Central Springs Community School District is a rural, public school district headquartered in Manly, Iowa. The district is located in sections of Cerro Gordo, Floyd, Mitchell, and Worth counties. It serves Manly, Nora Springs, Hanlontown, Plymouth, and Rock Falls.
It covers a portion of the Portland census-designated place (as of the 2020 U.S. census).
The district was established on July 1, 2011, by the merger of North Central Community School District and Nora SpringsâÂÂRock Falls Community School District. The vote to merge the districts, held on September 14, 2010, was successful, with North Central voters doing so on a 431âÂÂ63 (85.35%) basis and Nora SpringsâÂÂRock Falls voters doing so on a 437âÂÂ262 (59.95%) basis. These two districts had, since 2007, enacted a whole grade sharing program.
"Central Springs" was chosen as the name of the consolidated district as the grade-shared secondary schools already used that name. The projected enrollment of the combined school district upon its tentative formation was 850.
In 2015, the grade distribution was PK-4 at the elementary level, 5âÂÂ8 at the middle school level, and 9âÂÂ12 at the high school level. By 2015, the enrollment had declined further, so the district was considering whether or how to reconfigure grade levels.
The Panthers participate in the Top of Iowa Conference in the following sports: