WESTERN DUBUQUE COMMUNITY SCHOOL DISTRICT

The 'Western Dubuque Community School District', (also known as 'Western Dubuque' or 'WD') is a school district based in Farley, Iowa (USA). The district, which operates schools in western Dubuque County, is the largest school district (by area) in Iowa. As of the 2006-2007 school year, WD has 2,741 students enrolled in its schools.^[1]

Contents

General Information

Enrollment

Standardized testing results

History

Recent Developments

Schools in WD

Elementary Schools

Middle Schools

High Schools

References

See also

External links

General Information

The Western Dubuque Community School District serves an area covering 550 square miles, including 19 communities in 5 counties.^[2] The district's territory includes all of the western half of Dubuque County, eastern parts of Delaware County, northeastern Jones County, northwestern Jackson County, and extreme southeastern Clayton County. This area includes the towns of: Balltown, Bankston, Bernard, Cascade, Centralia, Dyersville, Epworth, Farley, Holy Cross, Luxemburg, New Vienna, Peosta, Rickardsville, and Worthington (all in Dubuque County).
The district currently operates:

★ 6 elementary schools

★ 2 middle schools

★ 2 high schools
WD is governed by a 5-member elected school board and is managed by an appointed Superintendent of Schools. Current school board members include: June Brandenburg, Dean Knepper, Mark Knuth, Robert McCabe, and Barb Weber. The Superintendent of Schools is Jeff Corkery.

Enrollment

In September 2005, there were 2,741 K-12 students attending WD schools. 2,410 (87.9%) of those students lived in Dubuque County, 137 (5.0%) lived in Delaware County, 122 (4.5%) lived in Jones County, 67 (2.4%) lived in Jackson County, and 5 (<1.0%) lived in Clayton County. Of public school students living in Dubuque County, 18.5% attend WD schools.^[3]

Standardized testing results

History

Recent Developments

Recently, there has been some debate over whether or not the town of Dyersville, Iowa should remain a part of the Western Dubuque Community School District. Some residents of the town have publicly expressed feeling "neglected" or "ignored" by the WD school board. The debate seems to stem from the fact that Dyersville lacks a full K-5 elementary school (the Dyersville ES is only K-1), while new schools have been built recently in Epworth and Peosta. The proposal, while generating conversation, is unlikely to happen, since the general trend in Iowa has been to consolidate small school districts, not to form new ones.

Schools in WD

Elementary Schools

★ [1]Bernard Elementary School

★ [2]Cascade Elementary School

★ [3]Drexler Elementary School

★ [4]Dyersville Elementary School

★ [5]Epworth Elementary School

★ [6]Peosta Elementary School

Middle Schools

★ [7]Drexler Middle School

★ [8]Cascade Junior High School

High Schools

★ [9]Cascade High School

★ [10]Western Dubuque High School

References

1. Iowa School District Enrollments 2006-2007
2. WD High School Information
3. Iowa School District Enrollments 2006-2007: By County

See also

★ Dubuque County, Iowa

★ List of school districts in Iowa

External links

★ Western Dubuque Community School District Website

★ WD 2005-2006 Annual Report