Louisa-Muscatine Community School District
The Louisa-Muscatine Community School District is rural public school district consisting of an elementary school and a high school located in a single complex along U.S. Highway 61 in unincorporated Louisa County, Iowa with a Letts postal address.[2]
| Louisa-Muscatine Community School District | |
|---|---|
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| Location | |
| Letts, Iowa United States | |
| Coordinates | 41.306106, -91.203546 |
| District information | |
| Type | Local school district |
| Grades | K-12 |
| Established | 1959 |
| Superintendent | Mike Van Sickle |
| Schools | 3 |
| Budget | $10,873,000 (2015-16)[1] |
| NCES District ID | 1917820 [1] |
| Students and staff | |
| Students | 879 (2018-19) [1] |
| Teachers | 67.80 FTE [1] |
| Staff | 56.93 FTE [1] |
| Student–teacher ratio | 12.96 [1] |
| Athletic conference | Southeast Iowa Superconference |
| District mascot | Falcons |
| Colors | Gold and Black |
| Other information | |
| Website | www |
The district is named Louisa-Muscatine because it is on the border of Louisa and Muscatine counties.
The district, occupying sections of both counties, includes the cities of Letts, Grandview, and Fruitland as well as a portion of the city limits of Muscatine.[3] It also includes Cranston, an unincorporated area,[2] as well as students from various other local communities.[4]
History
The district was formed in 1959 as the consolidation of Letts and Grandview schools.
In 2014, Ky Cochran of the Muscatine Journal wrote that the district "continues to face financial difficulties", and that the superintendent asked the board to not increase his own salary while the board was to increase the salaries of other staff.[5]
Facilities
The campus consists of a preschool through 6th grade elementary building and a 7th through 12th grade secondary building.[2] It is located south of Muscatine, Iowa and is three miles away from Letts.
The athletic facilities at the campus include a baseball and softball complex and an American football and track center.[2]
Elementary School
L-M Elementary School is home to over 500 students.
Jr./Sr. High School
The Jr.-Sr. High School was built in 1963 and has had three additions and a major renovation.
The Junior-Senior high building has an enrollment of approximately 200 students in junior high (7th & 8th Grade) and 320 high school students. There are thirty-two classroom faculty members, five special education instructors, a GTE instructor along with a junior/senior high school counselor. Course sections generally average 15 - 23 students.
Louisa-Muscatine is involved in the School-to-Work (STW) initiative with Muscatine Community Schools and the Muscatine area business and industry.
Athletics
The Falcons compete in the Southeast Iowa Superconference in the following sports:[6]
- Cross Country
- Volleyball
- Football
- Wrestling
- Basketball
- Bowling
- Girls' 2008 Class 1A State Champions[7]
- Track and Field
- Golf
- Soccer
- Baseball
- Softball
References
- "Louisa-Muscatine Comm School District". National Center for Education Statistics. Retrieved July 15, 2020.
- "About Our District". Louisa-Muscatine Community School District. Retrieved 2020-04-02.
Included in our district are the communities of[...]Our schools are located as one large campus on Highway 61.[...]High School 14354 170th St., Letts, TA 52754[...]Elementary School 14506 170th St., Letts, IA 52754
- The campus is outside of the Letts city limits. - "Louisa-Muscatine" (PDF). Iowa Department of Education. Retrieved 2020-04-02.
- "Louisa-Muscatine" (PDF). Iowa Department of Education. Retrieved 2020-07-15.
- Cochran, Ky (2014-06-16). "Louisa-Muscatine superintendent doesn't just pay lip service to sacrifice". Muscatine Journal. Retrieved 2020-04-02.
- "Southeast Iowa Superconference". Southeast Iowa Superconference. Retrieved 2020-09-02.
- "Louisa-Muscatine". Iowa High School Sports. Retrieved 2020-09-02.