Summary:
The city of Primghar, Iowa is home to a single elementary school, the South O'Brien Elementary School Primghar Center, which serves students from the South O'Brien Community School District. The school's academic performance has fluctuated in recent years, with its statewide ranking ranging from 264th out of 565 Iowa elementary schools in 2022-2023 to 313th out of 576 in 2024-2025. Its performance rating by SchoolDigger has also varied, from 3 stars out of 5 in 2022-2023 to 2 stars out of 5 in 2023-2024 and 2024-2025.
The school's test scores show a mixed picture, with some grade levels performing significantly better than the state average in English Language Arts (ELA) and Mathematics, while others fell below the state benchmark. In the 2024-2025 school year, the school's 3rd, 5th, and 6th-grade students outperformed the state average in both ELA and Mathematics, but the 4th-grade students struggled to meet the state standards. Similarly, in the 2023-2024 school year, the 5th and 6th-grade students excelled in ELA and Mathematics, while the 3rd and 4th-grade students fell short of the state average.
The South O'Brien Elementary School Primghar Center serves a relatively high percentage of free and reduced-price lunch recipients at 39.24% in the 2023-2024 school year, suggesting that it may serve a socioeconomically disadvantaged student population. The school's student-teacher ratio is 13.9 for the 2023-2024 school year, and its per-student spending for the 2018-2019 school year was $13,661. While the school has shown some academic strengths in certain grade levels and subjects, its overall statewide ranking places it in the bottom half of Iowa elementary schools, indicating that there may be room for improvement in ensuring consistent academic achievement across all grade levels and student demographics.
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