Elementary School

• South end of the building built in 1931
• North addition constructed in 1961
• Served as a 1st-8th grade education institution until 1980
• Kindergarten – added later as a half-time program. Now is a full day – 5 day/week program
• Head Start (now a home-based program) and PreSchool programs added in recent years

1968 Original Consolidation

• Grainfield, Park & Gove unified in the fall of 1968 becoming Wheatland USD 292
• Each community kept its own elementary school from 1968 until Gove Elementary closed in May of 1988 & Park Elementary closed in May of 1991; students attended Grainfield Elementary
• Name changed from Grainfield Elementary to Wheatland Elementary
• 7th & 8th students attended middle school at the Wheatland Middle School/High School building starting around 1980

2007 Cooperative Agreement with Grinnell

• Each town has its own PreSchool-4th grade building
• USD 291’s and USD 292’s 5th-8th grade students attend Grinnell Middle School located in Grinnell
• USD 291’s and USD 292’s Freshmen-Seniors attend Wheatland High School located in Grainfield