“Did you know that the Sioux County town of Hull, population 2,175, supports three high schools?” asks the Sioux City Journal. No, I did not. That’s probably because Trinity Christian, school number 3, has only had two graduating classes and has fewer than 100 K-12 students.
(I didn’t know there was an Ankeny Christian either, until they made the boys’ state basketball tournament against North Tama, but that is perhaps another post.)
Of all the cities in Iowa with three or more high schools including private schools, Hull is by far the outlier by population and characteristics. Western Christian, the more established private school in Hull, is larger than the public school (Boyden-Hull) although not by all that much. The only other place remotely in the same situation is Carroll, where Kuemper has enough clout that the school district is unable to pass any tax levies.
As the Journal helpfully explains, Western Christian is Christian Reformed-based while Trinity Christian is Protestant Reformed Christian-based. (Splitters!)
Unrelated, yet on a similar subject: In Polk County, Grand View Christian, after separating from Grandview Park Baptist Church, has moved into Saydel’s former Norwoodville school just north of Des Moines.