Editing Orange City, 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]]|access-date=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]]|access-date=2020-03-22}}</ref> Public schools serving the community are Orange City Elementary School, MOC-Floyd Valley Middle School in [[Alton, Iowa|Alton]], and MOC-Floyd Valley High School in Orange City. The current Orange City Elementary building opened in the early 1920s, but a new one will enter use in the 2023-2024 school year.<ref name=Dockterbond2020>{{cite web|author=Dockter, Mason|url=https://siouxcityjournal.com/news/local/moc-floyd-valley-puts-m-elementary-school-bond-measure-before/article_1948f188-32ce-57a4-9e3e-5c1dc4cca9db.html|title=MOC-Floyd Valley puts $37M elementary school bond measure before voters |work=[[Sioux City Journal]]|date=2020-02-08|access-date=2020-03-28}}</ref><ref name=Hayworthbret>{{cite web|author=Hayworth, Bret|url=https://siouxcityjournal.com/news/local/state-and-regional/moc-floyd-valley-voters-pass-m-bond-for-elementary-school/article_96b58a41-247e-5775-9f24-33933265fda9.html|title=MOC-Floyd Valley voters pass $37M bond for elementary school in Orange City |work=[[Sioux City Journal]]|date=2020-03-03|access-date=2020-04-05}}</ref>

Private schools include Orange City Christian School, and [[Unity Christian High School (Orange City)|Unity Christian High School]] in the [[War Eagle Conference]].

Orange City is home to [[Northwestern College (Iowa)|Northwestern College]], a Christian [[liberal arts]] college affiliated with the [[Reformed Church in America]]. As of August 2011, 1,243 students were enrolled – 59% female and 41% male.<ref>{{cite web|title=Northwestern Iowa|url=http://colleges.usnews.rankingsandreviews.com/best-colleges/northwestern-iowa-1883|work=U.S. News & World Report - Best Midwest Colleges|access-date=September 19, 2011}}</ref>

It is also within 30 miles of [[Northwest Iowa Community College]] in [[Sheldon, Iowa|Sheldon]], which was started in 1966 as a pilot program sponsored by the [[United States Department of Education|Department of Education]] in cooperation with the local high schools. It enrolls over 1,000 students per year (58% female, 42% male as of 2005).