United Community School District
42°01′33″N 93°46′32″W / 42.025875°N 93.775498°W
| United Community School District | |
|---|---|
| Location | |
| United States | |
| Coordinates | 42.025875, -93.775498 |
| District information | |
| Type | Local school district |
| Grades | PK-6 |
| Superintendent | Dr. Pam Dodge |
| Schools | 1 |
| Budget | $8,356,000 (2020-21)[1] |
| NCES District ID | 1928560 [1] |
| Students and staff | |
| Students | 361 (2022-23)[1] |
| Teachers | 24.15 FTE[1] |
| Staff | 32.05 FTE[1] |
| Student–teacher ratio | 14.95[1] |
| District mascot | Comets |
| Colors | Red and White |
| Other information | |
| Website | www |
The United Community School District is a public school district headquartered in a rural area outside of Boone, Iowa. The district, which has 133 square miles (340 km2) of area,[2] is mainly in Boone County, with a smaller area in Story County,[3] and serves the town of Luther and the surrounding rural areas between Boone and Ames, including Jordan and Napier.[2] A small piece of the municipality of Boone is in the United CSD limits.[3]
Dr. Pam Dodge, superintendent of Ogden Community School District, became superintendent through a shared agreement in 2020.[4] The previous superintendent, John Chalstrom, was placed on administrative leave in January 2020, after being arrested for drunken driving.[5]
Schools
The district operates one PK-6 school, United Community School.[6] It has a "Boone, Iowa" post office address,[2] but is not in the Boone city limits.[7]
As of 1998 there was a building dedicated to 6th grade classes while other grades were in another building.[8] As of 2020 the school was divided between two buildings, United North and United South. Grades 2-6 were in the southern building while the northern building had younger students.[9]
Since 2009, students from United can attend secondary school in Ames or Boone.[10]
Student body
As of 2025, more than half of the students live in other school districts and go to United CSD through a program which allows them to attend school in another school district.[11]
References
- ^ a b c d e f "United Comm School District". National Center for Education Statistics. Retrieved June 29, 2024.
- ^ a b c "Home". United Community School District. Retrieved September 27, 2025.
1284 U Avenue Boone, IA 50036
- ^ a b "UNITED". Iowa Department of Education. Retrieved September 27, 2025. - See map on United CSD site.
- ^ "Ogden and United School Districts approve superintendent sharing agreement". The Ogden Reporter. May 12, 2020. Retrieved September 6, 2020.
- ^ Kahler, Logan (February 11, 2020). "United Community superintendent placed on leave after OWI arrest". Boone News Republican. Retrieved September 6, 2020.
- ^ "United Comm School District schools for this district". National Center for Education Statistics. Retrieved September 27, 2025.
- ^ Geography Division (April 12, 2021). 2020 CENSUS - CENSUS BLOCK MAP (INDEX): Boone city, IA (PDF) (Map). U.S. Census Bureau. Retrieved September 27, 2025.
- ^ "Home". United Community School District. Archived from the original on December 12, 1998. Retrieved September 27, 2025.
- ^ "About Our School". United Community School District. Archived from the original on September 22, 2020. Retrieved September 27, 2025.
- ^ "Grades 7-12". United Community School District. Archived from the original on December 2, 2020. Retrieved September 6, 2020.
- ^ "Open Enrollment". United Community School District. Retrieved September 27, 2025.
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