Editing Sioux Center, Iowa (section)

===Schools===
[[File:Sioux Center CSD Interlocking Logo.jpg|thumb|left|upright|Sioux Center community schools logo]]
Sioux Center is the home of [[Dordt University]], formerly known as Dordt College. Dordt's 1,500 students are drawn from the local area, Christian Reformed and Reformed communities across the United States and Canada, and other locations throughout the United States and worldwide. Dordt's engineering, education, and agriculture programs are especially popular with students.

The [[Sioux Center Community Schools|Sioux Center Community School]] district educates 1,730 students as of October 2024.<ref>https://drive.google.com/file/d/1p7lZv4_9mYXmmTRRrLLcQBz8l7XJX5Nd/view</ref> The school is one of the few non-consolidated schools in northwest Iowa. The kindergarten through 4th grade Kinsey Elementary School posted an all-time high enrollment of 477 in the fall of 2024. 596 students are enrolled in the intermediate & middle schools, and 502 are at the high school. The elementary building and the middle school completed construction projects in 2010.

Sioux Center Christian School educates approximately 538 students grades pre-K through 8th.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.siouxcenterchristian.com/FAQ.cfm |title=Frequently Asked Questions - Sioux Center Christian School |access-date=2012-01-26 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120508005503/http://www.siouxcenterchristian.com/FAQ.cfm |archive-date=2012-05-08 }}</ref> Most students who graduate from Sioux Center Christian continue to either [[Western Christian High School (Hull, Iowa)|Western Christian High School]] in [[Hull, Iowa]] or [[War Eagle Conference|Unity Christian High School]] in [[Orange City, Iowa]], although some go to the Sioux Center High School for their high school education.

The sports teams of Dordt University and Sioux Center Community Schools enjoy a friendly, yet heated, rivalry with the teams of Orange City. [[Dordt University]] and [[Northwestern College (Iowa)|Northwestern College]] compete in a number of sports, including soccer, volleyball and basketball. Dordt University recently started a football program, fielding a Junior Varsity team in the fall of 2007 and a Varsity team in 2008. [[Siouxland Conference|MOC-Floyd Valley Community School]] competes spiritedly with Sioux Center Community School in many school activities. Sioux Center is a large division 2A school.