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Best Public Schools in Cass County, IA

At a glance

Schools

3,957

Students

Districts

Top rankedAtlantic Middle School135^th of 344 Iowa middle schools

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Biggest riser

Atlantic Middle School up 40 spots statewide this year

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Smallest classes

CAM Junior/Senior High School 10.3 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
Atlantic High School	Public	9-12	1201 E 14th St	Atlantic	50022	Cass County	Atlantic Community School District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(712) 243-5358	478	33	14.4	37.2%	418 (87.4%)	2 (0.4%)	27 (5.6%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	27 (5.6%)	2 (0.4%)	50	199^th of 340 public high schools	41.5%		45.8	218^th of 338 public high schools	35.5%	19							73.5	73.0	70.4							66.4	70.8	72.2			65.9	$16,748	$446	$16,304
Atlantic Middle School	Public	6-8	1100 Linn St	Atlantic	50022	Cass County	Atlantic Community School District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(712) 243-1330	349	22	15.5	44.4%	293 (84.0%)	2 (0.6%)	17 (4.9%)	3 (0.9%)	0 (0.0%)	25 (7.2%)	9 (2.6%)	61.3	135^th of 344 public middle schools	60.8%		54.3	175^th of 337 public middle schools	48.1%	40				80.7	81.1	78.6							80.7	80.0	85.7					66.7		$13,274	$210	$13,065
Washington Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-3	500 E 14th St	Atlantic	50022	Cass County	Atlantic Community School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(712) 243-5234	554	38	14.5	39.9%	466 (84.1%)	0 (0.0%)	32 (5.8%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	49 (8.8%)	6 (1.1%)								(n/a)	65.4									81.3												$13,280	$729	$12,552
Schuler Elementary School	Public	4-5	501 East 11th St.	Atlantic	50022	Cass County	Atlantic Community School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(712) 243-1370	206	15	14.0	49.0%	171 (83.0%)	0 (0.0%)	13 (6.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	16 (7.8%)	6 (2.9%)	47.5	349^th of 576 public elementary schools	39.4%		50.9	321^st of 557 public elementary schools	42.4%	28		67.3	64.9								75.5	76.6							64.5			$12,238	$720	$11,519
CAM Junior/Senior High School	Public	7-12	1000 Victory Park Rd	Anita	50020	Cass County	CAM Community School District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(712) 762-3231	188	18	10.3	39.4%	176 (93.6%)	4 (2.1%)	3 (1.6%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (1.6%)	2 (1.1%)	42.7	228^th of 340 public high schools	32.9%		52	181^st of 338 public high schools	46.4%	47					79.2	80.0	75.8	76.3	59.1					58.3	63.3	66.7	63.2	63.6		56.7	63.2	$14,388	$139	$14,250
CAM Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-6	207 6th St	Massena	50853	Cass County	CAM Community School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(712) 779-2211	216	20	10.6	38.0%	211 (97.7%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.9%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.5%)	1 (0.5%)	1 (0.5%)	39.6	402^nd of 576 public elementary schools	30.2%		38.9	394^th of 557 public elementary schools	29.3%	8	61.3	57.9	81.3	74.3						66.7	63.2	68.8	60.0						65.6			$11,404	$288	$11,117
Iowa Connections Academy High School	Public, Virtual	9-12	807 Third St	Anita	50020	Cass County	CAM Community School District	No	(n/a)	Yes	No	(712) 581-0200	1,022	0		37.7%	810 (79.3%)	25 (2.4%)	103 (10.1%)	8 (0.8%)	3 (0.3%)	5 (0.5%)	66 (6.5%)	16.6	299^th of 340 public high schools	12.1%		15.6	302^nd of 338 public high schools	10.7%	3							71.0	65.2	66.2							39.6	38.3	40.0			44.0	$8,486	$24	$8,463
Iowa Connections Academy Middle School	Public, Virtual	6-8	807 Third St	Anita	50020	Cass County	CAM Community School District	No	(n/a)	Yes	No	(712) 581-0200	308	0		48.1%	222 (72.1%)	11 (3.6%)	40 (13.0%)	7 (2.3%)	2 (0.6%)	1 (0.3%)	25 (8.1%)	20.5	299^th of 344 public middle schools	13.1%		15.1	306^th of 337 public middle schools	9.2%	7				62.7	72.7	80.0							45.1	55.8	51.3					56.7		$6,846	$24	$6,823
Iowa Connections Academy Elementary	Public, Virtual	K-5	807 Third St	Anita	50020	Cass County	CAM Community School District	No	(n/a)	Yes	No	(712) 581-0200	216	0		56.5%	133 (61.6%)	14 (6.5%)	34 (15.7%)	7 (3.2%)	4 (1.9%)	2 (0.9%)	22 (10.2%)	14.4	512^th of 576 public elementary schools	11.1%		19.5	471^st of 557 public elementary schools	15.4%	41	42.3	64.3	50.0							61.5	64.3	46.9							40.6			$9,858	$24	$9,835
Griswold Middle/High School	Public	6-12	20 Madison St.	Griswold	51535	Cass County	Griswold Community School District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(712) 778-2154	193	16	11.9	36.3%	182 (94.3%)	1 (0.5%)	3 (1.6%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	7 (3.6%)	54.8	179^th of 340 public high schools	47.4%		70.7	89^th of 338 public high schools	73.7%	90				75.0	71.4	77.3	90.5	80.6	69.2				78.6	89.3	72.7	76.2	54.8	57.7		68.2	77.4	$15,962	$309	$15,653
Griswold Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	20 Madison St.	Griswold	51535	Cass County	Griswold Community School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(712) 778-2154	227	21	10.6	36.6%	215 (94.7%)	1 (0.4%)	8 (3.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (1.3%)	48.4	340^th of 576 public elementary schools	41.0%		46.6	350^th of 557 public elementary schools	37.2%	10	71.4	76.7	69.0							66.7	76.7	79.3							51.7

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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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