Charter Oak–Ute Community School District

42.065469°N 95.590859°W / 42.065469; -95.590859

Charter Oak–Ute Community School District
Location
Charter Oak, Iowa Crawford and Monona counties United States
Coordinates	42.065469, -95.590859
District information
Type	Local school district
Motto	Helping Students Reach Their Utmost Potential
Grades	K-12
Established	1962
Superintendent	Adam Eggeling
Budget	$4,614,000 (2020-21)[1]
NCES District ID	1907110 [1]
Students and staff
Students	185 (2022-23)[1]
Teachers	19.40 FTE [1]
Staff	27.51 FTE [1]
Student–teacher ratio	9.54 [1]
District mascot	Bobcats
Colors	Royal blue and white
Other information
Website	www.co-u.net

Charter Oak–Ute Community School District is a rural public school district headquartered in Charter Oak, Iowa. It serves grades K-8, while it sends high school students to the Maple Valley–Anthon–Oto Community School District as part of a grade-sharing arrangement.[2]

The district, located in portions of Crawford and Monona counties, serves Charter Oak, Ute and Soldier.[3]

History

The district began operations in 1962 as a consolidation of the Charter Oak and Ute school districts.[4] Beginning that year, Charter Oak–Ute had its own high school,[5]

In 1979, the entire school district had 850 students.[4] The high school division had 113 students in the 1991-1992 school year.[6] On July 1, 2004, the East Monona Community School District was dissolved, with a portion going to Charter Oak–Ute.[7] 28% of the former East Monona district, including the City of Soldier, was reassigned to Charter Oak–Ute.[8]

The district, now including the portion of the East Monona territory, from 2005 to 2015, had an enrollment decline of 78 students.[4] In 2006, the high school division had 102 students.[6] In 2017, the district had a total of 264 students,[4] with 78 students in the high school division,[6] including 25 students in grade 12. Due to the decline in enrollments, in January 2017, the Charter Oak–Ute district and the MVAO district entered into a grade-sharing arrangement in which one district sends its students to another district for certain grade levels. As a result, the Charter Oak–Ute high school closed.[5] MVAO High School was renamed MVAO-COU High School. Charter Oak–Ute will pay MVAO tuition costs.[4]

References

1. "Charter Oak-Ute Comm School District". National Center for Education Statistics. Retrieved July 4, 2024.
2. Home. Charter Oak–Ute Community School District. Retrieved on July 16, 2018. "Charter Oak- Ute Communiy [sic] School 321 Main Street Charter Oak, Iowa 51439".
3. "Charter Oak-Ute" (PDF). Iowa Department of Education. Retrieved July 16, 2018.
4. Gallagher, Tim (February 12, 2017). "GALLAGHER: Enrollment decline fuels high school sharing pact". Sioux City Journal. Retrieved July 16, 2018.
5. Gallagher, Tim (May 9, 2017). "GALLAGHER: Bobcats bid farewell to Charter Oak-Ute". Sioux City Journal. Retrieved July 16, 2018.
6. Mundt, Dan (December 23, 2016). "CO-U to grade share with MVAO Spring semester to be CO-U High School's last". DBR News. Retrieved July 17, 2018.
7. "REORGANIZATION & DISSOLUTION ACTIONS SINCE 1965-66 Archived February 9, 2019, at the Wayback Machine." Iowa Department of Education. Retrieved on July 20, 2018.
8. Boyce, Brien T. (September 25, 2003). "End of the road for East Monona". Daily Non Pareil. Retrieved July 16, 2018.

Further reading

• Richardson, Ashly (May 21, 2017). "Charter Oak-Ute hosts final graduation". KTIV. Archived from the original on July 16, 2018. Retrieved July 15, 2018.
• "Photos: Charter Oak-Ute's emotional last day of High School". Des Moines Register.

External links

• Charter Oak-Ute Community School District