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Mormon Trail Community School District, Iowa

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Mormon Trail Community School District
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District details
School board members: 5
Next election: November 4, 2025
Students: 240 (2023-2024)
Schools: 2 (2023-2024)
Website: Link

Mormon Trail Community School District is a school district in Iowa (Decatur, Clarke, Wayne, and Lucas counties). During the 2024 school year, 240 students attended one of the district's two schools.

This page provides information regarding school board members, finances, academics, students, and more details about the district.

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School board

The Mormon Trail Community School District consists of five members serving four-year terms. To find information about school board meetings, click here.

List of school board members
NameYear assumed officeYear term ends
Melanie Arnold
Stephanie Bear
Andy Crawford
Pat Evans
Marc Smiarowski

Elections

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Budget

The following statistics were published by the National Center for Education Statistics, which is a part of the U.S. Department of Education.[1]

Revenue, 2021-2022
SOURCE AMOUNT AMOUNT PER STUDENT PERCENT
Federal: $826,000 $3,952 14%
Local: $3,109,000 $14,876 52%
State: $2,023,000 $9,679 34%
Total: $5,958,000 $28,507
Expenditures, 2021-2022
TYPE AMOUNT AMOUNT PER STUDENT PERCENT
Total Expenditures: $10,944,000 $52,363
Total Current Expenditures: $3,663,000 $17,526
Instructional Expenditures: $2,342,000 $11,205 21%
Student and Staff Support: $158,000 $755 1%
Administration: $462,000 $2,210 4%
Operations, Food Service, Other: $701,000 $3,354 6%
Total Capital Outlay: $6,662,000 $31,875
Construction: $6,561,000 $31,392
Total Non El-Sec Education & Other: $0 $0
Interest on Debt: $218,000 $1,043


Academic performance

Each year, state and local education agencies use tests and other standards to assess student proficiency. Although the data below was published by the U.S. Department of Education, proficiency measurements are established by the states. As a result, proficiency levels are not comparable between different states and year-over-year proficiency levels within a district may not be comparable because states may change their proficiency measurements. To protect student privacy, percentages are reported as ranges for groups of 300 students or fewer. If five or fewer students were included in a data set, the data will display as "PS."[2]

The following table shows the percentage of district students who scored at or above the proficiency level each school year:

School year All (%) Asian/Pacific Islander (%) Black (%) Hispanic (%) Native American (%) Two or More Races (%) White (%)
2020-2021 55-59 PS PS 55-59
2018-2019 55-59 PS PS PS 50-54
2017-2018 65-69 PS PS 65-69
2016-2017 70-74 PS PS 70-74
2015-2016 70-74 PS PS 70-74
2014-2015 65-69 PS >=50 70-74
2013-2014 70-74 PS 70-74
2012-2013 60-64 PS 60-64
2011-2012 50-54 PS PS 50-54
2010-2011 50-59 PS 50-59

The following table shows the percentage of district students who scored at or above the proficiency level each school year:

School year All (%) Asian/Pacific Islander (%) Black (%) Hispanic (%) Native American (%) Two or More Races (%) White (%)
2020-2021 65-69 PS PS 65-69
2018-2019 65-69 PS PS PS 65-69
2017-2018 65-69 PS PS 60-64
2016-2017 60-64 PS PS 65-69
2015-2016 75-79 PS PS 75-79
2014-2015 70-74 PS >=50 70-74
2013-2014 70-74 PS 70-74
2012-2013 65-69 PS 60-64
2011-2012 60-64 PS PS 60-64
2010-2011 65-69 PS PS 65-69

The following table shows the graduation rate of district students each school year:

School year All (%) Asian/Pacific Islander (%) Black (%) Hispanic (%) Native American (%) Two or More Races (%) White (%)
2019-2020 >=50 >=50
2018-2019 >=80 >=80
2017-2018 >=50 >=50
2016-2017 >=50 >=50
2015-2016 >=50 PS >=50
2014-2015 >=80 >=80
2013-2014 >=50 PS >=50
2012-2013 >=50 >=50
2011-2012 >=80 PS >=80
2010-2011 >=50 >=50


Students

The following statistics were published by the National Center for Education Statistics, which is a part of the U.S. Department of Education.[3]

Year Enrollment Year-to-year change (%)
2023-2024 240 7.1
2022-2023 223 6.3
2021-2022 209 2.9
2020-2021 203 -5.9
2019-2020 215 -8.8
2018-2019 234 -23.1
2017-2018 288 6.3
2016-2017 270 -7.0
2015-2016 289 9.7
2014-2015 261 -2.7
2013-2014 268 6.0
2012-2013 252 -6.3
2011-2012 268 3.0
2010-2011 260 1.2
2009-2010 257 10.5
2008-2009 230 -4.3
2007-2008 240 -5.4
2006-2007 253 -2.4
2005-2006 259 1.2
2004-2005 256 -12.9
2003-2004 289 -1.4
2002-2003 293 1.0
2001-2002 290 -11.4
2000-2001 323 -1.9
1999-2000 329 0.0
Racial Demographics, 2023-2024
RACE Mormon Trail Community School District (%) Iowa K-12 STUDENTS (%)
American Indian/Alaska Native 0.0 0.3
Asian or Asian/Pacific Islander 0.0 2.5
Black 0.0 7.0
Hispanic 1.7 13.0
Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander 0.0 0.7
Two or More Races 2.9 5.0
White 95.4 71.5

Note: Percentages for race and ethnicity may add up to more than 100 percent because respondents may report more than one race and the Hispanic/Latino ethnicity may be selected in conjunction with any race. Read more about race and ethnicity in the census here.


Staff

The following statistics were published by the National Center for Education Statistics, which is a part of the U.S. Department of Education.[4]

As of the 2023-2024 school year, Mormon Trail Community School District had 22.22 full-time classroom teachers. The student-teacher ratio was 10.8.

Teachers, 2023-2024 school year
TYPE NUMBER OF TEACHERS
Prekindergarten: 1.05
Kindergarten: 1.63
Elementary: 11.33
Secondary: 8.21
Total: 22.22

Mormon Trail Community School District employed 3.70 district administrators and 0.70 school administrators as of the 2023-2024 school year.

Administrators, 2023-2024 school year
TYPE NUMBER OF ADMINISTRATORS
District Administrators: 3.70
District Administrative Support: 0.70
School Administrators: 0.70
School Administrative Support: 2.00
Other staff, 2023-2024 school year
TYPE NUMBER OF OTHER STAFF
Instructional Aides: 16.50
Instruc. Coordinators & Supervisors: 1.10
Total Guidance Counselors: 0.14
Elementary Guidance Counselors: 0.00
Secondary Guidance Counselors: 0.00
Librarians/Media Specialists: 0.34
Library/Media Support: 1.00
Student Support Services: 0.80
Other Support Services: 5.35


Schools

The following statistics were published by the National Center for Education Statistics, which is a part of the U.S. Department of Education.[5]

The Mormon Trail Community School District operates two schools. They are listed below in alphabetical order.
List of schools
SCHOOL NAMENUMBER OF STUDENTSGRADES
Mormon Trail Elementary School134PK-6
Mormon Trail Jr-Sr High School1067-12

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    • Footnotes

    1. ↑ National Center for Education Statistics, "Elementary/Secondary Information System," accessed October 6, 2025
    2. ↑ U.S. Department of Education, Washington, DC: EDFacts, "State Assessments in Reading/Language Arts and Mathematics- School Year 2018-19 EDFacts Data Documentation," accessed February 25, 2021
    3. ↑ National Center for Education Statistics, "Elementary/Secondary Information System," accessed October 6, 2025
    4. ↑ National Center for Education Statistics, "Elementary/Secondary Information System," accessed October 6, 2025
    5. ↑ National Center for Education Statistics, "Elementary/Secondary Information System," accessed October 6, 2025
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