Editing Granville, Iowa (section)

==Education==
[[MOC-Floyd Valley Community School District]] is the local school district.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://educateiowa.gov/sites/files/ed/documents/FY20_MOC-FLOYD%20VALLEY.pdf|title=MOC-Floyd Valley|publisher=[[Iowa Department of Education]]|accessdate=2020-03-27}}</ref> The district formed on July 1, 1994 with the merger of the Maurice-Orange City and Floyd Valley districts.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.educateiowa.gov/sites/files/ed/documents/District%20Reorganization%20History%20final.pdf|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190209124738/https://www.educateiowa.gov/sites/files/ed/documents/District%20Reorganization%20History%20final.pdf|url-status=dead|archive-date=2019-02-09|title=REORGANIZATION & DISSOLUTION ACTIONS SINCE 1965-66|publisher=[[Iowa Department of Education]]|accessdate=2020-03-22}}</ref>

The city was home to [[Spalding Catholic High School]]. Granville was known for its successful baseball program, as the Spartans have won state championships in 1971, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1989, 2000 and 2001. They have also qualified for the state tournament multiple times since that last championship. Their rival is [[St. Mary's High School (Remsen, Iowa)|Remsen St. Mary's]], a school located 15 miles southwest. Spalding Catholic has merged with [[Gehlen Catholic High School]] as of the 2013–14 school year.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ktiv.com/story/23234109/2013/08/22/first-day-at-gehlen-spalding-merger|title=First bell rings for merged Gehlen, Spalding school|date=August 22, 2013|accessdate=October 8, 2013|first=Kayah|last=Gausman|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131021234504/http://www.ktiv.com/story/23234109/2013/08/22/first-day-at-gehlen-spalding-merger|archive-date=October 21, 2013|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.dickinsoncountynews.com/story/1948686.html|title=War Eagle Conference accepts Harris-Lake Park|first=Ryan|last=Christoffel|publisher=Dickinson County News|date=March 11, 2013|accessdate=January 16, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131022003705/http://www.dickinsoncountynews.com/story/1948686.html|archive-date=October 22, 2013|url-status=dead}}</ref>

Spalding Catholic School, which serves elementary grades, is located in a single campus in [[Alton, Iowa|Alton]]. After the closure of Spalding High, the system served as a [[K-8 school]] and had multiple campuses, with middle school in Granville, but the Granville campus closed in 2017, and middle school students are now attending Gehlen Catholic School in [[LeMars, Iowa|LeMars]].<ref>{{cite web|author=Mahoney, Mark|url=https://www.nwestiowa.com/news/spalding-catholic-is-all-together-now/article_7bc580ce-da1a-11e7-a4e9-af7ee4208e0e.html|title=Spalding Catholic is all together|work=Nwestiowa.com|publisher=Iowa Information Publishers and Printers|date=2017-12-06|accessdate=2020-04-05}}</ref> The Granville building is now used as St. Joseph's Parish Center.<ref name=Mahoneyretire>{{cite web|author=Mahoney, Mark|url=https://www.nwestiowa.com/news/spalding-catholic-custodian-to-retire/article_c56e6ae8-5a5a-11ea-80dd-b729e53f94ac.html|title=Spalding Catholic custodian to retire|work=nwestiowa.com|publisher=Iowa Information Publishers and Printers|date=2020-02-28|accessdate=2020-04-05}}</ref>