Best Public Schools in Calamus, IA

Summary:

The city of Calamus, Iowa is home to a single school, the Calamus-Wheatland Elementary Attendance Center, which serves grades PK-6 and is part of the Calamus-Wheatland Community School District. The school's performance has fluctuated in recent years, with its statewide ranking ranging from 193 out of 557 Iowa elementary schools in 2023-2024 to 301 out of 565 in 2022-2023.

Academically, the Calamus-Wheatland Elementary Attendance Center has shown mixed results on the ISASP (Iowa Statewide Assessment of Student Progress) tests. In 2024-2025, the school's proficiency rates were above the state average in English Language Arts for grades 3-6, but below the state average in Mathematics for grades 5-6 and Science for grade 5. The school's performance in 2023-2024 was similar, with above-average proficiency in English Language Arts for grades 3-5, but below-average in Mathematics for grade 5 and Science for grade 5.

The school faces some socioeconomic challenges, with a relatively high rate of chronic absenteeism at 21.6% in the 2023-2024 school year and a significant population of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch at 37.61% in the same year. However, the school appears to be well-resourced, with a per-student spending of $12,879 in the 2018-2019 school year and a low student-teacher ratio of 11.3 to 1 in the 2023-2024 school year.

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2025)				Ranking (2024)				ISASP English Language Arts (2025)				ISASP Mathematics (2025)				ISASP Science (2025)	Per Pupil Expenditures (2019)
Name	Type	Grades	Address	City	Zip	County	District	Is Charter	Is Magnet	Is Virtual	Is Title I	Phone	Enrollment	Full-time Teachers	Student/ Teacher Ratio	Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Average Standard Score (2025)	Statewide Rank (2025)	State Percentile (2025)	SchoolDigger Rating (2025)	Average Standard Score (2024)	Statewide Rank (2024)	State Percentile (2024)	Rank Change from Previous Year	ISASP English Language Arts 3rd Grade	ISASP English Language Arts 4th Grade	ISASP English Language Arts 5th Grade	ISASP English Language Arts 6th Grade	ISASP Mathematics 3rd Grade	ISASP Mathematics 4th Grade	ISASP Mathematics 5th Grade	ISASP Mathematics 6th Grade	ISASP Science 5th Grade	Per Pupil Expenditures Total	Sub-total from Federal Funds	Sub-total from State/Local Funds
Calamus-Wheatland Elementary Attendance Center	Public	PK, KG-6	80 S 2nd St	Calamus	52729	Clinton County	Calamus-Wheatland Community School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(563) 246-2221	236	20	11.7	37.7%	223 (94.5%)	1 (0.4%)	4 (1.7%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	8 (3.4%)	54.7	292^nd of 576 public elementary schools	49.3%		65.8	193^rd of 557 public elementary schools	65.4%	99	71.9	90.9	73.3	75.9	81.3	75.8	60.0	72.4	56.7	$12,879	$447	$12,432

Cities Near Calamus

City	Distance	# of Schools	Statewide Rank
Wheatland	4.29 mi	1	295^th
Lowden	9.19 mi	1	83^rd
Donahue	9.9 mi	1	49^th
De Witt	10.77 mi	4	196^th
Long Grove	12.58 mi	1	55^th

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SchoolDigger data sources: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education, the U.S. Census Bureau and the Iowa Department of Education.

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