Sioux Center Community School District

Sioux Center Community School District
Location
Sioux Center, Iowa Sioux County United States
Coordinates	43.0865°N 96.1689°W / 43.0865; -96.1689
District information
Type	Public School District
Motto	"Educating the Whole Student for a Whole Lifetime"
Grades	TK-12
Established	1 July 1958 (1958-07-01)[1]
Superintendent	Gary McEldowney
Schools	3
Budget	$30,695,000 (2020-21)[2]
NCES District ID	1926370[2]
Students and staff
Students	1725 (2022-23)[2]
Teachers	113.85 FTE[2]
Staff	129.49 FTE[2]
Student–teacher ratio	15.15[2]
Athletic conference	Siouxland Conference
District mascot	Warrior
Colors	Orange and Blue
Other information
Website	scwarriors.org

Sioux Center Community School District is a rural public school district located in Sioux Center, Iowa. It is entirely within Sioux County, and serves Sioux Center and the surrounding rural areas.^[3]

Gary McEldowney has served as superintendent since 2018.^[4]

Schools

Kinsey Elementary

Kinsey Elementary includes grades TK-4. TK is a half-day transitional kindergarten.

Sioux Center Middle school

The middle school includes grades 5–8.

Sioux Center High school

Established: 1973 ^[5] The high school includes grades 9–12.

Sioux Center High School

Activities

Some of the student activities are FFA, JETS, Key Club, and Math Team.

Athletics

Sioux Center High School has Basketball, Baseball, Cross Country, Volleyball, Football, Track and Field, Golf, Wrestling, Softball, and Soccer. The Warriors compete in the Siouxland Conference.^[6]

State Championships

Sioux Center's varsity teams have won three basketball titles, a football championship, and two each boys' and girls' state track meets.^[7][8][9]

• Boys' Basketball - 1959, 1967, 2003^[10]
• Football - 1972^[11]
• Boys' Track and Field - 1980, 1982^[12]
• Girls' Track and Field - 1979, 1980^[13]

Recent Initiatives

A 1 to 1 initiative has been implemented in the 2013–14 school year. All 7th and 8th graders received a laptop for use at school and home. The laptop will "travel" with the students as they progress through the grades, and each successive class of 7th graders will receive their own laptop.

Iowa Tests of Basic Skills is a set of standardized tests given annually to students in Sioux Center Schools.

Notable alumni

• Vern Den Herder, retired professional football player^[14]
• Ko Kieft, professional football player
• Dennis Muilenburg, former CEO of The Boeing Company^[15]
• Eldon Mulder, former member of the Alaska House of Representatives^[16]
• Christian Rozeboom, professional football player

See also

• List of school districts in Iowa
• List of high schools in Iowa

References

1. Price, W.K (October 1, 1959). "Report Of Progress In The School Reorganization". Newspapers.com. p. 11. Retrieved May 23, 2014. Three new Community Districts became effective on July 1, 1958. They were, as follows: "1. The Sioux Center Community District which included the Town of Sioux Center and surrounding rural area.
2. "Sioux Center Comm School District". National Center for Education Statistics. Retrieved July 5, 2024.
3. "Sioux Center" (PDF). Iowa Department of Education. Retrieved July 21, 2020.
4. "McEldowney moves into superintendent position". Sioux Center News. July 5, 2018. Retrieved September 23, 2020.
5. "Sioux Center High School in Sioux Center , IA".
6. "Siouxland Conference". Siouxland Conference. Retrieved August 10, 2020.
7. IHSAA Track State Team Champions
8. IHSAA Football Championship Game Results
9. IHSAA Basketball State Results
10. "2020 State Tournament Stat Book Basketball" (PDF). Iowa High School Athletic Association. January 29, 2020. Retrieved July 23, 2020.
11. "Record Book Football 2020 Complete Edition" (PDF). Iowa High School Athletic Association. June 9, 2020. Retrieved July 23, 2020.
12. "2020 IHSAA Track & Field Stat Book" (PDF). Iowa High School Athletic Association. December 16, 2019. Retrieved August 11, 2020.
13. "2019 IGHSAU Track & Field Record Book" (PDF). Iowa Girls High School Athletic Union. May 13, 2019. Retrieved August 23, 2020.
14. Tremain, Dick (January 2009). "NFL Star Credited with Starting Farmer Building Terraces" (PDF). National Resources Conservation Service. Retrieved January 22, 2014.
15. Weilenga, Renee (November 23, 2018). "Boeing CEO returns to native county". Sioux Center News. Archived from the original on February 8, 2019. Retrieved May 7, 2019.
16. "Representative Eldon Mulder". Alaska State Legislature. Archived from the original on March 8, 2024. Retrieved March 30, 2024.

• http://www.city-data.com/school/sioux-center-high-school-ia.html
• http://www.greatschools.org/cgi-bin/ia/district-profile/317

External links

• http://www.warriorwaves.blogspot.com