Source: History of Sac County, Iowa, by William H. Hart; B.F. Bowen & Co., Indianapolis, IN, 1914, p. 128
Wheeler No. 4 in 1891 or 1892, located in Wheeler Township, Sac County
The following is taken from a report by County School Superintendent H. L. Martin showing the number of schools in Sac County, both rural and within towns, as well as the number of pupils enrolled in each in 1884. This total was an increase of twenty-seven school houses and nine hundred and seventy-eight pupils in three years. In the winter of 1884-85 one hundred and forty-seven teachers were required to teach the winter schools of Sac County. Winter enrollment was usually high. Many older rural children did not attend school during planting and harvest times because their help was needed on the family farms during these busy times of the year.
| Township or District |
Number of Buildings |
Number of Pupils |
| Boyer Valley | 7 | 177 |
| Cedar | 9 | 222 |
| Clinton | 9 | 218 |
| Cook | 7 | 192 |
| Coon Valley | 7 | 210 |
| Delaware | 7 | 174 |
| Douglas | 7 | 124 |
| Eden | 6 | 105 |
| Eureka | 8 | 105 |
| Jackson | 8 | 178 |
| Levey | 6 | 162 |
| Richland | 8 | 211 |
| Sac (township) | 7 | 198 |
| Viola | 9 | 226 |
| Wall Lake (township) | 9 | 275 |
| Wheeler | 9 | 236 |
| Early (town) | 1 | 101 |
| Odebolt (town) | 1 | 250 |
| Sac City (town) | 1 | 328 |
| Schaller (town) | 1 | 65 |
| Wall Lake (town) | 1 | 150 |
|
TOTAL |
127 Buildings | 4,153 Pupils |
By 1900 Sac County schools were divided into 132 sub-districts in which there were 2,958 male and 2,890 female students, for a total enrollment of 5,848 students.
In 1913 wages for male teachers in the country schools ranged from $35 to $50, and for female teachers, $34 to $49 per month. Male teachers in town and city schools received $90 to $135 per month; females, $48 to $60 per month. School houses were dotted here and there over every township in the county, usually eight or nine to the township so that all farm children had a school within walking distance. Teachers in the country usually boarded with families of the children attending the school.
The Country Schools Index contains a collection of photos of rural schools in the Odebolt area, taken mostly from "Odebolt Roots" clippings from The Odebolt Chronicle which were donated by various people to the Odebolt Historical Museum.