Best School Districts in Iowa

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Rank (of 313)	District	Grades	# Elementary Schools	# Middle Schools	# High Schools	# Alt. Schools	City	County	Rank score (2025)	Rank (2024)	Rank change from 2024
97^th	Adair-Casey Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	1	0	0	Adair	Guthrie County	0.685	103	6
11^th	Adel DeSoto Minburn Community School District	PK, KG-12	2	2	1	0	Adel	Dallas County	0.925	30	19
223^rd	AGWSR Community School District	PK, KG-12	3	1	1	0	Ackley	Hardin County	0.393		(n/a)
49^th	AHSTW Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	1	1	0	Avoca	Pottawattamie County	0.799	59	10
80^th	Akron Westfield Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	1	1	0	Akron	Plymouth County	0.729	38	42
103^rd	Albert City-Truesdale Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	0	0	0	Albert City	Buena Vista County	0.66	115	12
102^nd	Albia Community School District	PK, KG-12	2	1	1	0	Albia	Monroe County	0.661	68	34
66^th	Alburnett Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	1	1	0	Alburnett	Linn County	0.766	29	37
159^th	Alden Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	0	0	0	Alden	Hardin County	0.536	99	60
123^rd	Algona Community School District	PK, KG-12	3	1	1	0	Algona	Kossuth County	0.614	92	31
19^th	Allamakee Community School District	PK, KG-12	2	1	1	0	Waukon	Allamakee County	0.885	45	26
137^th	Alta-Aurelia Community School District	PK, KG-12	2	1	1	0	Alta	Buena Vista County	0.58	97	40
145^th	Ames Community School District	PK, KG-12	5	1	1	0	Ames	Story County	0.569	132	13
192^nd	Anamosa Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	1	1	0	Anamosa	Jones County	0.454	244	52
144^th	Andrew Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	0	0	0	Andrew	Jackson County	0.569	138	6
62^nd	Ankeny Community School District	PK, KG-12	11	2	2	2	Ankeny	Polk County	0.769	46	16
67^th	Aplington-Parkersburg Community School District	PK, KG-12	2	1	1	0	Parkersburg	Butler County	0.766	33	34
21^st	Ar-We-Va Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	0	1	0	Westside	Crawford County	0.883	26	5
186^th	Atlantic Community School District	PK, KG-12	2	1	1	0	Atlantic	Cass County	0.472	209	23
47^th	Audubon Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	0	1	0	Audubon	Audubon County	0.805	14	33
57^th	Ballard Community School District	PK, KG-12	2	1	1	0	Huxley	Story County	0.781	52	5
160^th	Baxter Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	0	1	0	Baxter	Jasper County	0.533	178	18
89^th	BCLUW Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	1	1	0	Conrad	Grundy County	0.707	109	20
8^th	Bedford Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	0	1	0	Bedford	Taylor County	0.929	7	1
224^th	Belle Plaine Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	0	1	0	Belle Plaine	Benton County	0.389	224
155^th	Bellevue Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	0	1	0	Bellevue	Jackson County	0.551	212	57
253^rd	Belmond-Klemme Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	0	2	0	Belmond	Wright County	0.326	282	29
	Bennett Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	0	0	0	Bennett	Cedar County			(n/a)
	Benton Community School District	PK, KG-12	2	2	1	0	Van Horne	Benton County			(n/a)
165^th	Bettendorf Community School District	PK, KG-12	5	1	1	0	Bettendorf	Scott County	0.519	164	1
139^th	Bondurant-Farrar Community School District	PK, KG-12	2	2	1	0	Bondurant	Polk County	0.577	151	12
189^th	Boone Community School District	PK, KG-12	2	1	1	0	Boone	Boone County	0.464	183	6
128^th	Boyden-Hull Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	0	1	0	Hull	Sioux County	0.595	78	50
136^th	Boyer Valley Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	0	1	0	Dunlap	Harrison County	0.582	87	49
54^th	Brooklyn-Guernsey-Malcom Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	0	1	0	Brooklyn	Poweshiek County	0.792	131	77
298^th	Burlington Community School District	PK, KG-12	4	2	1	0	Burlington	Des Moines County	0.159	283	15
31^st	CAL Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	0	0	0	Latimer	Franklin County	0.852	200	169
204^th	Calamus-Wheatland Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	0	1	0	Wheatland	Clinton County	0.431	202	2
290^th	CAM Community School District	PK, KG-12	2	1	2	0	Anita	Cass County	0.2	273	17
245^th	Camanche Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	1	1	0	Camanche	Clinton County	0.35	223	22
248^th	Cardinal Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	1	1	0	Eldon	Wapello County	0.342	255	7
131^st	Carlisle Community School District	PK, KG-12	2	1	1	0	Carlisle	Warren County	0.592	147	16
206^th	Carroll Community School District	PK, KG-12	2	1	1	0	Carroll	Carroll County	0.43	189	17
69^th	Cedar Falls Community School District	PK, KG-12	7	2	1	0	Cedar Falls	Black Hawk County	0.765	53	16
279^th	Cedar Rapids Community School District	PK, KG-12	19	6	4	1	Cedar Rapids	Linn County	0.249	276	3
30^th	Center Point-Urbana Community School District	PK, KG-12	2	1	1	0	Center Point	Linn County	0.854	19	11
274^th	Centerville Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	1	1	0	Centerville	Appanoose County	0.257	279	5
229^th	Central City Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	0	1	0	Central City	Linn County	0.377	266	37
222^nd	Central Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	0	1	0	Elkader	Clayton County	0.397	156	66
184^th	Central Decatur Community School District	PK, KG-12	2	0	1	0	Leon	Decatur County	0.482	226	42
142^nd	Central DeWitt School District	PK, KG-12	1	2	1	0	De Witt	Clinton County	0.571	110	32
86^th	Central Lee Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	1	1	0	Donnellson	Lee County	0.714	135	49
15^th	Central Lyon Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	0	1	0	Rock Rapids	Lyon County	0.903	20	5
143^rd	Central Springs Community School District	PK, KG-12	2	1	1	0	Manly	Worth County	0.57		(n/a)
237^th	Chariton Community School District	PK, KG-12	2	1	1	0	Chariton	Lucas County	0.366	259	22
282^nd	Charles City Community School District	PK, KG-12	2	1	1	0	Charles City	Floyd County	0.246	284	2
230^th	Charter Oak-Ute Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	1	0	0	Charter Oak	Crawford County	0.376	234	4
303^rd	Charter Organization: Concept Schools	PK, KG-4	1	0	0	0	Des Moines	Polk County	0.139		(n/a)
	Charter Organization: Empowering Youths of Iowa	9-12	0	0	1	0	Cedar Rapids	Linn County			(n/a)
	Charter Organization: Oakmont Education	9-12	0	0	1	0	Akron	Polk County			(n/a)
207^th	Cherokee Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	1	1	0	Cherokee	Cherokee County	0.428	157	50
308^th	Choice Charter Schools	7-12	0	0	1	0	Union	Hardin County	0.094	308
135^th	Clarinda Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	0	1	0	Clarinda	Page County	0.582	171	36
244^th	Clarion-Goldfield-Dows Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	1	1	0	Clarion	Wright County	0.351	217	27
302^nd	Clarke Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	1	1	0	Osceola	Clarke County	0.139	289	13
146^th	Clarksville Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	0	1	0	Clarksville	Butler County	0.568	106	40
	Clay Central-Everly Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	0	0	0	Royal	Clay County			(n/a)
218^th	Clayton Ridge Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	1	1	1	Guttenberg	Polk County	0.414	239	21
74^th	Clear Creek Amana Community School District	PK, KG-12	6	1	1	0	Oxford	Johnson County	0.744	108	34
78^th	Clear Lake Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	1	1	0	Clear Lake	Cerro Gordo County	0.732	84	6
233^rd	Clinton Community School District	PK, KG-12	4	1	1	0	Clinton	Clinton County	0.367	225	8
227^th	Colfax-Mingo Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	0	1	0	Colfax	Jasper County	0.384	220	7
157^th	College Community School District	PK, KG-12	5	2	1	1	Cedar Rapids	Linn County	0.548	197	40
134^th	Collins-Maxwell Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	0	1	0	Maxwell	Story County	0.583	153	19
252^nd	Colo-NESCO Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	0	1	0	Colo	Story County	0.33	176	76
283^rd	Columbus Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	1	1	0	Columbus Junction	Louisa County	0.241	270	13
148^th	Coon Rapids-Bayard Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	0	1	0	Coon Rapids	Carroll County	0.566	55	93
226^th	Corning Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	0	1	0	Corning	Adams County	0.388	251	25
272^nd	Council Bluffs Community School District	PK, KG-12	10	2	2	0	Council Bluffs	Pottawattamie County	0.261	281	9
179^th	Creston Community School District	PK, KG-12	2	1	1	0	Creston	Union County	0.49	191	12
35^th	Dallas Center-Grimes Community School District	PK, KG-12	4	2	1	0	Grimes	Dallas County	0.842		(n/a)
117^th	Danville Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	0	1	0	Danville	Des Moines County	0.628	196	79
297^th	Davenport Community School District	PK, KG-12	15	5	4	0	Davenport	Scott County	0.164	298	1
260^th	Davis County Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	1	2	0	Bloomfield	Davis County	0.302	278	18
24^th	Decorah Community School District	PK, KG-12	2	1	1	0	Decorah	Winneshiek County	0.874	13	11
22^nd	Delwood Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	0	0	0	Delmar	Clinton County	0.882	21	1
168^th	Denison Community School District	PK, KG-12	2	1	1	0	Denison	Crawford County	0.512	161	7
1^st	Denver Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	1	1	0	Denver	Bremer County	0.995	1
306^th	Des Moines Independent Community School District	PK, KG-12	38	10	6	1	Des Moines	Polk County	0.13	301	5
311^th	Diagonal Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	0	1	0	Diagonal	Ringgold County	0.071	194	117
17^th	Dike-New Hartford Community School District	PK, KG-12	2	1	1	0	Dike	Grundy County	0.893	10	7
262^nd	Dubuque Community School District	PK, KG-12	12	3	3	0	Dubuque	Dubuque County	0.3	247	15
132^nd	Dunkerton Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	0	1	0	Dunkerton	Black Hawk County	0.591	154	22
268^th	Durant Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	0	1	0	Durant	Cedar County	0.277	242	26
301^st	Eagle Grove Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	1	1	0	Eagle Grove	Wright County	0.142	294	7
44^th	Earlham Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	1	1	0	Earlham	Madison County	0.818	86	42
177^th	East Buchanan Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	1	1	0	Winthrop	Buchanan County	0.492	192	15
194^th	East Marshall Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	1	1	0	Gilman	Marshall County	0.452	214	20
251^st	East Mills Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	0	1	0	Malvern	Mills County	0.339	170	81
175^th	East Sac County Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	0	1	0	Lake View	Sac County	0.496	174	1
147^th	East Union Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	0	1	0	Afton	Union County	0.568	76	71
34^th	Eastern Allamakee Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	1	1	0	Lansing	Allamakee County	0.845	36	2
261^st	Easton Valley Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	0	1	0	Preston	Jackson County	0.301	249	12
247^th	Eddyville-Blakesburg- Fremont Central School District	PK, KG-12	3	0	1	0	Eddyville	Wapello County	0.346	232	15
119^th	Edgewood-Colesburg Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	0	1	0	Edgewood	Clayton County	0.622	177	58
197^th	Eldora-New Providence Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	0	1	0	Eldora	Hardin County	0.442	162	35
107^th	Emmetsburg Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	1	1	0	Emmetsburg	Palo Alto County	0.645	94	13
191^st	English Valleys Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	0	1	0	North English	Iowa County	0.462	140	51
292^nd	Essex Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	0	1	0	Essex	Page County	0.179	260	32
286^th	Estherville Lincoln Central Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	1	1	0	Estherville	Emmet County	0.22	250	36
232^nd	Exira-Elk Horn-Kimballton Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	0	1	0	Elk Horn	Shelby County	0.372	186	46
187^th	Fairfield Community School District	PK, KG-12	2	1	1	0	Fairfield	Jefferson County	0.466	235	48
38^th	Forest City Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	1	1	0	Forest City	Winnebago County	0.835	144	106
307^th	Fort Dodge Community School District	PK, KG-12	5	1	1	0	Fort Dodge	Webster County	0.106	300	7
	Fort Madison Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	0	1	0	Fort Madison	Lee County			(n/a)
127^th	Fremont-Mills Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	0	1	0	Tabor	Fremont County	0.595	117	10
	Galva-Holstein Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	1	1	0	Holstein	Ida County			(n/a)
53^rd	Garner-Hayfield-Ventura Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	1	1	0	Garner	Hancock County	0.795	22	31
105^th	George-Little Rock Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	1	1	0	George	Lyon County	0.655	155	50
2^nd	Gilbert Community School District	PK, KG-12	2	1	1	0	Gilbert	Story County	0.987	2
	Gilmore City-Bradgate Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	0	0	0	Gilmore City	Humboldt County			(n/a)
	Gladbrook-Reinbeck Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	0	1	0	Reinbeck	Grundy County			(n/a)
42^nd	Glenwood Community School District	PK, KG-12	2	1	1	0	Glenwood	Mills County	0.82	51	9
214^th	Glidden-Ralston Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	0	1	0	Glidden	Carroll County	0.42	243	29
277^th	GMG Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	0	1	0	Green Mountain	Marshall County	0.255	263	14
276^th	Graettinger-Terril Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	1	1	0	Graettinger	Palo Alto County	0.256	267	9
278^th	Greene County Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	1	1	0	Jefferson	Greene County	0.251	262	16
96^th	Grinnell-Newburg Community School District	PK, KG-12	3	1	1	0	Grinnell	Poweshiek County	0.686	63	33
195^th	Griswold Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	0	1	0	Griswold	Cass County	0.448	127	68
33^rd	Grundy Center Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	1	1	0	Grundy Center	Grundy County	0.847	8	25
114^th	Guthrie Center Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	0	1	0	Guthrie Center	Guthrie County	0.637	111	3
281^st	Hamburg Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	1	1	0	Hamburg	Fremont County	0.247	218	63
246^th	Hampton-Dumont Community School District	PK, KG-12	2	1	1	0	Hampton	Franklin County	0.347	222	24
125^th	Harlan Community School District	PK, KG-12	2	1	1	0	Harlan	Shelby County	0.608	105	20
154^th	Harris-Lake Park Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	0	1	0	Lake Park	Dickinson County	0.552	129	25
138^th	Hartley-Melvin-Sanborn Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	1	1	0	Hartley	O'Brien County	0.58	81	57
213^th	Highland Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	1	1	0	Riverside	Washington County	0.422	241	28
	Hinton Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	1	1	0	Hinton	Plymouth County			(n/a)
149^th	H-L-V Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	0	1	0	Victor	Iowa County	0.561	230	81
	Horizon Science Academy Davenport		0	0	0	0	Davenport	Scott County			(n/a)
	Howard-Winneshiek Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	1	1	0	Cresco	Howard County			(n/a)
141^st	Hubbard-Radcliffe Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	1	0	0	Hubbard	Hardin County	0.572	180	39
41^st	Hudson Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	0	1	0	Hudson	Black Hawk County	0.823	80	39
26^th	Humboldt Community School District	PK, KG-12	2	1	1	0	Humboldt	Humboldt County	0.865	65	39
52^nd	IKM-Manning Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	1	1	0	Manning	Carroll County	0.796	43	9
250^th	Independence Community School District	PK, KG-12	2	0	1	0	Independence	Buchanan County	0.34	193	57
122^nd	Indianola Community School District	PK, KG-12	4	1	1	0	Indianola	Warren County	0.615	143	21
59^th	Interstate 35 Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	0	1	0	Truro	Madison County	0.775	60	1
241^st	Iowa City Community School District	PK, KG-12	20	3	4	1	Iowa City	Johnson County	0.361	221	20
120^th	Iowa Falls Community School District	PK, KG-12	2	1	1	0	Iowa Falls	Hardin County	0.622	136	16
161^st	Iowa Valley Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	0	1	0	Marengo	Iowa County	0.532	123	38
90^th	Janesville Consolidated School District	PK, KG-12	1	0	1	0	Janesville	Bremer County	0.707	25	65
32^nd	Jesup Community School District	PK, KG-12	4	1	1	0	Jesup	Buchanan County	0.852	75	43
83^rd	Johnston Community School District	PK, KG-12	5	1	1	1	Johnston	Polk County	0.724	62	21
269^th	Keokuk Community School District	PK, KG-12	2	1	1	0	Keokuk	Lee County	0.277	254	15
180^th	Keota Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	0	1	0	Keota	Keokuk County	0.489	184	4
51^st	Kingsley-Pierson Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	1	1	0	Kingsley	Plymouth County	0.796	73	22
256^th	Knoxville Community School District	PK, KG-12	2	1	1	0	Knoxville	Marion County	0.306	261	5
29^th	Lake Mills Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	1	1	0	Lake Mills	Winnebago County	0.856	34	5
254^th	Lamoni Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	1	1	0	Lamoni	Decatur County	0.322	280	26
313^th	Laurens-Marathon Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	0	0	0	Laurens	Pocahontas County	0.009	306	7
14^th	Lawton-Bronson Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	0	1	0	Lawton	Woodbury County	0.911	15	1
133^rd	Le Mars Community School District	PK, KG-12	3	1	2	0	Le Mars	Plymouth County	0.585	173	40
108^th	Lenox Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	0	1	0	Lenox	Taylor County	0.645	113	5
150^th	Lewis Central Community School District	PK, KG-12	2	1	1	0	Council Bluffs	Pottawattamie County	0.554	141	9
98^th	Linn-Mar Community School District	PK, KG-12	7	4	1	0	Marion	Linn County	0.683	88	10
37^th	Lisbon Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	0	1	0	Lisbon	Linn County	0.836	100	63
68^th	Logan-Magnolia Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	0	1	0	Logan	Harrison County	0.765	39	29
169^th	Lone Tree Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	0	1	0	Lone Tree	Johnson County	0.51	211	42
109^th	Louisa-Muscatine Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	0	1	0	Letts	Louisa County	0.641	90	19
20^th	Lynnville-Sully Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	1	1	0	Sully	Jasper County	0.884	12	8
91^st	Madrid Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	1	1	0	Madrid	Boone County	0.706	89	2
267^th	Manson Northwest Webster Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	0	1	0	Manson	Calhoun County	0.284	286	19
181^st	Maple Valley-Anthon Oto Community School District	PK, KG-12	2	1	1	0	Mapleton	Monona County	0.487	146	35
310^th	Maquoketa Community School District	PK, KG-12	2	1	1	0	Maquoketa	Jackson County	0.081	307	3
9^th	Maquoketa Valley Community School District	PK, KG-12	3	1	1	0	Delhi	Delaware County	0.928	16	7
27^th	Marcus-Meriden-Cleghorn Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	0	1	0	Marcus	Cherokee County	0.864	122	95
166^th	Marion Independent School District	PK, KG-12	3	1	1	0	Marion	Linn County	0.515	207	41
294^th	Marshalltown Community School District	PK, KG-12	6	2	2	0	Marshalltown	Marshall County	0.175	287	7
50^th	Martensdale-St Marys Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	0	1	0	Martensdale	Warren County	0.798	77	27
273^rd	Mason City Community School District	PK, KG-12	4	2	3	0	Mason City	Cerro Gordo County	0.261	265	8
25^th	Mediapolis Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	1	1	0	Mediapolis	Des Moines County	0.866	37	12
295^th	Melcher-Dallas Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	0	1	0	Melcher Dallas	Marion County	0.174	268	27
	Meskwaki Settlement School	K-12	0	0	0	1	Tama	Tama County			(n/a)
130^th	MFL MarMac Community School District	PK, KG-12	2	1	1	0	Monona	Clayton County	0.593	199	69
231^st	Midland Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	0	1	0	Wyoming	Jones County	0.373	258	27
162^nd	Mid-Prairie Community School District	PK, KG-12	2	1	1	1	Wellman	Washington County	0.53	160	2
185^th	Missouri Valley Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	1	1	0	Missouri Valley	Harrison County	0.478	206	21
12^th	MOC-Floyd Valley Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	1	1	0	Orange City	Sioux County	0.923	11	1
70^th	Montezuma Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	1	1	0	Montezuma	Poweshiek County	0.762	69	1
104^th	Monticello Community School District	PK, KG-12	2	1	1	0	Monticello	Jones County	0.657	158	54
209^th	Moravia Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	0	1	0	Moravia	Appanoose County	0.427	253	44
291^st	Mormon Trail Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	0	1	0	Humeston	Wayne County	0.185	296	5
94^th	Morning Sun Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	0	0	0	Morning Sun	Louisa County	0.696	104	10
309^th	Moulton-Udell Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	0	1	0	Moulton	Appanoose County	0.091	299	10
55^th	Mount Ayr Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	0	1	0	Mount Ayr	Ringgold County	0.787	82	27
190^th	Mount Pleasant Community School District	PK, KG-12	4	1	2	0	Mount Pleasant	Henry County	0.462	205	15
36^th	Mount Vernon Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	1	1	0	Mount Vernon	Linn County	0.841	23	13
243^rd	Murray Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	0	1	0	Murray	Clarke County	0.354	215	28
264^th	Muscatine Community School District	PK, KG-12	6	1	1	0	Muscatine	Muscatine County	0.293	274	10
156^th	Nashua-Plainfield Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	0	1	0	Nashua	Chickasaw County	0.551	198	42
63^rd	Nevada Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	1	1	0	Nevada	Story County	0.768	120	57
112^th	New Hampton Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	1	1	0	New Hampton	Chickasaw County	0.639	96	16
275^th	New London Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	0	1	0	New London	Henry County	0.256	257	18
257^th	Newell-Fonda Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	1	1	0	Newell	Buena Vista County	0.305	228	29
255^th	Newton Community School District	PK, KG-12	3	1	2	0	Newton	Jasper County	0.31	240	15
87^th	Nodaway Valley Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	1	1	0	Greenfield	Adair County	0.711	145	58
196^th	North Butler Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	0	1	0	Allison	Butler County	0.447	152	44
212^th	North Cedar Community School District	PK, KG-12	2	0	1	0	Stanwood	Cedar County	0.423	219	7
111^th	North Fayette Valley Community School District	PK, KG-12	2	1	1	0	West Union	Fayette County	0.639	134	23
129^th	North Iowa Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	1	1	0	Buffalo Center	Winnebago County	0.594	168	39
45^th	North Kossuth Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	1	0	0	Swea City	Kossuth County	0.817	35	10
75^th	North Linn Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	1	1	0	Troy Mills	Linn County	0.74	50	25
77^th	North Mahaska Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	0	1	0	New Sharon	Mahaska County	0.732	95	18
16^th	North Polk Community School District	PK, KG-12	3	1	1	0	Alleman	Polk County	0.893	24	8
64^th	North Scott Community School District	PK, KG-12	5	1	1	0	Eldridge	Scott County	0.768	49	15
263^rd	North Tama County Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	0	1	0	Traer	Tama County	0.296	275	12
7^th	North Union Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	0	1	0	Armstrong	Emmet County	0.941	32	25
48^th	Northeast Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	0	1	0	Goose Lake	Clinton County	0.8	67	19
193^rd	Northwood-Kensett Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	0	1	0	Northwood	Worth County	0.453	210	17
84^th	Norwalk Community School District	PK, KG-12	3	1	1	0	Norwalk	Warren County	0.721	107	23
124^th	Odebolt Arthur Battle Creek Ida Grove Community School Dist	PK, KG-12	2	1	1	0	Ida Grove	Ida County	0.611	203	79
300^th	Oelwein Community School District	PK, KG-12	2	1	1	1	Oelwein	Fayette County	0.145	303	3
92^nd	Ogden Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	1	1	0	Ogden	Boone County	0.7	85	7
115^th	Okoboji Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	1	1	0	Milford	Dickinson County	0.637	102	13
	Olin Consolidated School District	PK, KG-12	1	0	0	0	Olin	Jones County			(n/a)
	Opportunity Ed_Cedar Rapids		0	0	0	0	Des Moines	Polk County			(n/a)
	Opportunity Ed_Des Moines		0	0	0	0	Des Moines	Polk County			(n/a)
288^th	Orient-Macksburg Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	0	1	0	Orient	Adair County	0.206	133	155
76^th	Osage Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	1	1	0	Osage	Mitchell County	0.737	72	4
225^th	Oskaloosa Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	1	1	0	Oskaloosa	Mahaska County	0.389	233	8
299^th	Ottumwa Community School District	PK, KG-12	7	1	2	2	Ottumwa	Wapello County	0.152	288	11
228^th	Panorama Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	1	1	0	Panora	Guthrie County	0.38	179	49
164^th	Paton-Churdan Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	0	1	0	Churdan	Greene County	0.522	74	90
163^rd	PCM Community School District	PK, KG-12	2	1	1	0	Monroe	Jasper County	0.529	124	39
170^th	Pekin Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	0	1	0	Packwood	Jefferson County	0.509	167	3
	Pella Community School District	PK, KG-12	2	2	1	0	Pella	Marion County			(n/a)
249^th	Perry Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	1	1	0	Perry	Dallas County	0.34		(n/a)
5^th	Pleasant Valley Community School District	PK, KG-12	6	1	1	0	Bettendorf	Scott County	0.968	5
208^th	Pleasantville Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	1	1	0	Pleasantville	Marion County	0.427	195	13
202^nd	Pocahontas Area Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	0	2	0	Pocahontas	Pocahontas County	0.435	227	25
304^th	Postville Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	0	1	0	Postville	Allamakee County	0.135	302	2
285^th	Red Oak Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	0	1	0	Red Oak	Montgomery County	0.224	277	8
28^th	Remsen-Union Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	1	0	0	Remsen	Plymouth County	0.859	98	70
219^th	Riceville Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	0	1	0	Riceville	Howard County	0.408	213	6
280^th	River Valley Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	0	1	0	Correctionville	Woodbury County	0.247	290	10
201^st	Riverside Community School District	PK, KG-12	2	0	1	0	Carson	Pottawattamie County	0.436	187	14
95^th	Rock Valley Community School District	PK, KG-12	2	1	1	0	Rock Valley	Sioux County	0.693	58	37
6^th	Roland-Story Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	1	1	0	Story City	Story County	0.946	6
203^rd	Rudd-Rockford-Marble Rk Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	0	1	0	Rockford	Floyd County	0.434	246	43
210^th	Ruthven-Ayrshire Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	0	1	0	Ruthven	Palo Alto County	0.426	256	46
258^th	Saydel Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	1	1	0	Des Moines	Polk County	0.303	297	39
61^st	Schaller-Crestland Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	1	0	0	Schaller	Sac County	0.77	56	5
199^th	Schleswig Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	1	0	0	Schleswig	Crawford County	0.44	159	40
60^th	Sergeant Bluff-Luton Community School District	PK, KG-12	2	1	1	0	Sergeant Bluff	Woodbury County	0.773	48	12
296^th	Seymour Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	0	1	0	Seymour	Wayne County	0.17	304	8
46^th	Sheldon Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	1	1	0	Sheldon	O'Brien County	0.807	28	18
259^th	Shenandoah Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	1	1	1	Shenandoah	Page County	0.303	188	71
153^rd	Sibley-Ocheyedan Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	1	1	0	Sibley	Osceola County	0.553	101	52
174^th	Sidney Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	0	1	1	Sidney	Fremont County	0.497	126	48
110^th	Sigourney Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	0	1	0	Sigourney	Keokuk County	0.639	125	15
173^rd	Sioux Center Community School District	PK, KG-12	2	1	1	0	Sioux Center	Sioux County	0.497	128	45
171^st	Sioux Central Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	1	1	0	Sioux Rapids	Buena Vista County	0.508	172	1
270^th	Sioux City Community School District	PK, KG-12	13	3	3	0	Sioux City	Woodbury County	0.265	269	1
18^th	Solon Community School District	PK, KG-12	2	1	1	0	Solon	Johnson County	0.886	40	22
242^nd	South Central Calhoun Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	1	1	0	Rockwell City	Calhoun County	0.356	237	5
23^rd	South Hamilton Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	0	1	0	Jewell	Hamilton County	0.876	27	4
88^th	South O'Brien Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	0	1	0	Paullina	O'Brien County	0.709	79	9
	South Page Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	0	0	0	College Springs	Page County			(n/a)
289^th	South Tama County	PK, KG-12	1	1	1	0	Tama	Tama County	0.2	272	17
73^rd	South Winneshiek Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	1	1	0	Calmar	Winneshiek County	0.749	71	2
121^st	Southeast Polk Community School District	PK, KG-12	8	1	1	1	Altoona	Polk County	0.621	112	9
221^st	Southeast Valley Community School District	PK, KG-12	2	1	1	0	Gowrie	Webster County	0.398	236	15
106^th	Southeast Warren Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	0	1	0	Liberty Center	Warren County	0.653		(n/a)
100^th	Spencer Community School District	PK, KG-12	3	1	1	0	Spencer	Clay County	0.671	130	30
82^nd	Spirit Lake Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	1	1	0	Spirit Lake	Dickinson County	0.727	91	9
81^st	Springville Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	0	1	0	Springville	Linn County	0.727	83	2
10^th	St Ansgar Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	1	1	0	Saint Ansgar	Mitchell County	0.928	9	1
93^rd	Stanton Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	0	1	0	Stanton	Montgomery County	0.699	114	21
198^th	Starmont Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	1	1	0	Arlington	Fayette County	0.44	185	13
312^th	Storm Lake Community School District	PK, KG-12	2	1	2	0	Storm Lake	Buena Vista County	0.051	309	3
	Stratford Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	0	0	0	Stratford	Hamilton County			(n/a)
211^th	Sumner-Fredericksburg Community School District	PK, KG-12	2	1	1	0	Sumner	Bremer County	0.423	166	45
238^th	Tipton Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	1	1	0	Tipton	Cedar County	0.363	216	22
4^th	Treynor Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	1	1	0	Treynor	Pottawattamie County	0.982	3	1
151^st	Tri-Center Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	1	1	0	Neola	Pottawattamie County	0.554	139	12
234^th	Tri-County Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	0	1	0	Thornburg	Keokuk County	0.367	245	11
183^rd	Tripoli Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	0	1	0	Tripoli	Bremer County	0.484	137	46
116^th	Turkey Valley Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	0	1	0	Jackson Junction	Winneshiek County	0.63	119	3
240^th	Twin Cedars Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	0	1	0	Bussey	Marion County	0.361	252	12
	Twin Rivers Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	0	0	0	Bode	Humboldt County			(n/a)
13^th	Underwood Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	1	1	0	Underwood	Pottawattamie County	0.913	17	4
43^rd	Union Community School District	PK, KG-12	2	1	1	0	La Porte City	Black Hawk County	0.819	41	2
265^th	United Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	0	0	0	Boone	Boone County	0.29	295	30
126^th	Urbandale Community School District	PK, KG-12	4	1	1	0	Urbandale	Polk County	0.608	175	49
235^th	Van Buren County Community School District	PK, KG-12	2	0	1	0	Keosauqua	Van Buren County	0.367	208	27
3^rd	Van Meter Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	1	1	0	Van Meter	Dallas County	0.985	4	1
215^th	Villisca Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	1	0	0	Villisca	Montgomery County	0.419	142	73
99^th	Vinton-Shellsburg Community School District	PK, KG-12	2	1	1	0	Vinton	Benton County	0.681	93	6
284^th	Waco Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	0	1	0	Wayland	Henry County	0.225	229	55
266^th	Wapello Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	1	1	0	Wapello	Louisa County	0.285	264	2
172^nd	Wapsie Valley Community School District	PK, KG-12	5	0	1	0	Fairbank	Bremer County	0.501		(n/a)
293^rd	Washington Community School District	PK, KG-12	2	1	1	0	Washington	Washington County	0.179	291	2
287^th	Waterloo Community School District	PK, KG-12	11	4	3	0	Waterloo	Black Hawk County	0.207	293	6
65^th	Waukee Community School District	PK, KG-12	11	3	2	2	Waukee	Dallas County	0.767	44	21
101^st	Waverly-Shell Rock Community School District	PK, KG-12	3	1	2	0	Waverly	Bremer County	0.663	64	37
158^th	Wayne Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	0	1	0	Corydon	Wayne County	0.548	54	104
205^th	Webster City Community School District	PK, KG-12	3	1	1	0	Webster City	Hamilton County	0.43	231	26
220^th	West Bend-Mallard Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	1	1	0	West Bend	Palo Alto County	0.401	181	39
236^th	West Branch Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	1	1	0	West Branch	Cedar County	0.366	204	32
167^th	West Burlington Ind School District	PK, KG-12	1	0	1	0	West Burlington	Des Moines County	0.513	149	18
239^th	West Central Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	0	1	0	Maynard	Fayette County	0.362	292	53
178^th	West Central Valley Community School District	PK, KG-12	2	1	1	0	Stuart	Guthrie County	0.491		(n/a)
72^nd	West Delaware County Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	1	1	0	Manchester	Delaware County	0.753	70	2
216^th	West Des Moines Community School District	PK, KG-12	8	2	2	1	West Des Moines	Polk County	0.418	190	26
188^th	West Fork Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	1	1	0	Rockwell	Cerro Gordo County	0.465	148	40
39^th	West Hancock Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	1	1	0	Britt	Hancock County	0.827	31	8
140^th	West Harrison Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	0	1	0	Mondamin	Harrison County	0.577	169	29
305^th	West Liberty Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	1	1	0	West Liberty	Muscatine County	0.133	305
58^th	West Lyon Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	1	1	0	Inwood	Lyon County	0.775	18	40
56^th	West Marshall Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	1	1	0	State Center	Marshall County	0.784	66	10
176^th	West Monona Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	1	1	0	Onawa	Monona County	0.493	165	11
200^th	West Sioux Community School District	PK, KG-12	2	1	1	0	Hawarden	Sioux County	0.437	201	1
85^th	Western Dubuque Community School District	PK, KG-12	5	1	2	0	Farley	Dubuque County	0.719	47	38
71^st	Westwood Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	0	1	0	Sloan	Woodbury County	0.758	121	50
152^nd	Whiting Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	0	1	0	Whiting	Monona County	0.554	116	36
40^th	Williamsburg Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	0	1	1	Williamsburg	Iowa County	0.824	42	2
217^th	Wilton Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	0	1	0	Wilton	Muscatine County	0.417	163	54
271^st	Winfield-Mt Union Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	0	1	0	Winfield	Henry County	0.262	271
113^th	Winterset Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	2	1	0	Winterset	Madison County	0.638	150	37
182^nd	Woodbine Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	0	1	0	Woodbine	Harrison County	0.485	238	56
118^th	Woodbury Central Community School District	PK, KG-12	1	1	1	0	Moville	Woodbury County	0.628	61	57
79^th	Woodward-Granger Community School District	PK, KG-12	2	1	2	0	Granger	Dallas County	0.729	57	22

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