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Best Public Schools in Hancock County, IA

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Schools

1,560

Students

Districts

5-star school

Top rankedGarner-Hayfield-Ventura Elementary School55^th of 576 Iowa elementary schools

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Biggest riser

West Hancock High School up 43 spots statewide this year

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Smallest classes

West Hancock High School 9.6 students per teacher

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Newly ranked this year

Garner-Hayfield-Ventura Middle 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 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
West Hancock Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-4	510 9th Ave SW	Britt	50423	Hancock County	West Hancock Community School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(641) 843-3833	294	18	16.6	36.7%	220 (74.8%)	6 (2.0%)	60 (20.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	8 (2.7%)	81.3	60^th of 576 public elementary schools	89.6%		87	26^th of 557 public elementary schools	95.3%	34	81.0	90.2								90.5	82.9											$13,535	$702	$12,833
West Hancock High School	Public	9-12	420 9th Ave SW	Britt	50423	Hancock County	West Hancock Community School District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(641) 843-3863	161	17	9.6	26.7%	123 (76.4%)	0 (0.0%)	31 (19.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	7 (4.3%)	78.4	42^nd of 340 public high schools	87.6%		71.3	85^th of 338 public high schools	74.9%	43							87.5	86.0	79.5							87.5	79.1	84.6			74.4	$16,943	$1,042	$15,901
West Hancock Middle School	Public	5-8	423 E. 5th St.	Kanawha	50447	Hancock County	West Hancock Community School District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(641) 762-3261	174	13	13.1	39.1%	126 (72.4%)	3 (1.7%)	39 (22.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	6 (3.4%)	67.7	100^th of 344 public middle schools	70.9%		76.4	53^rd of 337 public middle schools	84.3%	47			77.1	70.0	82.1	89.2						72.9	67.5	87.2	89.2				66.7	94.6		$13,769	$334	$13,435
Garner-Hayfield-Ventura Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-4	620 W 11th St	Garner	50438	Hancock County	Garner-Hayfield-Ventura Community School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(641) 923-2831	381	25	15.5	32.3%	349 (91.6%)	2 (0.5%)	23 (6.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.3%)	1 (0.3%)	5 (1.3%)	82.2	55^th of 576 public elementary schools	90.5%		87.4	23^rd of 557 public elementary schools	95.9%	32	77.0	87.9								88.5	93.9											$13,537	$566	$12,972
Garner-Hayfield-Ventura High School	Public	9-12	605 West Lyon Street	Garner	50438	Hancock County	Garner-Hayfield-Ventura Community School District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(641) 923-2632	295	22	13.6	33.9%	259 (87.8%)	8 (2.7%)	19 (6.4%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.3%)	7 (2.4%)	76	52^nd of 340 public high schools	84.7%		72.9	74^th of 338 public high schools	78.1%	22							89.4	88.4	82.2							75.8	73.9	80.8			75.4	$15,762	$212	$15,550
Garner-Hayfield-Ventura Middle School	Public	5-8	620 W. 11th St.	Garner	50438	Hancock County	Garner-Hayfield-Ventura Community School District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(641) 923-2831	255	17	15.3	28.2%	224 (87.8%)	1 (0.4%)	17 (6.7%)	2 (0.8%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (1.6%)	7 (2.7%)	62.4	126^th of 344 public middle schools	63.4%					(n/a)			87.7	90.9	67.8	84.5						87.7	86.4	64.4	77.6				83.1	89.7		$13,125	$482	$12,643

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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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