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Best Public Schools in Carroll County, IA

Coming soon: We're expecting this year's test scores from the Iowa Department of Education any day now — new rankings will be posted the moment they're released!

Coming soon: This year's test scores are expected from the Iowa Department of Education any day now — new rankings will follow the moment they're released!

At a glance

Schools

2,912

Students

Districts

Top rankedIKM-Manning High School63^rd of 340 Iowa high schools

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Biggest riser

Glidden-Ralston Elementary School up 58 spots statewide this year

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Smallest classes

IKM-Manning High School 9.7 students per teacher

SchoolDigger ratings

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1 school without a SchoolDigger rating (too few tested students)

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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 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 3rd Grade	ISASP Mathematics 4th Grade	ISASP Mathematics 5th Grade	ISASP Mathematics 6th Grade	ISASP Mathematics 7th Grade	ISASP Mathematics 8th Grade	ISASP Mathematics 9th Grade	ISASP Mathematics 10th Grade	ISASP Mathematics 11th Grade	ISASP Science 5th Grade	ISASP Science 8th Grade	ISASP Science 10th Grade	Per Pupil Expenditures Total	Sub-total from Federal Funds	Sub-total from State/Local Funds
Fairview Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-2	525 East 18th Street	Carroll	51401	Carroll County	Carroll Community School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(712) 792-8030	419	30	13.7	40.1%	302 (72.1%)	22 (5.3%)	67 (16.0%)	3 (0.7%)	2 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	23 (5.5%)								(n/a)																						$13,536	$609	$12,927
Carroll High School	Public	9-12	2809 N Grant Rd	Carroll	51401	Carroll County	Carroll Community School District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(712) 792-8010	483	36	13.4	31.7%	413 (85.5%)	14 (2.9%)	38 (7.9%)	3 (0.6%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	15 (3.1%)	54.8	178^th of 340 public high schools	47.6%		60.3	145^th of 338 public high schools	57.1%	33							79.0	75.8	72.0							72.0	69.2	75.4			62.5	$13,548	$346	$13,203
Adams Elementary School	Public	3-4	1026 N Adams St	Carroll	51401	Carroll County	Carroll Community School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(712) 792-8040	232	18	12.9	44.4%	175 (75.4%)	17 (7.3%)	30 (12.9%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	10 (4.3%)	53.2	307^th of 576 public elementary schools	46.7%		49.1	338^th of 557 public elementary schools	39.3%	31	66.3	75.4								80.4	74.6											$11,265	$515	$10,750
Carroll Middle School	Public	5-8	3203 N. Grant Road	Carroll	51401	Carroll County	Carroll Community School District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(712) 792-8020	459	29	15.8	38.6%	383 (83.4%)	24 (5.2%)	29 (6.3%)	3 (0.7%)	1 (0.2%)	1 (0.2%)	18 (3.9%)	45.3	225^th of 344 public middle schools	34.6%		53.3	181^st of 337 public middle schools	46.3%	44			71.7	73.1	73.4	83.1						67.0	70.2	76.1	73.7				57.5	63.6		$12,107	$303	$11,804
Cr-B Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	905 North Street	Coon Rapids	50058	Carroll County	Coon Rapids-Bayard Community School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(712) 999-2845	233	14	16.4	50.2%	210 (90.1%)	0 (0.0%)	22 (9.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.4%)	61.4	250^th of 576 public elementary schools	56.6%		70.6	155^th of 557 public elementary schools	72.2%	95	60.0	80.0	88.2							70.0	63.3	91.2							79.4			$33,472	$1,162	$32,310
Coon Rapids-Bayard 6-12 Attendance Center	Public	6-12	905 North Street	Coon Rapids	50058	Carroll County	Coon Rapids-Bayard Community School District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(712) 999-2208	214	21	10.4	34.1%	199 (93.0%)	3 (1.4%)	8 (3.7%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (1.9%)	60	155^th of 340 public high schools	54.4%		74.8	65^th of 338 public high schools	80.8%	90				83.3	70.0	89.7	82.8	80.0	71.1				76.7	63.3	89.7	69.0	76.7	81.6		79.3	56.7
Glidden-Ralston Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-6	602 Idaho St.	Glidden	51443	Carroll County	Glidden-Ralston Community School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(712) 659-2205	227	18	12.7	35.7%	218 (96.0%)	0 (0.0%)	8 (3.5%)	1 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	63.5	232^nd of 576 public elementary schools	59.7%		56	290^th of 557 public elementary schools	47.9%	58	75.9	86.2	63.6	76.9						82.8	92.9	86.4	69.2						59.1			$13,937	$458	$13,480
Glidden-Ralston Junior-Senior High School	Public	7-12	602 Idaho	Glidden	51443	Carroll County	Glidden-Ralston Community School District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(712) 659-2205	163	13	12.1	28.8%	151 (92.6%)	2 (1.2%)	9 (5.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.6%)	46.6	212^th of 340 public high schools	37.6%		39.9	240^th of 338 public high schools	29.0%	28					86.2	81.3	81.8	75.0	70.0					62.1	68.8	63.6	70.0	66.7		62.5	45.0	$18,790	$292	$18,499
IKM-Manning Middle School	Public	4-8	209 10th St	Manning	51455	Carroll County	IKM-Manning Community School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(712) 655-3781	297	15	20.2	33.3%	277 (93.3%)	1 (0.3%)	13 (4.4%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.7%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (1.3%)	68.6	92^nd of 344 public middle schools	73.3%		73	70^th of 337 public middle schools	79.2%	22		88.0	71.9	85.7	71.7	86.7					86.0	93.0	92.9	79.2	82.2				71.9	80.0		$9,934	$438	$9,496
IKM-Manning High School	Public	9-12	209 10th St	Manning	51455	Carroll County	IKM-Manning Community School District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(712) 655-3781	185	19	9.7	27.6%	173 (93.5%)	1 (0.5%)	10 (5.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.5%)	74	63^rd of 340 public high schools	81.5%		70.5	92^nd of 338 public high schools	72.8%	29							84.8	87.5	75.0							80.4	81.3	67.5			81.3	$16,896	$150	$16,746

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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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