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Best Public Schools in Manson, IA

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At a glance

School

337

Students

Top rankedManson Northwest Webster Junior High/High School294^th of 340 Iowa high schools

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Summary:

The city of Manson, Iowa has one public high school, Manson Northwest Webster Junior High/High School, which serves grades 7-12 with a total enrollment of 353 students. The school is part of the Manson Northwest Webster Community School District, which is ranked 267 out of 313 districts in Iowa and has a 1-star rating from SchoolDigger.

Manson Northwest Webster Junior High/High School has seen a decline in its statewide ranking over the past three years, from 254 out of 336 Iowa high schools in 2022-2023 to 294 out of 340 in 2024-2025, with a consistent 1-star rating from SchoolDigger. The school's four-year graduation rate for the 2023-2024 school year was 88.3%, slightly below the state average, and its chronic absenteeism rate was 21.6%, significantly higher than the state average. The school's performance on standardized tests, including the ISASP (Iowa Statewide Assessment of Student Progress), is generally below the state averages in both English Language Arts and Mathematics across all grade levels, as well as in Science proficiency.

Despite the school's underperformance, its spending per student for the 2018-2019 school year was $15,054, which is higher than the state average. Additionally, approximately 29.75% of the school's students receive free or reduced-price lunch, indicating a relatively high level of economic disadvantage. The school has a student-teacher ratio of 14.5 to 1, which is slightly lower than the state average.

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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 7th Grade	ISASP English Language Arts 8th Grade	ISASP English Language Arts 9th Grade	ISASP English Language Arts 10th Grade	ISASP English Language Arts 11th Grade	ISASP Mathematics 7th Grade	ISASP Mathematics 8th Grade	ISASP Mathematics 9th Grade	ISASP Mathematics 10th Grade	ISASP Mathematics 11th Grade	ISASP Science 8th Grade	ISASP Science 10th Grade	Per Pupil Expenditures Total	Sub-total from Federal Funds	Sub-total from State/Local Funds
Manson Northwest Webster Junior High/High School	Public	7-12	1601 15th St	Manson	50563	Calhoun County	Manson Northwest Webster Community School District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(712) 469-2245	337	26	12.9	30.3%	305 (90.5%)	1 (0.3%)	14 (4.2%)	2 (0.6%)	3 (0.9%)	0 (0.0%)	12 (3.6%)	20.1	294^th of 340 public high schools	13.5%		31.9	267^th of 338 public high schools	21.0%	27	54.3	66.1	58.3	43.9	62.5	65.2	75.0	56.3	57.9	58.9	60.7	50.9	$15,054	$111	$14,942

Cities Near Manson

City	Distance	# of Schools	Statewide Rank
Pomeroy	7.47 mi	1
Barnum	9.1 mi	1	203^rd
Rockwell City	10.27 mi	4
Gilmore City	14.5 mi	1
Farnhamville	14.73 mi	1	183^rd

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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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