South Hamilton Community School District is a rural public school district headquartered in Jewell, Iowa. It includes an elementary school and a middle/high school.
The district is mostly in Hamilton County with a section in Boone County. It serves Jewell Junction, Ellsworth, Randall, and Stanhope.
Circa 1998, there was a bond that would allow the district to change the grade configuration; at the time it had grades 5âÂÂ12 in the secondary school building, originally intended only as a senior high school, while it hoped to have only grades 7âÂÂ12 there, with students until grade 5 in the elementary school.
In 2006, there were parents in the HubbardâÂÂRadcliffe Community School District who preferred to send their children to South Hamilton schools instead of the EldoraâÂÂNew Providence district, which HubbardâÂÂRadcliffe had a grade-sharing agreement with. Parents in the western portion of HubbardâÂÂRadcliffe preferred the idea of that district grade-sharing with South Hamilton instead of EldoraâÂÂNew Providence. Some parents preferring the South Hamilton district purchased a bus to transport their children there. Tom Barton of the WCF Courier wrote that "many" HubbardâÂÂRadcliffe parents chose South Hamilton schools.
The district operates two schools on a single campus in Jewell.
The Hawks compete in the Heart of Iowa Conference in the following sports: