Education Quality Education in Keosauqua, IA Van Buren Community School District, which serves approximately 700 students, is at the cutting edge of technology. Van Buren became one of the first five schools in the nation to be hooked up with a supercomputer sponsored by the U.S. Department of Energy. In addition, it was one of the first Iowa school districts to originate classes on the Iowa Communications Network fiber optics system.
Computer technology is experienced at all levels of education.
Van Buren Schools offer many extracurricular programs for our students in areas such as sports, music, drama and numerous other curricular and co-curricular organizational opportunities. Students are also fortunate to be able to take college credit classes while they are still in high school. A non-profit foundation was established in 1995 to further assist the district in serving its students and faculty. Alumni Page Keosauqua is also home to Indian Hills Community College extension center, providing an important link with the Ottumwa campus. The extension center offers local students the opportunity to take most of their courses at the Keosauqua site, which is connected via a fiber optics link.