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Best Elementary Schools in Lee 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

2,172

Students

Districts

Top rankedCentral Lee Elementary School124^th of 576 Iowa elementary schools

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Biggest riser

Central Lee Elementary School up 223 spots statewide this year

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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/reduced lunch (2024-25)	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 Mathematics 3rd Grade	ISASP Mathematics 4th Grade	ISASP Mathematics 5th Grade	ISASP Science 5th Grade	Per Pupil Expenditures Total	Sub-total from Federal Funds	Sub-total from State/Local Funds
Central Lee Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-4	2642 Highway 218	Donnellson	52625	Lee County	Central Lee Community School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(319) 835-9510	564	31	18.2	29.8%	534 (94.7%)	13 (2.3%)	12 (2.1%)	5 (0.9%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	74.5	124^th of 576 public elementary schools	78.5%		48.3	347^th of 557 public elementary schools	37.7%	223	73.1	84.4		84.6	89.0			$9,302	$340	$8,962
Fort Madison Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-6	502 48th Street	Fort Madison	52627	Lee County	Fort Madison Community School District	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(319) 372-7252	932	70	13.2	62.1%	719 (77.1%)	25 (2.7%)	96 (10.3%)	6 (0.6%)	3 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	83 (8.9%)								(n/a)
George Washington Elementary School	Public	K-1	116 N 8th	Keokuk	52632	Lee County	Keokuk Community School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(319) 524-1953	222	23	9.8	66.7%	169 (76.1%)	6 (2.7%)	13 (5.9%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	34 (15.3%)								(n/a)								$17,020	$2,141	$14,879
Hawthorne Elementary School	Public	2-5	2940 Decatur St	Keokuk	52632	Lee County	Keokuk Community School District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(319) 524-3503	454	37	12.1	62.6%	365 (80.4%)	24 (5.3%)	17 (3.7%)	3 (0.7%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	45 (9.9%)	39	406^th of 576 public elementary schools	29.5%		49.5	334^th of 557 public elementary schools	40.0%	72	66.3	73.5	57.4	72.3	59.3	76.4	58.5	$14,201	$649	$13,552

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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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