Best Public Schools in Stuart, IA

Summary:

The city of Stuart, Iowa is home to two schools: West Central Valley High School and Stuart Elementary School, both part of the West Central Valley Community School District. While Stuart Elementary has been a top-performing school in the past, West Central Valley High School has seen a decline in its statewide ranking in recent years, indicating a need for improvement.

West Central Valley High School maintained a relatively high 4-year graduation rate of 88.3% in 2023-2024, but struggled with high chronic absenteeism rates of 21.6%. On academic assessments, the school's students performed above the state average in English Language Arts but below the state average in Mathematics, suggesting a need to strengthen the school's mathematics curriculum and instructional practices. In contrast, Stuart Elementary School was previously ranked 19th out of 567 Iowa elementary schools in 2017-2018, though its ranking has since declined to 166 out of 603 in 2018-2019.

Both schools serve a significant population of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, with 35.63% at West Central Valley High School and 37.95% at Stuart Elementary School in 2023-2024. The financial data shows that West Central Valley High School had a higher per-student spending of $16,199 in 2018-2019, compared to $11,381 for Stuart Elementary School, and a lower student-teacher ratio of 11.4 compared to 16.1 at the elementary school.

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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 9th Grade	ISASP English Language Arts 10th Grade	ISASP English Language Arts 11th Grade	ISASP Mathematics 9th Grade	ISASP Mathematics 10th Grade	ISASP Mathematics 11th Grade	ISASP Science 10th Grade	Per Pupil Expenditures Total	Sub-total from Federal Funds	Sub-total from State/Local Funds
Stuart Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-2	320 N.E. 3rd St	Stuart	50250	Guthrie County	West Central Valley Community School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(515) 523-1018	211	16	13.2	37.4%	186 (88.2%)	2 (0.9%)	19 (9.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (1.4%)								(n/a)								$11,381	$1,104	$10,277
West Central Valley High School	Public	9-12	3299 White Pole Rd	Stuart	50250	Guthrie County	West Central Valley Community School District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(515) 523-1313	264	22	11.8	40.9%	220 (83.3%)	3 (1.1%)	26 (9.8%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.8%)	0 (0.0%)	13 (4.9%)	35.2	260^th of 340 public high schools	23.5%		52.5	178^th of 338 public high schools	47.3%	82	73.1	75.9	65.1	43.3	59.3	57.8	72.2	$16,199	$995	$15,205

Cities Near Stuart

City	Distance	# of Schools	Statewide Rank
Dexter	4.75 mi	1	227^th
Redfield	8.95 mi	1	121^st
Earlham	10 mi	3	73^rd
Panora	13.53 mi	3	302^nd
Adair	13.9 mi	2	135^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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