Scattergood Friends School is owned and under the care of Iowa Yearly Meeting of Friends (Conservative). All responsibility for governance of the school falls to the The School Committee. The School Committee is a group of 14 to 20 individuals from various backgrounds, most Quaker but not all, who serve for terms of 3 years. Committee members attend six School Committee meetings each year and serve on various subcommittees. Their mission is to support the goals and program of the school. They work to be open to new insights from any source and to be unencumbered by conflicting interests, roles, and loyalties.