Paton-Churdan Community School District

The Paton-Churdan Community School District is a rural public school district headquartered in Churdan, Iowa. The district is in Greene County and serves Churdan and Paton.

Paton-Churdan has roughly 188 students in grades K to 12 taught in one building in Churdan.

The Rockets is the team name, and there is a statue of a rocket in the front lawn.

Paton-Churdan Elementary School
The elementary school serves about 70 students in grades Pre-K to 5.

Paton-Churdan Junior-Senior High School
The high school serves about 80 students in grades 6 to 12.

The Class of 2005 graduated with 8 students. There were four men and four women, thus they were the homecoming court.

Currently, Paton-Churdan high school students attend classes at Greene County High School (formerly Jefferson-Scranton High School) of the Greene County Community School District for about half of the day.

Athletics
The Rockets compete in the Rolling Valley Conference in the following sports:


 * Baseball
 * Basketball (boys and girls)
 * Cross Country (boys and girls)
 * Football
 * 2-time Class A State Champions (1985, 1986) >
 * Softball
 * Track and Field (boys and girls)
 * Boys' - 1986 Class 1A State Champions
 * Volleyball
 * Wrestling