.04 FTE[1]
Staff18.63 FTE[1]
Student–teacher ratio9.33[1]
Other information
Websitewww.ifacadets.net

Alden Community School District is a rural public school district headquartered in Alden, Iowa. The district occupies sections of Hardin and Franklin counties. In addition to Alden, it serves Buckeye and Popejoy.[2]

From the 2014–2015 school year until the 2017–2018 school year,[3] the district had entered into a grade-sharing agreement with the Iowa Falls Community School District in which students of particular grade levels attend schools in another districts' schools. Initially it was a two-way sharing agreement, or one in that both districts sent students to each other's schools. Alden hosted the 6th grade for both districts. By 2017 there was a proposal to modify it so only Alden sends students to Iowa Falls, and not the other way around, for a period until the 2027–2028 school year. That way 6th graders at Iowa Falls and Alden would go to their respective schools.[4] All five members of the Iowa Falls CSD board approved this on May 9, 2016.[3] The Iowa Falls CSD board, in 2016, had asked Alden to merge.[5]

  1. ^ a b c d e f "Alden Comm School District". National Center for Education Statistics. Retrieved May 21, 2024.
  2. ^ "Alden" (PDF). Iowa Department of Education. Archived from the original (PDF) on April 27, 2018. Retrieved August 3, 2019.
  3. ^ a b "Iowa Falls Whole Grade Sharing Resolution". Times Citizen. May 9, 2016. Retrieved August 3, 2019.
  4. ^ "Iowa Falls And Alden School Boards To Consider One-Way Sharing Agreement". Radio On the Go. KLMJ/KQCR. June 29, 2017. Retrieved August 3, 2019.
  5. ^ Baranowski, Sara Konrad (February 8, 2016). "Iowa Falls Board wants consolidation with Alden". Times Citizen. Retrieved August 3, 2019.